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What is an Actor’s Real “Homework”? Updated for 2024

By Anthony Meindl | Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, It's OK to FEEL, Just Say Yes | 0 comment | 18 February, 2024 | 0

I often get asked by actors, “What is my homework?” Obviously, if you’re doing a film that takes place in 1917 and is based on a true story of what happened during the Communist Russian Revolution, and you’re playing a famous Bolshevik revolutionary ”“ then duh! of course you’re going to do your homework. ButRead more

The Effect When You Deflect

By Anthony | Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Just Say Yes | Comments are Closed | 22 April, 2019 | 1

When the shields are always up, nothing can get in. Tony shows you how to stop blocking and open up in this week’s BLOG.Read more

What Happens When You Think You’re “Chill” but You Really Aren’t

By Anthony Meindl | Acting, Being an Artist, It's OK to FEEL, Just Say Yes | Comments are Closed | 1 October, 2018 | 0

Ever feel like you’re curating your own personality so that you can “earn” a seat at the table? When we spend so much time cultivating the image we want others to see, we can lose track of who we really are. How do we get back to our authentic self? Pull up a seat atRead more

How to Stay on Your Path

By Anthony Meindl | Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Just Say Yes | Comments are Closed | 10 September, 2018 | 1

It’s a long and winding road with no shortage of crossroads, twists, and turns. How do you stay on the right track? Let Tony be your guide, in this week’s BLOGRead more

Why You Should Tear Up Your Script

By Anthony Meindl | Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Fear and Failure, Just Say Yes | Comments are Closed | 17 July, 2018 | 2

There is power and beauty in the unknown. Don’t let fear keep you from stepping out of your comfort zone. It’s the only way to grow. Tear it up with Tony in this week’s BLOG.Read more

Why Settle for Silver When You Can Go for Gold?

By Anthony Meindl | Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Fear and Failure, Just Say Yes | Comments are Closed | 4 June, 2018 | 0

Make like Keri Strug and go all out for gold. Even if you’re feeling beaten and broken, you can still go for it, still put it all out on the line, and stick the landing. Go all out with Tony in this week’s BLOG.Read more

Broken Heart? Open Heart.

By Anthony Meindl | Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Everything Else, It's OK to FEEL, Just Say Yes | Comments are Closed | 2 April, 2018 | 0

The creative life is an invitation to live a life of fullness and heartbreak in equal measure. When that heartbreak comes, and it will, how do we stay open to feeling when we feel there is nothing left we can give? Tony talks us through it in this week’s BLOG.Read more

How to Break Out of Your Own Creative Prison

By Anthony Meindl | Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Fear and Failure, Just Say Yes, Right here, Right NOW | Comments are Closed | 12 March, 2018 | 2

Actors in video: Kimberlee Kidd and Drew LipsonRead more

Safari as Metaphor for Life

By Anthony Meindl | Being an Artist, Empowering You, Just Say Yes, Right here, Right NOW | Comments are Closed | 29 January, 2018 | 3

It’s not easy being an artist. First, you have to come to terms with the fact that you are one. Which isn’t easy in a world that is generally ambivalent (at best) and sometimes hostile (at worst) to the sensitivities of the artist and his or her art. You also then have to put yourselfRead more

3 Things I Learned Making a Movie in Paris

By Anthony | Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Just Say Yes | Comments are Closed | 18 September, 2017 | 0

1) Be prepared. Actors often are taught (and believe) that “preparation” is the thing that we should be doing to get ourselves ready for the role. Well, yes, there’s that. But that’s just sort of obvious to me. Learn your lines, know what you’re talking about, understand the scene, make choices, then go for sh*t!Read more

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