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- Heath Ledger's Prior Anxiety Problems and the Mental Strain of Method ActingWith Heath Ledger's death comes the probing of answers as to what happened. There's plenty of evidence to show that Ledger was deeply affected by his role playing The Joker--and overly challenging roles have affected some past actors equally as badly...
- Method Acting: How to Become a CharacterMethod acting is time-tested way to delve deep into the idiosyncrasies and mannerisms that comprise a real character. Any dedicated author should learn the basics of method acting presented in this article.
- Interview with Actress/Director Susan AdriensenI've studied the Stanislavski Method at HB Studios with the late hard-driving Katherine Sergava. She was tough, but forced us to lose our egos. It was all about the role and she prepped us to be "clean slates" for those roles.
How Actors Become CharactersMy previous series described a variety of methods used by Stanislavski in his system of acting. This one will provide information on combining those methods to ultimately create a character.
What Makes a Good Actor?: Emotional MemoryI'm sure you have heard the phrase, "The eyes are the gateway to the soul." This phrase is true not only in real life, but also in acting.- Dear Diary: Adventures of a Writer in an Acting ClassSeries of journal entries about a writer's adventures in 2002 when she took an acting class. Entries are over the semester from January to June. Names and identifying marks have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty!
- Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky: Inventor Method ActingConstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky was born in Moscow in 1863. This man is said to have had a more profound result on the development of acting than anyone else in the entire twentieth century.