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Transcript Of This Recording:
“There’s a sophistication to the work that cannot be denied…
And there is a choice to make…
Do you want to be the type of actor…
That is always dependent on luck…
In the hopes that your work goes well?…
Or do you want to be a skilled actor…
Where you have something that is sustaining you…
Your work…
And your career…
So you know when you are losing your way…
You have your process:
‘Oh, I can rely on this to take me to where I need to go’…
No matter what kind of work you are doing…
You still have to look at the same kind of life structure when approaching the work…
What is apparent in life…
Is going to be apparent in the work…
You have to know…
Who you are…
Where you are…
What you want…
What is getting in the way of what you want…
What you are doing to overcome what is getting in the way of what you want…
(Life, circumstances, relationships, needs within those circumstances and relationships, obstacles to overcome in order to improve circumstances and relationships, and doing all you can that is in line with the text to achieve those needs with the hope of living in one way or another some kind of peaceful, happy, successful, loving life as indicated by the givens of the text.)
You have to know your ‘in’ into those circumstances…
You have to know what stimulates you to go after the needs of those circumstances…
And be clear…
And specific…
You know…
Obviously…
About the environment…
And the time period…
And all that…
But there has got to be something that gives you a starting point into the work…
Otherwise, it is always going to be (and feel) like a ‘cold read’…
And you are always going to get into the place of:
‘I don’t know what I am doing’…
Every time you work…
And then hope to dear God it goes well…
And…
Don’t you get tired of always feeling like the work is going to be based on luck if it goes well?…
This is where we get into trouble if we are just depending and learning to do it all by ‘cold reads’…
Or we are just picking up the material and ‘doing it’…
Right?…
Because then it becomes your own play…
It becomes your own world…
In which you make choices…
Whether they are instinctual, interesting, or not…
But…
In the end…
What do they really have to do with the actually full body of the text?…
What do they have to do with the world of the play?…
What do they have to do with the world of your character?…
And then what are you going after?…
Where are the instincts coming from?…
The play or script?…
Or an idea of the play or script without really considering and respecting the play or script?…
What are you doing and relying on when you have to do eight shows a week?…
The perfect test of action is..
Can you…
The actor…
Do a play that is two and a half hours long…
Eight shows a week…
Or a film…
For weeks or months on end…
And most likely…
Completely out of sequence…
And still have a consistent..
Alive…
Uninhibited…
Organic…
And visceral performance…
As well as the vocal and physical stamina…
To do your job…
And tell the story truthfully…
Using the full spectrum your instrument?…
And do it all as if for the first time…
And still it all be about the story that the writerhas given to you…
And then still live in the moment based on that…
That is where your skill…
Your craft…
And your process comes into action…
And when it comes to your process…
The actor needs tools that will help him or her…
Physically, mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually to do the work…
To have his or her back…
I mean…
Since when has it become shameful to have a process?!…
Why is there so much recent guilt…
And even belittlement…
About having a craft?!…
Just as the ballet dancer needs to know all the technicalities to do a thousand faute turns…
The actor also needs to have a set of tools supporting him or her to do the work…
But it needs to be used in a way that is tangible and can actually activate the actor to live and breath in the work…
If you want to live in the chaos of the unknown or moment, you have to be aware of what is known to do just that…
It may not always be the same toolbox…
But the structure will always be the same…
What you know in life…
The character is going to know…
There is no if’s, and’s or but’s about it.
Any actor that has the talent…
Sophistication…
Know-how…
And ability…
To be dependable…
And accountable…
Is an actor that has a long life in this business…
Whether it be stage or screen…
Plain and simple…
An actor that does the work…
Is an actor that works…
And continues to work…
And more importantly…
Enjoys the work that he or she is blessed to do…
Because it is no longer about one’s luck when it comes to the quality of the work…
It is all about a life long and well respected skill…
Married with organic talent…
And that’s where the freedom and fun is!”~#MarioCampanaro
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Transcript Of Video:
“Listen…
As actors…
As artists…
We are constantly going to be confronted with feedback…
And opinions…
And criticisms…
And reviews…
But we have a choice to make…
Do we allow ourselves to take that information…
And use it to better who we are?…
Not that we are not whole as we are…
But there is always room for growth…
But do we take it…
And do we look at it…
And do we examine it…
And see how someway we can use it to expand us…
As artists…
As people?…
Or do we take that information…
And allow it to be this anchor that sinks our ship?…
Because when we do that…
We start to believe information that triggers us into thinking that we are not enough…
It’s…
A perfect example is like…
Looking into a broken mirror…
Right?…
When we look into that broken mirror…
What do we see?…
We see a reflection of a human being…
That’s completely distorted…
Well…
What’s the truth?…
Is that the truth?…
Is the distortion the truth?…
Or is the observer the truth?…
Is the wholeness of the observer the truth?…
You know…
When we believe all these things that tell us we are broken…
Or these things that we believe that tell us that we are not enough…
We start to run on this rollercoaster…
That brings us to a place of complete destruction…
And as the great Bianca Del Rio says:…
‘Not Today Satan!’…
You have to choose wisely…
Take the note…
But do not hold onto it!”
Transcript of Video:
“I think one of the biggest obstacles actors face…
Is this idea that they are not enough…
That who they are…
Are the core level…
Is not enough…
To bring to the material that at hand…
And so that is when acting no longer becomes fun…
That’s when acting becomes complicated…
That’s when acting becomes really heavy…
And stiff…
And there’s like this paralysis in the space…
Because they are trying to fit themselves into this idea approach…
Of what they think is suppose to be revealed…
In regards to the circumstances…
And what’s missing…
Is we’re looking for you to reveal yourself in those circumstances…
We’re looking for you to bring the accumulation of your life experiences…
And put them in these circumstances…
And see what happens…
And it’s when we get away from the idea…
And the blueprint…
Of how we think things are suppose to go…
And what we are suppose to be…
That we start to experience this exhalation in the work…
We start to experience this freedom in the work…
We start to experience fun in the work…
Because we then allow ourselves to ride the rollercoaster of the scene…
Because we are not shackled by ideas…
We’re running free…
By using ourself as the instrument…
And seeing where it goes…
In those circumstances…
And when we allow ourselves to really own who we are…
Acting no longer becomes complicated…
It makes sense…
Things make sense…
It becomes easy…
It becomes fun…
It becomes free…
So I think the more we escape…
From the idea of what we think we are supposed to be…
And own who we are…
The more our work becomes this alive thing…
That we get to witness…
And it’s beautiful…
Because we see this human being…
Having a real experience…
In a public way…
It’s kinda cool!”
Transcript of Video
“I think one of the biggest obstacles actors face…
Is this idea that they are not enough…
That who they are…
Are the core level…
Is not enough…
To bring to the material that at hand…
And so that is when acting no longer becomes fun…
That’s when acting becomes complicated…
That’s when acting becomes really heavy…
And stiff…
And there’s like this paralysis in the space…
Because they are trying to fit themselves into this idea approach…
Of what they think is suppose to be revealed…
In regards to the circumstances…
And what’s missing…
Is we’re looking for you to reveal yourself in those circumstances…
We’re looking for you to bring the accumulation of your life experiences…
And put them in these circumstances…
And see what happens…
And it’s when we get away from the idea…
And the blueprint…
Of how we think things are suppose to go…
And what we are suppose to be…
That we start to experience this exhalation in the work…
We start to experience this freedom in the work…
We start to experience fun in the work…
Because we then allow ourselves to ride the rollercoaster of the scene…
Because we are not shackled by ideas…
We’re running free…
By using ourself as the instrument…
And seeing where it goes…
In those circumstances…
And when we allow ourselves to really own who we are…
Acting no longer becomes complicated…
It makes sense…
Things make sense…
It becomes easy…
It becomes fun…
It becomes free…
So I think the more we escape…
From the idea of what we think we are supposed to be…
And own who we are…
The more our work becomes this alive thing…
That we get to witness…
And it’s beautiful…
Because we see this human being…
Having a real experience…
In a public way…
It’s kinda cool!”
Transcript Of Video:
“My approach of working with actors…
I don’t believe that there is THE way to get there in the work.
I believe that there is A way…
And that way is really about what resonates and stimulates the actor to do…
And continue to do…
Unpredictable, exciting, truthful, authentic, honest work in relation to the written material or the circumstances that are at hand.
I think when we start to hone in on just one way…
It does us a disservice as actors because…
It really locks us into thinking that if ‘this way’ doesn’t work…
Then we are not good at what we do.
And that’s not true.
I think it is with any kind of art form…
We find what works for us…
And what we can rely on…
And what has our back…
And we continue to use that…
And cultivate that…
To create a toolbox…
And a support system…
For an art form that we love.
And that’s really what my objective…
And my spine of this entire studio is about.
It’s there to serve the actor individually.
And to continue to allow the actor to expand…
And grow…
And exercise…
And challenge their instrument to explore the entire color wheel of the human condition…
In a really safe and challenging environment.
I think that’s what makes us unique…
Because it does take all these approaches…
And gives the actor an opportunity to exercise…
And experiment with those approaches…
To see what really resonates and works for him or her…
And I think its a really inspiring environment to do that…
Because you see how different we all are…
With a common goal of revealing the truth…
Of this ‘pretend’ world…
And really about bringing this ‘pretend’ world alive…
With this ultimate truth…
That we call ‘acting’.”
