Acting is something that is best honed by practice and not by theory. This is also the reason actors need coaches in honing their craft and not teachers who tend to be more theoretical. There are several acting coaches out there but some take their job more like teachers.

Here’s what to look for in acting classes:

1. – Get a Bona Fide Coach
It pays to get an acting coach that is legitimate and genuine. He or she must have the passion for acting and backed by several experiences under his or her sleeves. The coach must have a good acting reputation from the industry. It will also help that he or she has earned some formal degree from reputable acting institution but is able to translate the methodology learned to a more practical and tangible ‘mentoring’ to his or her protege.

2. – A Good Coach Should Not Teach But Guide
You will be better off with a coach that does not teach the methods for acting but rather guide you to bring out your innate potentials as an actor. You see, acting should come naturally. No amount of techniques, skills, or methods can be useful when you do not have that innate capability to act. Your intrinsic talent is what your acting studio should be able to extract from you. Your coach should be able to use your natural acting skills to connect you to the imaginary roles that you are going to play like real.

3. – Genuine Acting Classes Need Not Make Any Guarantees Yet Delivers
Find a coach that does not promise you anything like fame, fortune, and a celebrated future in acting. Minus this promise, a good coach will always deliver. Your coach should be able to see in you your potential to succeed in the field of acting and should not or must never resort to giving your guarantees. If you come across with a coach like this, you have got to use your better judgment to be coached or not to be coached.

4. – A Good Coach will Always Have Living Testimonies
You will know good acting classes when present and former ‘learners’ are only too willing to give their testimonials how their coach have helped them reach their potentials and hone their craft in acting. Similarly, your coach shall be able to provide you with a good list of his learners that have benefited from his ‘coaching’ or ‘mentoring’. Testimonials from actual learners of how good their coach is are sure fire means to distinguish a bona fide coach from an inferior one.

When you are able to find a good acting coach, you will realize that acting transcends the four walls of the theater. Your coach should help you appreciate the beauty of portraying various “make believe ‘roles as if these are real. You’ll be able to breathe authenticity and life into your roles. Search online and there are several good acting coaches waiting for you. These coaches are ready to bring out your natural acting talent.

Brian Reise is a native Californian who has thirty five years in the entertainment industry. Brian enjoyed a career as an actor for ten years having been cast in everything from movies and episodic television to soap operas and sit-coms. Brian’s acting training included some of the best teachers from both coasts. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena and after a move to New York, Brian studied with Uta Hagen, Sandy Dennis, Bill Hickey, Lee Strasberg and with Michael Shurtleff. Subsequently, Brian began his career as a teacher by working for Micheal Shurtleff teaching scene study and cold reading. He has now been teaching for 24 years. Brian has also produced and directed theater and television in Los Angeles. Brian’s true passion and interests lie in helping actors understand the business of Acting and booking jobs so that they may enjoy a successful career. Visit his website now and learn about his Free Orientation Class at www.brianreiseacting.com.

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How important is training as an actor? A professional athlete spend hours and hours perfecting their game. Off season, he or she keep up their training to get ready for the coming season. To keep in shape; to work on their weakness, to improve upon their strength; etc. Why is an actor profession any different? Ask yourself, how important is my craft? Can I improve? What are my strength? what are my weaknesses? etc. Remember you are responsible for the cultivation of your craft (profession). If you think your the champion, you better be ready for the defeat to come. Keep training and keep taking pro-active of your craft…

Marc, Tim, Ashley, Pete, Kp, and Josh

Thanks everyone for a wonderful weekend filming. We had a great time with CHRISTIAN STRICKLAND (director) and RODD LOWE (writer) , BLARE MEDIA, De Vore Talents , and talents from THE GYM (KP). KP was stunt/fight coordinator on the project. ASHLEY (talent from Las Vegas) did a wonderful job kicking and rolling. Here’s a link to the behind the scene from Tim Tanavon  BEHIND THE SCENE PHOTOS (click to link)

KP is gearing up to do stunt/fight coordinating for CHRISTIAN STRICKLAND this coming week. Working with a talent out of Vegas. Stay tune. Talents from the GYM have been working with KP preparing for the shoot. Checkout ACTORS COMBAT every Sat. from 10am-1pm to learn about stunt/fight work.

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The GYM isn’t just looking for pretty faces such as Models or Actors, we’re looking for team players to push their craft. We’re looking for long term relationship in growth. We’re not here to collect files, we’re here to work our passion. We are not a talent agencies nor casting centers. If you looking to grow and be pushed, the ACTORS GYM has a TEAM to assist you. Let’s get to work!

I love the enthusiasm of everyone but since I have been here I’ve noticed a strange trend. People cast before there is even a script. People are building production teams or even thinking of sets before a script. So they are trying to solidify a project that isn’t even mapped out yet.

I have even encountered a person with a film not even edited, to only then cast for a film not even written to then think of a third project. What?????

Then there are those people who have written scripts for low to no pay projects with stories taking place or have special effects or items that put it way over any budget for this category and then the film is compromised. I’m talking about explosions, and demolisions, er scenes, etc. It’s great for those who have that special effects programs and can fake it well, but most can’t. Still they put that in there anyways.

I have seen those who shoot, then during their production time, decide to put it up for kickstarter type funding for that film they are currently shooting. They said it was a no budget film, they aren’t paying anyone, but now are looking for money. Are they NOW paying people?? What is this funding for. Shouldn’t you have done this BEFORE the shoot???? As an actor, if funding is coming in as they are on set, or even after and they signed a no pay contract (just for copy and credit), I’d be suspicious and even pissed. As tech- same feeling.

I think if you go in this mode, you should stop and think about what are the consequences. You get actors / production crews on board at the wrong time and they sit waiting, waiting and waiting. WAITING for you to write the script, get a budget, get funding. Meanwhile other projects coming in that are following an orderly fashion,( script, budget, securing funding and pre-production, (this is where you can get people on board) then casting, then shooting, post) will soon take those away from you because YOU had nothing to anchor them onto your project. If you wanted to do all this for free, Definately can’t hold anyone to the project. All this does is burn people and gives you a bad reputation of not being professional or able to manage a project by not “having your ducks in a row”.

I am not sure why anyone wants this aggravation or this reputation. I love when people ask questions and seek out what is needed before they get into a film project. But so many are just running out there in the busy street.

“Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.” John Gielgud

We had a great casting sessions for two upcoming projects (INDIE FILMS) in the Central Valley. There’s a whole untapped talents in this Valley and they are going to be having an opportunity to work on these projects. We have talent coming all the way from Bay Area to audition. w look forward to starting production soon.

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