The Authentic Actor: The Art and Business of Being Yourself - Michael Laskin

Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 5:18 p.m.

b'Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here:\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOKr5S4YvU\\n\\n0:00 - Talent Cannot Be Taught\\n9:05 - Most People Don\'t Want Massive Success\\n22:12 - It Takes Most Actors 20 Years To Learn This Lesson\\n41:22 - How To Boost Confidence\\n53:30 - What Happens When an Actor Faces a "Bad Script"?\\n1:11:25 - Why An Acting Audition Is The Real Job\\n1:25:43 - This Is What Stops An Actor From Getting Into Character\\n1:36:50 - If You Put Business First You\'ll Never Be An Artist\\n\\nBUY THE BOOK - THE AUTHENTIC ACTOR: The Art and Business of Being Yourself\\nhttps://amzn.to/3ECXbjk\\n\\nMichael Laskin has been a working professional actor for over 40 years in film, television, and the theatre \\u2013 from SEINFELD to BIG LITTLE LIES and a great deal in between. He has worked extensively off-Broadway, and at some of America\\u2019s leading regional theatres, including The Guthrie Theatre, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Geffen Playhouse, The Seattle Repertory Theatre, and The Mixed Blood Theatre Company.\\n\\nAdditionally, he was awarded a Fringe First Award at The Edinburgh Festival for playing \\u201cRichard Nixon\\u201d in TEA WITH DICK AND GERRY, which went on to a successful run at London\\u2019s Roundhouse Theatre. Michael also starred in the Canadian premier of the Pulitzer Prize winning drama \\u201cTalley\\u2019s Folly\\u201d and his most recent stage work was the American premiere of the one-person play, ALTMAN\\u2019S LAST STAND in Los Angeles. A recipient of a Bush Fellowship with The Guthrie Theatre, he was also awarded a Distinguished Alumnus Award from The University of Minnesota\\u2019s College of Liberal Arts.\\n\\nA graduate of Northwestern University\\u2019s theatre department where he received his bachelor\\u2019s degree, Michael also has a masters degree in theatre management from The University of Minnesota. Additionally he\\u2019s taught acting at USC, UCLA, Queen\\u2019s College-Cambridge (UK), The Actors Centre (London), Art Center College of Design, Kennesaw University, the University of Minnesota, the Hawaii International Film Festival, and South Coast Repertory Co.\\n\\nHe\\u2019s had the privilege of working with some of the great artists in film and theatre, including Barry Levinson, Stephen Frears, Walter Matthau, John Sayles, Paul Mazursky, Bob Rafelson, Michael Langham, Robert Duvall, Roy Dotrice, and many others.\\n\\nMORE VIDEOS WITH MICHAEL LASKIN\\nhttps://bit.ly/3TF5v73\\n\\nCONNECT WITH MICHAEL LASKIN\\nhttps://www.michaellaskinstudio.com\\nhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489644\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/michaellaskinstudio\\nhttps://twitter.com/michaellaskin\\n\\nMORE MICHAEL WIESE PRODUCTIONS AUTHORS\\nhttps://mwp.com\\n\\n(Affiliates)\\n\\nSAVE $15 ON YOUTUBE TV - LIMITED TIME OFFER\\nhttps://tv.youtube.com/referral/r0847ysqgrrqgp\\n\\n\\u25baWE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) \\u2013 https://buff.ly/3rWqrra\\n\\u25baWE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) \\u2013 http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9\\n\\nSUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBER\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8o1mdWAfefJkdBg632_tg/join\\n\\nCONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE\\nhttp://www.FilmCourage.com\\nhttp://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage\\n\\nSUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL\\nhttp://bit.ly/18DPN37\\n\\nStuff we use:\\n\\nLENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOq\\n\\nAUDIO \\n\\nRode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post https://amzn.to/425k5rG\\n\\nAudio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - https://amzn.to/3WEuz0k\\n\\nLIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv\\n\\n*These are affiliate links, by using them you can help support this channel.'