Actors, stop end-gaming your creative process!

A self take class is not going to teach you about acting. It will teach you how to self-tape.

Playwrights, script writers are going to teach you about acting.

Going to class is going to teach you about acting.

Reading the whole play, and the whole script...

Actors, resting is really important!

You’re meant to be unemployed.

You’re meant to have periods of time when you’re not working, cause your job is different to everybody else’s.

Who wants all of us be working 365 days a year?

You are artists, you don’t need to do...

Actors, what you’re being asked to do is be vulnerable and sensitive to the story while being put in circumstances that can be very intense, very clinical and very technical, while at the same time as you’re being asked to be the heart of the story, the heart of the experience.

And...

Actors, it’s all about relationships.

And your job is all about relationships and life is about relationships, that’s where intimacy lies.

Your job is intimacy in front of strangers. Intimacy with strangers. That’s what acting is. Public vulnerability.

Most people don’t want...

Actors, we are not looking for “flow state”.

Because that’s a kind of state of oneness and kind of calm and ease or I’m moving fluidly and easily from one thing to the other.

You’re human.

You’re not Gods or Goddesses or kind of made of fully water.

You are human...

The integrated actor is essential for effective collaboration with directors. Rather than relying solely on intuition, actors must become conscious of their unconscious processes, sensations, emotions, and imagination. Before a scene, they need to understand their inner experiences and how they...

Our journey towards deeper humanity involves exploring the art of change and transformation.

We must work on ourselves in relation to our environments and the people in our lives.

The phases of this journey include building ego strength and navigating relationships.

Blue care (ocean) and green care...

Image and imagination play a significant role in our perception. When we encounter an image, various parts of our brain are activated, and signals are sent throughout our nervous system. These images are connected to different associative networks, evoking sensations, emotions, and insights....

Foster a relationship through your senses.

The only way, the portal, the doorway to the here and now is through the senses. The only way you can do that is through the body.

Sensations are these pebbles, different coloured pebbles, 10,000 different shades of different colours. Emotions, you...

Actors, when you start to notice the ordinary, like a serene pond, and truly experience it in a way that feels alive, it's akin to planting seeds. These seeds gradually grow, little by little, and they deeply nourish the soil of your heart and soul. This richness and the ability to embrace the...

Humility is The Artist's Way

It takes huge humility to be the artist. 

To really be the artist, so much of your craft, of your practice and your process will go unseen and will go un-applauded. 

And not only that, so few people will really get experientially the...

Actors, when emerging from numbness or freeze, you may experience a profound sense of hurt and pain. However, as you gradually move beyond this stage, a new level of resilience emerges—the fight. It is during this phase that you begin to regain your agency and determination. Of course, it...

Fight is going to happen. People are going to confront you. I want you to embody a warrior-like quality, not one of constant vigilance or suffering. Instead, this warrior is a loving and composed presence, possessing the agility to fight if necessary, to soar through the skies, to freeze in place...

Remember actors, you are in a time of the crossroads of change.

In the face of this transformation, we must allow room for it to unfold. Change is sweeping through the universe, our planet, politics, society, and even within ourselves, our families, and our communities. Everywhere we look,...

Actors, preparing to receive the characters, the story, and the environment in a film set can greatly impact your ability to express yourself from the present moment. This preparation involves understanding the interconnectedness of various elements, ranging from biology to the cosmos.

In terms of...

Actors, I wish for you to realise that you don’t have to endure suffering to be an artist. The notion that artists must suffer is misguided. The only suffering that arises is from lacking the necessary framework to express yourself in your chosen art form.

But here’s the truth: you...

The natural world is the greatest form of sustenance, followed by music, dance, and storytelling. These elements regulate and organise our nervous system. When clients visit my house, I always ask if they want Ocean, my border collie, in the room. She's always eager to join, and no client has...

Actors, when you're engaged in a relationship with the present moment, especially as an artist, you anchor your sense of self there. It's not possible to anchor your identity solely on a nine-to-five job with a predetermined plan and trajectory for the future. As an artist, your journey involves...

 Being an actor is like being a finely tuned instrument. 

We listen with our eyes, ears, and touch, allowing the words and experiences to come in, and then we create constellations and connect the dots. 

It's a beautiful mystery that we may not fully understand, but...

Actors, when you’re reading a play for the first time, it’s not really about analysis or intellectually understanding it on any level.

It’s about what is that story telling your body? How is that story resonating in your body?

Because it’s an embodied experience which is...