by admin | Aug 30, 2012 | Coaching, Featured, The Business of Acting
Michael Nankin is a regular guest director and teacher here at The Jentzen Technique’s Living the Art Institute. I’m thrilled to share with you an interview and lesson with writer/director/producer Michael Nankin. His words of wisdom ring true for actors, directors...
by admin | Aug 16, 2012 | Coaching, Featured, The Business of Acting
Confidence… we all need it to be successful. No matter what we do in life, we depend on our ability to communicate effectively with great belief in what we have to give. But one can’t gain confidence by demanding others to praise or approve of them. This same rule...
by admin | Mar 25, 2012 | Coaching, Featured, The Business of Acting
Working your Internal Life with “Intentional Energy” By Kimberly Jentzen Acting is the ability to believe in an event as if it’s happening now. In film and television, it’s particularly crucial that the acting feels like it’s occurring for the first time. This is...
by admin | Mar 25, 2012 | Coaching, Featured, The Business of Acting
For years I’ve been coaching talented theatre actors as they make the transition from stage to film and television acting. It seems the distinction between stage and film acting has become an obsession for actors who want to make the leap! The ability to adapt between...
by admin | Jun 3, 2011 | Coaching, The Business of Acting
A large budget can enhance the quality of the filmmaker’s story, but the budget has nothing to do with the actor’s talent to deliver the performance. In acting, it’s not about the venue, it’s about the freedom within to access character and emotion. You can put an...
by admin | Jun 2, 2011 | Coaching, The Business of Acting
Have you ever been with a friend and caught a glimpse of the animal that lives within them? Sometimes bone structure lends to a certain species. One of my best friends shared that her grandmother (an artist) perceived that people are either like birds or fish. I was...
