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TRAIN LIKE A NAVY SEAL.
“During training, SEALs are faced with drills that require them to put themselves in danger with the intent of teaching them not to focus on fear and, instead, to believe in themselves. There are times in your acting career when you are going to have to ignore all of your fears. Believe in yourself, go headfirst, and have a strong knowledge that you will succeed.” —DOUGLAS TAUREL
DON’T TAKE DIALOGUE TOO LITERALLY.
“Your task is to decipher the emotional goal of the sequence [of words]. You must deliver that emotional journey. That journey will be informed by the screenwriter’s dialogue, but it must be enhanced and communicated by you. It’s the actor who creates the character’s rhythm, not the writer.” —GREG APPS
LEARN HOW TO USE CUE CARDS PROPERLY.
“Review the cue card and particularly observe where the keywords or key phrases are. Just in case you forget your place, you can immediately identify those keywords on the page and pick up where you lost your place.” —MAE ROSS
FIGURE OUT WHAT SUSTAINS YOU.
“At an individual level, as artists, to sustain ourselves is to create with people we love, to stay connected by doing work that matters, and to push ourselves creatively to do things we didn’t think we could do before.” —ANTHONY MEINDL
WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH YOUR REP.
“There is no justifiable argument when you are not bringing your ‘A’ game to the party. The energy that you use to feel your frustration needs to be funneled into getting your half of the partnership together. If you don’t have the necessary tools and are not doing your own work necessary to make connections on your own, how strong is your argument, really?” —AMY LYNDON
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