How is British actor training different from American?
How is British actor training different from American?
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#1How is British actor training different from American?
Posted: 7/24/13 at 10:08pmDo you think British is better?
#2How is British actor training different from American?
Posted: 7/24/13 at 10:12pm
Never having had British actor training I can't speak personally to the difference, but when Stephen Daldry was on Alec Baldwin's podcast (an old episode, but one which I listened to recently) this topic came up, with fascinating results. Daldry, I thought, had a keen insight.
Search the transcript for "methodology" if you want to go right to that part
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
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