by Cindy Tanas | Sep 7, 2016 | The Actor's Craft
“It’s a constant learning process – not just what you have to learn for the characters or as far as good actors – but as an actor there’s no limit. Every time now, you’re learning, so I think that’s a good thing though.” – Paul Dano...
by Cindy Tanas | Feb 24, 2016 | The Actor's Instrument
“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.”– Carl Jung Definition of passion… “strong and barely controllable emotion.” A HEALTHY APPROACH TO ACTING Acting students will often say to me “I need my...
by Cindy Tanas | Apr 28, 2015 | The Actor's Craft
Don’t think you can wing it, you MUST practice! Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.- Aristotle Be a Professional actor in acting classes so that translates in the audition room. Show up early to your acting audition. Never be late. Treat everyone in...
by Cindy Tanas | Feb 10, 2015 | Inspiration for the Actor
If there is anything I have learned from my students it is this: Fear is the enemy of the creative spirit. Only a space held in love can set creativity free. Humiliation, domination, and interference are tools the egoic and insecure director or acting teacher resorts...
by Cindy Tanas | Dec 1, 2014 | Inspiration for the Actor
The word Inspiration means “to breathe in”. When we breathe in or take in with awareness, we become receptive and we connect to the body. We are ready to “act”. We will feel the impulse to act because we are connected to the body. We are inspired to act. With only the...
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