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I Don’t Need an Acting Class

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Academy Award winner and celebrated acting teacher Milton Justice invites you into his weekly acting class, based on his years of study with the legendary Stella Adler. I Don’t Need an Acting Class delves deep into the craft of acting, breaks down concepts, tools and techniques, explores endless possibilities and offers you a foundation on which to build a solid, dependable process. Produced by Walker Vreeland.

Copyright: © Milton Justice

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Bonus Video: Milton on Meisner Nov 17, 2023

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Your shirt is blue. 👕

Bonus Episode: One Line of Dialogue Nov 17, 2023

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You promised to bring me the notes for the lecture. I waited for you and when you didn’t turn up I knew you’d forgotten as usual.

This is a comprehensive list of what people in class said they would work on when given this one line of dialogue:

Relationship to partner
Where are we
What is the lecture
Are you teacher or student
How long did you wait
Where did you wait
Who am I who are they
Past of forgotten as usual
What have they forgotten
How do I feel about the fact that they’ve forgetten
Where was he? At the lecture? What happened?
What was I doing before waiting?
What were the consequences
How important the notes
What exactly are the notes?
What was the person’s attitude about this?
Moment of the promise?

Improvising Your Character’s POV Nov 14, 2023

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There are so many (upsides) to improvisation. For one, it helps you get specific, own what you’re talking about, and find choices that you love. It also forces you to listen because you’re constantly having to check-in with your scene partner to see if you’re getting through to them and solving your problem. It also, as witnessed in this episode’s exercise with JP and Amanda, is a great way to understand your character’s point of view.

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Your Own Way of Working Nov 07, 2023

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Milton begins this week’s episode sharing memories about working with Swedish cinematographer, Sven Nykvist and Helen Mirren, and why “taking the time to build slowly and let it layer in” is such a wonderful way to work. And yet, there is no one way of working. This is why taking acting advice from other actors can be so misleading. What works for one does not work for all. What works for actors in one culture does not work for actors in another culture. At the end of the day, we have to find what works for us.

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Creating The “Other” Nov 07, 2023

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Your individual experience will inform your “way in” to approaching a role and of course, your interpretation of a character will be uniquely yours. But that doesn’t mean the character is you, and that you don’t have to move outside of yourself to create this other human being. A great way to begin imagining this “other” is to read. Reading feeds the imagination. It force us outside of ourselves, enabling us to immerse ourselves in pages and pages of another perspective. And we can begin visualizing behavior, physicality and mindset. Have a question for Milton? Send us a voice note below or email us at: ⁠questionsformilton@gmail.com⁠ Also, check out our website: ⁠www.idontneedanactingclass.com⁠

All You Need for TV Nov 07, 2023

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Acting Is Human Logic Oct 17, 2023

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One of the biggest contributions that Stanislavsky (and later Stella Adler) made was the clear logic they brought to the study of acting. This episode includes several ideas in acting technique that simply make sense: make a choice, move slowly, do research that feeds you, "keep moving. It may be forward."

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Getting Hired Oct 10, 2023

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In this episode, Milton talks about the myths actors tell themselves about why they’re not getting hired. The bottom line is this: if you’re good, eventually you’ll start getting hired. In a culture obsessed with tricks, quick fixes, fast-tracks and branding, our abilities as actors has fallen by the wayside. Sure, it’s nice to have credits but the reason to say “yes” to everything is because of what you learn from each job. Have a question for Milton? Send us a voice note below or email us at: questionsformilton@gmail.com Also, check out our website: www.idontneedanactingclass.com

Trust Your Homework Oct 03, 2023

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There’s a difference between the preparation work we do when creating a role, and what we’re actually *doing* in the scene. For instance, in your preparation, you may have had to build a past so that each moment is emotionally filled, but that may not be what the scene is about. And so you don’t want to “play” the past, but instead, play what’s going on with you in the scene. This lesson is illustrated as Kaleb and Milton work together on a monologue from the Tennessee Williams play, Vieux Carré. Have a question for Milton? Send us a voice note below or email us at: questionsformilton@gmail.com Also, check out our website: www.idontneedanactingclass.com

We Have Tools Sep 26, 2023

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Welcome back everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying their fall so far. We’re beginning Season 6 with an overview of some of our actor-tools: exploring the nature of character, connecting to something honestly and interestingly, they importance of improvisation, visualization, and how music can influence your work.

For anyone interested in Milton’s upcoming six-week Technique & Script Analysis Workshop beginning October 7th, there are still a few spots available. For more information or to register, email Walker at: questionsformilton@gmail.com

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