“Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. These people’s performances so troubled the onlookers that they feared their ghosts. An awesome compliment.”
Do you have to bare your soul and open veins on stage or in front of the camera to be a great actor?
No. Technique allows you to imitate real emotion. But it can be helpful to connect your acting to your real experience at times.
Class work gives you a supportive atmosphere for exploration and risk taking - so when you get to an audition, you are prepared.
Class also allows you to get feedback and work on specific problems that may be holding you back - voice, physical tics, nerves.
ACTING CLASS IS AN INVESTMENT YOU MAKE IN YOURSELF.
"Acting and doing are the same. When you’re acting you’re doing something, but you have to learn
not to do it differently when you act it.”
Stella Adler, The Art
of Acting