"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself. That is the best combination."

—Judi Dench

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"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

—Mikhail Baryshnikov

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"It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it."

—Spencer Tracy

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With an #acting #coaching client, we tried what we thought was the opposite intent of the scene. Remarkably, we found the writing not only tolerated it, but allowed a wider scope of feelings and goals than we'd first assumed. Cool discovery.

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Effort is the great equalizer.

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"Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise."

—Claire Danes

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"Acting, for me, is giving to your co-actors."

—Rajkummar Rao

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Working with an #acting #coaching client, we found our way to have them engage with the core of the character more and so their chest voice engaged more too; such a cool way to invoke technique through emotion (the opposite can also be done).

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