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I found a website today called Operation Beautiful. It truly warmed my heart. As an acting coach and an actress and performer for many years I am so aware of how much pressure women of all ages have to become something that the magazines, movies and television demand that you be. Even the most beautiful woman seem to never feel that they are "good enough" in this area.
So I truly appreciate what this woman and her website attempts to do. To remind women th...Read more
BE PREPARED – IT IS MORE THAN A BOY SCOUT RULE!
When a big opportunity comes are you prepared?
Can you perform at your best at any time?
Are you at your top form when you don’t audition every day?
Here’s how you can be prepared.
So many times actors call me in a panic. They have just been called for a big, important audition in a few hours or even the next day. That ...Read more
WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL!
AND WHAT YOU CAN'T!
I read these articles about goal setting. Lots of good stuff of course, but what bugs me is when they tell actors that if they set a goal like, “Star in a feature film, or series regular role” these self-described experts say you can make it happen.
Let’s look at the difference. If I want to write a book, which I have, and I set my goal to write 500 words...Read more
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huge Success doesn’t fix everything!
I have been watching for many years articles and stories about hugely successful people in many fields entertainment included who have sad even tragic stories. Why? When they get what they say they want so badly why does their life look so sad or even staggeringly tragic?
This morning I pulled out a yellowed worn article that I had cut out of a newspaper a few years ago. It was about the suicide of an actor who had been...Read more
MY BELOVED ACTORS AND ACTRESSES IN HONG KONG
So I am back home in LA and in time to watch the Lakers beat the Magic tonight. But we all know that the Magic is a great team and the next game everyone begins again at 0 – 0.
Of course that makes me think of acting! And all my students know that almost everything makes me think of acting. So listen up my dear, dear artists!
Every time you pick up a script you must begin again. Of course what you have learned will help you move through y...Read more
CHECK OUT THIS FREE LECTURE AND ONLINE COURSE
Looking to learn more about finding a great idea and creating a film script that will sell? Well there is a free lecture on June llth in Los Angeles as well as an online course available. Two women Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis are teaching the free lecture and the online course.
http://www.alivenotdead.com/ESEFILM
I have known Rona Edwards for many years and marvel ...Read more
Well, we are having a fantastic last 2 day workshop. The actors in Hong Kong still come ready to work hard and I know you all will want to party hard at the beautiful Hotel Panorama on Thursday night. (see Events)
Whether you were able to join my workshops or not, please come share our success and just to have some fun on thursday night.
I will miss you all but hey come over to the Hotel Panarama for one fun evening. We work hard and we play hard. See you all there. Jeanne
I was so lucky to have a night off from teaching and got to see Terence Yin's play at the Fringe Club. We had a great time in a sold out audience laughing with Terence and the gals in this play/musical. Terence got lots of face time and body time and dance time and singing time. Wow!
I can't really tell you the name of Terence's character, (ask him for the details) but I can tell you he made the audience laugh and even got some of them up to the stage with him.
The audience loved him and why not. The th...Read more