This “cold open” gives a little hint at the amount of inspiration @leahmckendrick gives us in the episode, particularly for anyone who wants to make films they will also act in. Big thanks to her. (Full episode at link in bio or find it wherever you get your podcasts)
Go see @scrambledmovie! Can’t think of a better Valentine’s Day gift for YOURSELF!
Another great year! Thanks for listening!
“Stop looking around and put your head down into the work.” A clip of just one of the MANY thought provoking and inspiring bits of gold that the great Chris Messina has given us in his episode of BACK TO ONE, about the importance of separating “the work” from “the business.” Listen to his full episode at the link in bio or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
In this clip from @boomboomhiller’s episode of BACK TO ONE, he talks about how amazing it is to be far from your stereotypical actor playing out a gentle, queer love affair as a series regular on a TV show after dreaming of, at best, playing a wacky neighbor on some comedy.
If you’ve not see “Somebody Somewhere” yet, you MUST catch up. It’s just been renewed for a third season. @streamonmax
Listen to the full Jeff Hiller episode of Back To One at the link in bio or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
“The humility part doesn’t serve anybody. Get rid of it.” This clip is one of my favorite sections from the amazing @juliocedillo episode of Back To One. He gave us so much gold in this one. Listen at the link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
Lots of actors are trained to take care of their voice, but many (especially those with no stage experience) are not informed about proper voice health. @nedalahidji is a vocal coach who approaches this topic with care, acceptance, and love. In this week’s special episode of Back To One, she informs us all about the voice and gives us tips to keep it healthy and working properly. Listen to the full episode at the link in bio or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
In this clip from the latest episode of BACK TO ONE, @jonathanroumieofficial talks about the next-level “Method” approach he takes in finding a way to portray Jesus in the series “The Chosen.” He believes if he himself were not living righteously, his portrayal would suffer. When you see his astounding work on that show, one has to simply say “whatever is getting you there, keep doing it!”
Listen to the full episode at the link in bio or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
What a year! Thanks for listening!
In this clip, Vicky Krieps talks about a mystically exercise that helped carry her through the production of “Corsage.” She took “Sisi” (Empress Elizabeth, who Krieps plays in “Corsage”) and the great actress Romy Schneider (who was the first person to play the Empress in a film) “to the playground” with her, so they can finally be free to play.
Imagine my experience of being so moved by Vicky’s description of this, and then, minutes after the interview, finding myself in a theater at Film Forum and seeing Romy Schneider come on the screen! I totally forgot she was in Welles’ “The Trial.” I had so many goose bumps I had to stand up for a second.
Listen to the full Vicky Krieps episode at the link in bio or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
“You do not have to be a dark, unhappy person to be an effective actor who takes on dark, unhappy roles. It’s untrue.”
@paulwhausergram on the lie that some actors believe that “the town hoists up.”
Listen to his full episode at the link in bio or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
On this week’s episode, Britt Rentschler talks about the triumphant decision to cast talented friends in supporting roles in her indie comedy “Pretty Problems,” but when it came to playing the lead role of Lindsay, the decision was not as easy to make. “I had started to believe that my value is tied up in how I’m hired, and not really remembering that I’m a whole artist, regardless of how the industry chooses to respond to me.” That realization, plus understanding that some of the things she hated about Lindsay were what she tried to leave behind in her own life, actually helped her play the part.
Listen to the whole episode at the link in bio or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
Austin Pendleton on Uta Hagen’s idea of “expectations,” and how teaching feeds his work as an actor. From this week’s BACK TO ONE episode. Find it at the link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
“I did not play this like it was a comedy.” — Zoey Deutch on “Not Okay.”
“They asked me up in Harvard, a bunch of kids asked me, ‘What’s comedy?’ I said… ’Comedy is tragedy plus time.’”
—Lester in “Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
It’s telling that @himeshjpatel speaks so fondly about being given something so seemingly inconsequential that nevertheless helped him enormously during the production of his first feature film “Yesterday.” Filmmakers need to listen up when actors tell stories like this. When you help an actor feel connected, when you help your actor feel less nervous, when you give them time and space, when you do it without patronizing, you are making your film better, period.
Listen to his full episode at the link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
Have you started watching “The Last Movie Stars” on HBO Max yet? You must!
In this clip from his Back To One special episode, @ethanhawke talks about the decision to use the zoom conversations with his acting friends who have been tasked with reading the transcripts. It all started with that incredible moment when @vincentdonofrio gives an example of how “the method” works, as a way of explaining it.
As Hawke describes, the idea that “this movie is going to be one generation looking back on the one before” is really what makes the whole thing very special, and It becomes a constant celebration of the very endeavor of acting.
Listen to the full episode at the link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
“Acting on film is transcending the technical.” @jeannetripplehorn (“Big Love,” “The Terminal List”) on the importance of focus. Listen to her full episode at the link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
“Your cells have to be involved.” —Juliette Binoche, Back To One podcast. Link in bio.
Just one of the interesting insights into her process that @antoniacampbellh gives us in this week’s episode—the layering of emotions. Some submerged. Some presented.
Listen to her full episode at the link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
