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David August"The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and aggressive desires. The most dangerous types are those who repress their desires or deny the existence of them, often acting them out in the most underhanded ways." -Robert Greene <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

David AugustWorked with an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> client on a speech and memorization techniques for it. Many ways to work with text can double as memory aides. Always good seeing the text and actor connecting. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

David August"Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is active." -Michael Shurtleff <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

CBC WorldActor Michelle Trachtenberg died of complications from diabetes: medical examiner Michelle Trachtenberg, the actor known for roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Harriet the Spy, died as a result of complications from diabetes, New York City's medical examiner said Wednesday. <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#death</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/diabetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diabetes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#television</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYorkCity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michelle-trachtenberg-diabetes-1.7512814?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michelle-trachtenberg-diabetes-1.7512814?cmp=rss</a>

David August"It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it." -Spencer Tracy <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

David August"When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap." -Cynthia Heimel <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

David August"One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy." -Denzel Washington <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

David August"If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable." -Jack Lemmon <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

Hannah HoweMonday 15 April 1963Half a million Britons are spending £5 million a year on snuff and more and more women are joining the ranks. “It’s becoming the vogue,” a spokesman for the snuff industry said. “And it’s not unusual now for a woman to take a box of snuff out of her handbag - in public.”<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialHistory</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fashion</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acting</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MotorSport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MotorSport</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1960s</a>

David August"I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character." -Tim Curry <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

granthopeNigh Man Grant Hope 171 <a href="https://www.granthope.net/p/nigh-man" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.granthope.net/p/nigh-man</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/pZh2N0OjmZo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/pZh2N0OjmZo</a>Staring into the abundant abyss of a theatre mask How will I be? To look outside myself become something I was never to be repeating the lines over and over reproducing them until they are mine ...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/granthope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#granthope</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theatre</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mask</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#identity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fypage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fypage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetrylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetrylovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookcommunity</a>

Andrew ShieldsA British touring production of “Twelfth Night” in the late 1990s. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/111Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#111Words</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TwelfthNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TwelfthNight</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WilliamShakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilliamShakespeare</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Viola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Viola</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sebastian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sebastian</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ToledoOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToledoOhio</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Theater</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acting</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hats</a> <a href="https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-british-touring-production-of-twelfth.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-british-touring-production-of-twelfth.html</a>

David August"When everyone is working at such a diligent level, an intentional level, you can lean on those shoulders. The weight is not all on you, even if you are the lead. It’s a community for a reason." —Danielle Deadwyler <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

David August"The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself." -Tom Cruise <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

Alecia Batson (she/her)Manifesting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> work in this social media era can be challenging because preparation of provided material, self-recording of audition material, and video-conferenced auditions generally involve intellectual property (IP), which is protected and which the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actor</a> does not own, and non-disclosure agreements (NDA), which prevent sharing of said <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IP</a>.So, here’s a blurry, backlit image of my ear and a field and a dead tree’s limbs. Fingers crossed for booking this gig on optimal dates.🤞🏻

David August"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves." -Carl Jung <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

David August"For me, our job as artists is to serve the story, serve the director, and serve the fellow actors. And if you do that, by osmosis you’re serving yourself because you’ll get the best out of yourself." -David Oyelowo <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

Martha CrimsonSomeone's having trouble peopling, not just today but 24/7! Maybe that 'hermit on/in the mountain' is a bad fit for both of them.This is also a scene that ranks high on my 'likely to make the actors laugh' index; tense feelings, eye contact, pointed lines... You just know that if a mobile went off among the crew here*, the actors would be in shambles.(*bonus points if the ringtone's something like Crazy Frog)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AMomentButForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AMomentButForever</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Xianxia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xianxia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDrama</a>

David August"I think my high-school acting career lasted a day." -Dennis Farina <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActingCoaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actorslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actorslife</a>

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