My first professional actor training was very traditional. It was great training – but it often left me in my head as I tried to do a technique the RIGHT way. Needing something else, feeling incomplete, and full of angst, I went on a 2 year journey. I sought out directors and teachers from all […]
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What if you were Creatively Invincible?
I asked a group of students in LA an important question. I think it freaked some of them out a little. But it is a question worth exploring. It actually might be the ultimate question for any Actor, Artist, or Entrepreneur. Check out the video and see what comes up for you. Note: This […]
Continue ReadingFrom Ferris Bueller to Succession: Alan Ruck
I love hearing HOW someone booked a career-changing role. I had the great fortune to be reunited with my good friend, Alan, on the Hulu show we’ve been working on the past few months. Alan and I met 15 years ago when we worked on a mini-series, The Bronx is Burning. Most recently I’ve been […]
Continue ReadingAll about Josh Pais’ Character Lab
Josh has discovered a set of tools that have allowed him to become a steadily working character actor over the past 25 years. He’s built game-changing skills over the last couple of decades, and they’ve made him a damn good actor. He also knows how to teach these skills to YOU. His mission is to […]
Continue ReadingCommitted Impulse started with a physics lesson
Did you know that Josh’s dad was a physicist who worked with Albert Einstein? Yup. And a very early physics lesson his Dad taught him, wound up becoming the cornerstone for Committed Impulse and Josh’s entire acting career. This one lesson radically shifted Josh’s ability to STEADILY book work. And this same lesson just may […]
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