The key to engaging an audience is for YOU to stay connected. You gotta remain connected to everything that is happening within your experience while you are acting or public speaking. SIDE NOTE: Bringing this level of connection to your daily interactions will also be enriching. It’s one of the trickiest lessons to learn – […]
Continue ReadingHow to Create a Character
Creating a character isn’t about how you look. It’s about how you see. And how you see is impacted by your energetic state. And you can learn to shift your energetic state to create spontaneous organic behavior. This week we’ve got a special mini acting lesson for you, about how to create a character from […]
Continue ReadingHow to Thrive in Chaos
Dear Committed Impulse Family, We are in a time of immense change. Necessary change. Change that I support. In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and to ensure we have a fair election in 2020, Committed Impulse will be making a donation for EVERY STUDENT WHO ENROLLS IN CLASS and the CI Online Program […]
Continue ReadingActing Lessons from an Academy Award-Winning Director
Last week we had a special guest director, screenwriter and actor Tom McCarthy visit us for a Q+A about acting, auditions, and the business. He revealed some truly helpful acting lessons. He gave beautiful insight into what he looks for in the audition room. Described how he rehearses, and how his directing process helps get […]
Continue ReadingA Mini Acting Workshop Experiment with Josh Pais
Do This Experiment When You Have 2 Minutes. (Note: read each little paragraph – then look up from your screen and experiment – then go to the next paragraph.) Wherever you are, become aware of your vision. Are you laser-focused on one spot? Are you barely aware of what your eyes are absorbing? Just notice […]
Continue ReadingEmbracing Uncertainty with an Open Heart
For decades, we artists have been practicing the art of standing bravely. Standing with an open heart and body as we walk into the unknown. Now, in these uncertain times, part of our job is to share what we’ve been practicing with those newer to partying with the unknown. I don’t want to say that […]
Continue ReadingHow Jealousy Impacts Your Career
You ever feel jealous when people around you are succeeding? Your friends are booking jobs, and getting out there – tapping into their creative badassery. Getting ahead. And you feel left behind. You wish you were the one booking the job that they just booked. You’d prefer they didn’t succeed so much – certainly not […]
Continue ReadingHow One Student Booked a Netflix Show
If you’re reading this, then I know you are passionate about bringing all of yourself to every creative act that you do. Whether you’re working on a movie or TV show – or working towards being on one – or getting ready to give a TED talk about your insights. Or maybe you’re finishing your […]
Continue ReadingA New Game for this Weekend
So, this past weekend Marie and I went to help her Grandmother move into assisted living. It was a sweet and painful time. Norma is doing fine. More than once she said to me, “If I was younger – oh, you’d be in trouble.” Then she’d wink at me and chuckle. Yea, I was flattered. […]
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