![]() I literally became an activist shortly after leaving the studio. What I gained the most, besides an affinity for Caribbean culture, is that I discovered the beauty of loving other human beings. He saw something in me and gave me a shot (He scouted me from another college class). I feel like Jim understood me because we both competed at high levels in sports, so I respected him like a coach, and he treated me like that one player who was always missing from the team- but came in clutch when they needed him. I am known to break rules, I didn’t really fit in, I had a lot of personal issues, etc. The Meisner training helped me discover my authentic self and cultivate my comedic dreams. ![]() I knew that I was talented at producing laughter from those who were in negative emotional states- so in some way I loved humanity at a spiritual level. As I transitioned out of that lifestyle, I was trying to recreate my identity without turning my back on my people. I come from a different world than most that attend the school…Due to historical/systemic and socio-economic reasons I was involved in criminal activity that you only see in movies…I’ve witnessed the destruction of many people close to me: incarceration, addiction, insanity, ptsd, traumatic disability and more death than the average person can imagine. It transformed my life, and for that, I am forever grateful… The Meisner Technique Studio taught me how to be a better human being, how to feel deeper, how to love with intensity. Yet here you are because you do want more. Instead, they put a band-aide on the holes to their foundation by taking workshops or “intensives.” So to even consider this level of training feels like they’ve somehow failed or it’s a step backwards or even worse, they don’t have time because their “career is slipping away.” Often actors who already have training and credits lack the humility to give themselves over to this level of training. As Sanford Meisner once said, “It’s impossible to be nervous if your focus is off yourselves.”īut here’s the problem: to turn your instrument into a moment to moment, gut to gut, instinctive, impulsive machine requires time, patience and hard work. When that happens, your nerves will go away. This is the way you’ll work all the time because you are consistently present. The Meisner Technique is all about getting you out of your head and working from your impulses, instincts, and gut – not once in a while or because you’re “having a good night.” Often the more training one has, the more one tends to be in their head. Constantly in their head – thinking, judging, watching, criticizing. ![]() Most working actors with wonderful training still suffer from three major roadblocks to truthful work: Even though you have previous training and credits, something is missing, and you can feel it. If you’re here reading this, it means you want more.
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