Josh Pais Personal Stories

Uncertainty is Scary Good

I’m gonna tell you a story about the time I royally screwed up while acting on stage in London. The director was not happy. In fact, everyone was momentarily horrified. Even the cast shared a moment of shock and terror. It’s also the exact moment I learned one of the biggest acting lessons. Something that […]

A Few Words from Jack Nicholson

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I’m on the set of Hulu’s The Dropout. And I just wanted to send you a little video note about something I heard Jack Nicholson say that’s been inspiring me lately. Check out Jack Nicholson’s audio below! And drop a comment to let me know your thoughts. There’s a lot in what he reads. x […]

Try These Three Things for a Month

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In our upcoming Character Lab, we’re going to dive deep into Sub-Personality work. It’s an in-depth process that involves a little meditation, a lot of imagination, and a desire to connect with who you really are on multiple levels. An amazing tool to create a character. In the upcoming Advanced Master class, we will use […]

Behind the Scenes – Josh Pais on Younger

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Here’s some behind the scenes nonsense on a TV show I have been working on: YOUNGER. There are some good laughs in here. The Mark Ruffalo stuff that Kathy Najimy talks about – is just ridiculously good fun. Please enjoy. Breathe, see, feel, you’re back! Have a beautiful day. Feelin it? Pop a comment below. […]

How to Support Your Immune System

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Oh My Dear Lovelies… You sweet creative beings… Well, we’re in it, that’s for sure. Here are some helpful Committed Impulse tools to support your immune system. Please watch it and share it with anyone you think would benefit. People on the team here say it really calmed them down. Let us know how if […]

Working with Ava DuVernay

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I’m back in LA after a great trip to Atlanta where we shot the pilot episode of the new HBO Max series, DMZ. I can’t say much more about the show other than what is on IMDb.com which is… “A civil war breaks out in a futuristic America, and Manhattan becomes a demilitarized zone.” The […]

How to Generate Star Power

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I went to my first Oscar party. Warner Bros threw a sweet Oscar after-party, where I had the pleasure to reconnect with the cast and crew. Big Congrats to Joaquin and composer, Hildur Guðnadóttir! At the party, I hung out with Bradley Cooper for a good part of the night. I know, #namedrop. Great guy. […]

My Chat With Marie Forleo

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Friend In this day and age – we creatives gotta push ourselves out into the marketplace. Yes, MARKETPLACE – that word used to make me cringe – because I am an ARTISTE. “And, if I just do good work the world will recognize me, and my career will take off.” #Nope. Unfortunately, success requires more […]

How Jealousy Impacts Your Career