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Warning: This is not a set.

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Speak from the guts and mean it and stand behind it.

Tatiana Maslany, on what she’s learned from acting. (x)

We’re at the SAG Foundation with Tatiana Maslany, live-tweeting her Q&A. 

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I know it’s not ordinary. But who ever loved ordinary?

The Imitation Game (via afacetowardthehorizon)

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If you’re experiencing feeling “stuck” I know it feels really, really unchangable and concrete. But just know that it only takes one small tweak to get UN-stuck and begin momentum in your acting career. You can do it! http://on.fb.me/ZpLFBq

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Find that one small tweak.

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Keep trying ‘til it works. 

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Is There Overused Audition Material? “You can’t do that scene, everyone does it.”

(Yes, yes you can) 

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Don’t think for a moment that I’m really like any of the characters I’ve played. I’m not. That’s why it’s called ‘acting’.

Leonardo DiCaprio (via filmsbookstravellingartremydrugs)

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Actors know this and remember to play. Acting should be fun!

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Watch I Know That Voice Online | Netflix

Watch I Know That Voice Online | Netflix

I Know That Voice

2013NR1hr 35m

A great documentary about animation voiceover actors full with helpful insights and advice. Featuring John DiMaggio (Bender, Futurama) and a whole slew of brilliant talent. Streaming on Netflix (Sept 2014) and available on DVD

via Watch I Know That Voice Online | Netflix.

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New York Film Academy is deeply saddened at the loss of Joan Rivers. She was a true pioneer for women entertainers. 

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Gathering opinions and deciding what’s right!

The fact is there is not a manual with one exact answer for each of your questions.  In addition to being a casting director, I’ve been an educator for years in the commercial acting business.  Starting many years ago before social media, emails, and the internet, I traveled the country with my commercial acting workshop.  At that time, I was fascinated by the fact that there were actors in every part of our country who found ways to act, no matter where they lived.  Answers to questions were limited to guest speakers such as myself, and reading a couple of industry books.  There were many scams feeding off of talent who were starving for information and opportunities to work as an actor.

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When you accidentally break a prop…

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Can you relate?

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What's missing from modern actor marketing may surprise you https://blog.castingnetworks.com/6473

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I'm sure for most of us, it takes a lot more work than this. Lucky her.

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Acting is not from the ears up, it is from the feet up.

Bob Hoskins (via directingfilm)

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"Here’s a 67 year-old actress that lets the camera one millimeter from her face. She was wearing make up, no makeup, and sometimes makeup that made her worse. And, you know, just completely no vanity, complete surrender to the world, complete surrender to the material.”

-Darren Aronofsky on Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream.

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