Approaches to Acting Technique

Back Stage speaks with acting coaches Howard Fine, Kimberly Jentzen, and Aaron Speiser about their approaches to acting technique and creating a character, as well as how to deal with common mistakes and rejection.

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[monikajankowska]

thank you so much :)

[LAComedyAwards]

Great piece, thank you so much Back Stage!

[3636Clarence]

Aaron has a cheesy smile

[Ezzie1324]

these are some amazing tips!

[gionnicrawford16]

BACKSTAGE CASTING IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! :)

[wwwSeanBadenCom]

Gotta love the Internet!! Everything that was said in this video should be helpful to ANY aspiring actor. Don't listen to these idiot, wanna be YouTube critics. Don't know what the $&#% they're talking about. Acting is "Living truthfully under imaginary circumstances". It's that simple & that difficult.

[KCArmstrongXIIV]

this guy is so creepy looking, that dead look in his eyes ..like a pedophile teaching you how to act

i wonder if hes a gay as well...

[Octavius4271]

This is Octavius J. Johnson personally YA'LL! A budding performer and singer

I love this video! I watch it over so many times becauase -all of what the coaches said is so true and those techniques will work. I know it.

Thnks!

Also watch my new video everyone if you don't know me yet!

[Octavius4271]

Mr. Howard Fine i love what you said about knowing why i am saying a line"coming from me" thats one thing that i need to work on . most of the time i think that i am, but i am not really findind my objective

also mr Aaron Speiser" that the performance is created in the editing room"

!!!being in the moment

it is wonderful

thanks everyone

[lillmango]

its amazing how some ppl can take acting classes for many years and never grasp that (believe me...ive met some of those ppl)...at the end of the day, the quality of your acting is wholly dependent upon how well you play that character and whether you're convincing...

[DistressSignal]

@mistimtnblue I totally agree. That statement he made single-handedly exposed why most actors who start in film or TV are significantly inferior to those with a solid background in theater. Film/TV bred actors think they can just look pretty and depend on others to make them look good. Theater bred actors are the ones you actually WANT to watch on film/TV/theater, because they put the work into it, tend to be less shallow or in it for the fame, and then their character completely comes to life.

[mistimtnblue]

There are some good tidbits in here but I have to TOTALLY disagree with that statement that 'TV and movies are not performing'. So not true. The editing can certainly enhance a performance to a great degree but just because editing is so important, you CANNOT discredit the actors performance in a TV or movie role. That is just ridiculous.