This is a great clip, but i had to laugh when you said "the guy who played lincoln," - how can you be conducting an acting interview and not know his name is Daniel Day Lewis!!! Thats like talking about basketball and saying "that guy that played on the chicago bulls in the 90s." 😂
That seems to be the big thing now which is to some degree bashing Method acting, saying it's good but not to the detriment of the person. So not true. Every field, position there are those who want to do better than good. Bring it to another level. And yes, sometimes it cross's over into real life. That's with anything. Method acting doesn't teach that. It does teach to try and create brilliant characters, but is individual in what that means. Never does Method acting say to get drunk to feel how that feels, or drugs, it's to find substitutes. It never said to gain weight if playing someone heavier. Robert DeNiro would do that, but that was him.. His choice. Daniel Day Lewis spent a year as Lincoln , in character before shooting. No one said an actor should do that. Strasberg's method acting I would say is the most complete. Meisner technique is brilliant, but mainly on the level of being truthful, honest,reacting. Strasberg used everything. Sadly, when someone who doesn't know tries to define method they say using personal experiences through sense memory/emotional recall. That's not true. Emotional recall is one exercise that is taught, but Strasberg always said it's when nothing else is working. But he used everything, including script breakdown, character work. He would do improv's, animal exercises (to create character), song and dance (for the internal to meet the external), He kept on growing, it was never just one thing. One technique.
Im studying Stella now… I heard that Stella HATED Method, and if you mentioned it in her Class she would probably throw you out… I also heard after Marlon Brando was with her he said later that he was a Method Actor, and when she heard that, she BASHED him in her Book!!! She was a TOUGH COOKIE!!!!! lol
And I’m not saying she’s Mean or anything, I think we all know she just takes her Teaching Very Serious!!! My Teacher is Teaching her to us starting next week, and she was telling us about her.
'After I had some success, Lee Strasberg tried to take credit for teaching me how to act. He never taught me anything. He would have claimed credit for the sun and the moon if he believed he could get away with it. He tried to project himself as an acting oracle and guru. Some people worshiped him, but I never knew why. I sometimes went to the Actors Studio on Saturday mornings because Elia Kazan was teaching, and there were usually a lot of good-looking girls, but Strasberg never taught me acting. Stella did -- and later Kazan.'' - Marlon Brando
I am a director but also a massage therapist. I teach both theatre and Reiki. I am amazed again and again how energy work and acting overlap!❤
So interesting! And so true!
I would like to take your class. Is this class available in online
I would love to take your class!
Let’s do it!
Do you have an online class?🤗
We do not, but maybe I should start one! We will keep you informed!
This is a great clip, but i had to laugh when you said "the guy who played lincoln," - how can you be conducting an acting interview and not know his name is Daniel Day Lewis!!! Thats like talking about basketball and saying "that guy that played on the chicago bulls in the 90s." 😂
Lol! You are so right! And of course I knew that, but had a terrible brain pause! We should have fixed that! Thank you so much for pointing that out !
That seems to be the big thing now which is to some degree bashing Method acting, saying it's good but not to the detriment of the person. So not true. Every field, position there are those who want to do better than good. Bring it to another level. And yes, sometimes it cross's over into real life. That's with anything. Method acting doesn't teach that. It does teach to try and create brilliant characters, but is individual in what that means.
Never does Method acting say to get drunk to feel how that feels, or drugs, it's to find substitutes. It never said to gain weight if playing someone heavier. Robert DeNiro would do that, but that was him.. His choice. Daniel Day Lewis spent a year as Lincoln , in character before shooting. No one said an actor should do that.
Strasberg's method acting I would say is the most complete. Meisner technique is brilliant, but mainly on the level of being truthful, honest,reacting. Strasberg used everything. Sadly, when someone who doesn't know tries to define method they say using personal experiences through sense memory/emotional recall. That's not true. Emotional recall is one exercise that is taught, but Strasberg always said it's when nothing else is working.
But he used everything, including script breakdown, character work. He would do improv's, animal exercises (to create character), song and dance (for the internal to meet the external), He kept on growing, it was never just one thing. One technique.
Thank you for your thoughts!
Im studying Stella now… I heard that Stella HATED Method, and if you mentioned it in her Class she would probably throw you out… I also heard after Marlon Brando was with her he said later that he was a Method Actor, and when she heard that, she BASHED him in her Book!!! She was a TOUGH COOKIE!!!!! lol
That is crazy! I had not heard that!!! I think I would have been a little too frightened of most of the teachers back then!!!
And I’m not saying she’s Mean or anything, I think we all know she just takes her Teaching Very Serious!!!
My Teacher is Teaching her to us starting next week, and she was telling us about her.
I love that so much! Have you read any of her books?
'After I had some success, Lee Strasberg tried to take credit for teaching me how to act. He never taught me anything. He would have claimed credit for the sun and the moon if he believed he could get away with it. He tried to project himself as an acting oracle and guru. Some people worshiped him, but I never knew why. I sometimes went to the Actors Studio on Saturday mornings because Elia Kazan was teaching, and there were usually a lot of good-looking girls, but Strasberg never taught me acting. Stella did -- and later Kazan.'' - Marlon Brando
@@malibrary7053 You ever see "LISTEN TO ME MARLON"??? It's a Documentary about him, it's Really Good!!!