‘Someone does some brilliant scene work in class or kills it in a monologue. They’ve been bringing their embodiment work to their career and their agents are sending them out on next-level roles. And they’re booking them. They’re feeling the power of CI. But often questions come up. “What if I’m working with someone who […]
Continue ReadingMini Committed Impulse Lesson
Hey Committed Impulsers, Build by Yahoo interviewed Josh! During their conversation, Josh went deep into how teaching is a laboratory for him. He explored the idea: “How can we count on spontaneity?” Seriously, it’s like a mini Committed Impulse lesson. He also talked about his awesome upcoming film and tv projects. Check it out! […]
Continue ReadingCareer Growth: The Missing Piece
When you walk into an audition and contract your body, decrease your breath, and gaze your eyes on everything but the people in front of you – you are doing an embodiment practice. This particular embodiment practice triggers your nervous system to take over – go on autopilot – get it done fast – and […]
Continue ReadingHow I Started Booking Jobs
Based on a (my) true story I started auditioning. It was a DISASTER. Everything was planned, safe, and locked. I didn’t get work. Working from a locked framework – although it felt safe – turned out to be detrimental. I had to go on a journey to discover how to create from truth and impulse. […]
Continue ReadingKitchen Sink Drama
This is a lil nasty… I recently came back to my NYC apartment after a few days in the Catskills. I unpacked my clothes, put my laptop in my office, and walked into the kitchen to put a few farm-stand zucchinis in the fridge. And guess what I discovered… Gunky water had come up my […]
Continue ReadingThe last tool you’d think to use.
I start filming this week. Ray Donovan Season 7. Thrilled to keep Stu Feldman alive. So, of course, I want to be fully prepared for all my scenes. Inner Atomics choices made – so I can step into the creative unknown. But there is a newer practice that I want to share with you that […]
Continue ReadingThis tripped me out at 6 years old
On Sunday it was my father’s birthday. An amazing man who was a Holocaust survivor (in hiding near Anne Frank), and went on to become a leading theoretical physicist working for 11 years with Albert Einstein. A great dad. I miss him. As a kid, he explained to me, when I asked him what his […]
Continue ReadingHOW TO GET OUT OF A MENTAL DRAMA.
If you’re like me, you have to watch out for the ol’ over chattering mind. We have to remember that there is a part of our mind that wants to keep us from stepping out into the world. And, our mind has an effective way to keep us immobilized. It’s a technique that always stops […]
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