Sure, Committed Impulse training includes a comprehensive approach to creating a character as well as all the tools you need to craft a compelling performance from your truth. Further, CI holds the key to being creatively invincible. By that I mean no matter what you’re feeling or what kind of self defeating thoughts are […]
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Your Two Options When You Screw Up
If you’ve trained in the Committed Impulse approach you’re oh so familiar with the 25 minute warm up called The Series. The Series is physically rigorous – but it is not exercise in the traditional sense. The Series is designed to redesign how you create. Specifically, these 25 minutes will pull your attention from your […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s your best opening line?
You’re ready to make your move. You’re all set to go. Now for your opening line. Hey hey hey… This is not what you think… Let’s take a step back. I’m not talking about your opening line to someone you want to meet. I’m talking about the opening line YOU say to YOURSELF. Here’s the […]
Continue ReadingHow do I keep my confidence in the room?
Ever wondered what you can do to keep your confidence up when you’re in the audition room? Or taking a meeting? Or giving a public speech? I think you’re gonna have fun with the teleseminar I did with 600 actors and Dallas Travers, the Actor’s Advocate. I dive into that question and others like… “Hey […]
Continue ReadingWhy it’s important to feel uncomfortable.
Let’s face it – there are a set of experiences that you like to feel and a set of experiences that you don’t like to feel. We’ll call those sensations that you don’t like to feel – uncomfortable. Most of us go to great lengths to avoid feeling uncomfortable. But that avoidance leads to something […]
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There is a strong connection between uncertainty and creativity. We often look at uncertainty as something bad. Uncertainty is often put in the same boat as being unprepared, or a lack of understanding or clarity. But actually – within uncertainty lives the creative impulse. We must set ourselves up so that we can boldly enter […]
Continue ReadingThe Secret Acting Trick
OK – you ready? Every role that you play… Every part that you audition for… One key element will push it over the edge. This element will pull out the best in you. In a word it is… WHY. Yup. Your reason WHY to do this part. But, this WHY must transcend what doing this […]
Continue Reading60 Seconds to Presence.
60 seconds to presence. Take a deep breath. Have another – on me. As you continue to breathe… Notice the part of your body that has the greatest level of sensation in it. It may be a tight muscle, or that emotion in your chest. Breathe right into it – just to feel it […]
Continue ReadingRiding the Subway
Rules for riding the subway: Make no eye contact. Pretend that we are not all in this together. When you bang into someone – deny that you are not in a moving mosh pit. What breaks all the rules: A baby’s eyes. Check it… A young mother brings her 7 month old baby on at […]
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