I Don't Need an Acting Class
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I Don't Need an Acting Class
Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe Academy Award winner and celebrated acting teacher Milton Justice invites you into his weekly acting class, based on his years of study with the legendary Stella Adler. I Don’t Need an Acting Class delves deep i...
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What to work on
Sometimes I think we've just had too many classes - and too many teachers telling you what you have to do in order to play a part. An actor needs to d...
Seeing What's Not There
The ability to visualize and live off images that are in the actor's imagination is a great skill to develop. It keeps you from acting in a vacuum,– t...
Talking Out Revisited
Actor work is not an intellectual exercise. And it’s not about “good writing.”
It’s about experiencing.
The audience doesn’t come to the t...
The Technique Works!
Actors have a tendency to abandon their technique as soon as they get an audition – and leap to a performance. Just taking a little time to really thi...
Building a Character
There are many roads in to building a character and, unfortunately, there is no paint-by-number approach. It's great as an actor to play with several...
Connecting Through Specifics
When an actor does not connect, you catch them "acting". It doesn't matter if it's a television series or a play. Specificity helps us connect.
Fighting Clichés through Specificity and Events
We have a tendency to leap to clichés because the dialogue seems to lead us there. There's a way to fight this.
An Encyclopedic Possibility of Choices
It's very difficult to believe that there is not just one correct choice. As long as an actor is clear what the text is about, there are countless roa...
Your choices must feed the text
"Everything is something." It seems simple, but as actors we often skip over something that can give us the key we're looking for.
Everything is Something
The craft of acting is there to give us confidence. If we're not confident it's easy to see, especially for people casting. One of our problems is tha...
There is no shortcut to learning to act
There are all sorts of quick fix "schools" of acting, but it's an art form and it takes dedicated study to become confident in your technique.
Impulse instead of Action
The purpose of the technique is to help open your talent, not strangle it. I'm suggesting that you think in terms of what the impulse is for a scene,...
The Dreaded Vocabulary of Acting
The vocabulary of acting is strangling the talent of actors. The need to use the right words is cutting off the actor's talent.
Bonus Video Ep: Let It Happen
This acting class session focuses on the fundamental tension between allowing authentic moments to emerge versus forcing them through overthinking. Th...
Why Your Acting Choices Must Feed the Material
In this episode, Milton Justice explores the critical concept of matching your acting choices to the specific material you're working with. Using exam...
Filling The Choice
In this episode, Milton Justice explores why actors struggle to make choices substantial enough to serve their material. He contextualizes modern acti...
Playing Characters Beyond Your Experience
Milton and Kaleb explore how to authentically portray characters whose experiences are completely outside your own. They discuss the crucial role of s...
What Worked and What Didn't
Milton interviews student J.P. McCloskey about his off-Broadway experience in the Stephen Metcalfe play Strange Snow. J.P. identifies a major challeng...
Casting Directors Need to See This
Milton shares insights from a panel with top New York casting directors including Bernard Telsey and Billy Hopkins. The key revelation: casting direct...
Announcement!
The Actor Lab is an acting studio founded by industry veterans Milton Justice and Patrick Quagliano, and producer Walker Vreeland. The studio aims to...
What is Personalizing?
Welcome back to I Don't Need an Acting Class and our first episode of Season 8! In this first episode, we hear a coaching session between Milton and s...
Plays Are Difficult
In this bonus episode, Milton explores the fundamental challenges of theatrical performance. He begins by praising a student's vivid storytelling abou...
Bonus Ep: The Imaginary Vacation
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We're so grateful for you. In honor of the holiday we're releasing some audio from 5 years ago, all about an exercise cal...
Season 7 is Wrapped!
But we still have a lot going on. Check out out website: www.idontneedanactingclass.com for all the latest events. Happy Holidays to all of you and we...
Avoid Boring Yourself to Death
In this episode, Milton discusses the importance of understanding specific relationships to text and sequence of thoughts. The discussion highlights a...
What Does That Mean
This episode delves into the importance of conveying big ideas in acting. Milton emphasizes the need for actors to grasp the magnitude of concepts in...
A Tear in the Curtain
You have to give yourself permission to fail. If you’re too afraid of being bad, you’ll block your creative energy. Like Venessa Redgrave, indulge you...
Everything Can Be Magical
Or we should say: everything must be magical. To YOU. This week’s episode is a lesson in connecting. We hear a student, Grace, go from “reporting” to...
Your Attitude Towards Your Partner
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The Acting Lie Detector
Talking out or improvising text helps us connect to what we’re talking out, sometimes by way of letting us know we are lying. In that sense, talking o...
Milton à Marseille
Milton will be teaching a week-long acting workshop at Clap Class in Marseille! The class will be held in English. Must have experience in film, telev...
Being Active Always
Two topics are covered in this episode: our tendency to be disconnected from what you’re talking about, and our tendency to be disconnected from what’...
I Have (Another Round of) Notes
Milton gives another round of notes to Chris who is doing a monologue from All My Sons.
I Have Notes: All My Sons
This week, Milton coaches Chris on a monologue from All My Sons. This episode is both audio and video. You can watch the video version on Spotify.
Looking for A Revelation
This week’s episode calls to mind the Steve Martin quote: “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” You want to make choices that are so inventive that they...
Robot Drama
In this longer-than-usual episode, Milton coaches the class through Jed’s audition for a TV series in which an out-of-control robot is stealing childr...
Wandering with The Rainmaker
In this episode, Milton begins talking through The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash. It’s an example of how we can begin working on a play by ourselves. T...