"Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job." —Joan Rivers #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

Sonnet 015 - XV When I consider every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment, That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows Whereon the stars in secret influence comment; When I perceive that men as plants increase, Cheered and checked even by the self-same sky, Vaunt in […]

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"Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job." —Joan Rivers #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

"Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different." —Ian Mckellen #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself. That is the best combination." —Judi Dench #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself. That is the best combination." —Judi Dench #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

"Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different." —Ian Mckellen #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

@davidaugust Comedy is when reality brushes up against the absurd. Back when he was doing standup, Robin Williams said "Cocaine is Nature's way of saying, 'You have too much money'"

"Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job." —Joan Rivers #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

Ah technology. RE: https://www.threads.com/@justinhelmer/post/DSx1pkFEcLV

"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication." —Marlon Brando #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication." —Marlon Brando #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

Sonnet 101 - CI O truant Muse what shall be thy amends For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed? Both truth and beauty on my love depends; So dost thou too, and therein dignified. Make answer Muse: wilt thou not haply say, 'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fixed; Beauty no pencil, beauty's […]

The only thing ChatGPT ever does.

Just don’t use the internet and DHS won’t stalk you. “What opportunities are available for individuals to consent to uses, decline…or opt out? Any individual may decline or opt out of having their information gathered…by not posting material online or limiting access to who can view their […]

"I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is […]

Make a Bond film casual ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SANTA LIST

Make a Bond film casual VIEW TO A MUGGING

Make a Bond film casual NEVER SAY NEVER UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO

Make a Bond film casual DIAMONDS ARE A MANUFACTURED MONOPOLY

Make a Bond film casual FROM RUSSIA WITH VAGUELY CONCEALED CONTEMPT

Make a Bond film casual YOU ONLY GO LIVE ON TWITCH TWICE

Make a Bond film casual A MINUTE OR TWO TO DIE OR AT LEAST GET INJURED

Make a Bond film casual THE WORLD IS JUST ENOUGH

Ah yes, stone: the famously comfortable upholstery option. 🤦‍♂️ #USpol

"The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!" —Ben Kingsley #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

Just don’t use the internet and DHS won’t stalk you. “What opportunities are available for individuals to consent to uses, decline…or opt out? Any individual may decline or opt out of having their information gathered…by not posting material online or limiting access to who can view their […]

Sonnet 088 - LXXXVIII When thou shalt be dispos'd to set me light, And place my merit in the eye of scorn, Upon thy side, against myself I'll fight, And prove thee virtuous, though thou art forsworn. With mine own weakness being best acquainted, Upon thy part I can set down a story Of faults […]

Happy Holidays! Dad joke, macabre pun? I don’t know, I just hope search and rescue finds him in one piece. 😳😝🎄🛩️🔥 #MerryChristmas #RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer #holidays

look at this crazy jello my mom makes

Really good

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"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy that’s expected of an audience… that’s the holy grail." —Riz Ahmed #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

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"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself." —Mikhail Baryshnikov #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

[Gen AI bad holiday pun] Happy Holidays! Dad joke, macabre pun? I don’t know, I just hope search and rescue finds him in one piece. 😳😝🎄🛩️🔥 #merrychristmas #rudolphtherednosedreindeer #holidays

"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy that’s expected of an audience… that’s the holy grail." —Riz Ahmed #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

Designed a new t-shirt. You should get one and go running wearing it*. https://davidaugust.threadless.com/designs/i-am-a-bomb-technician-if-you-see-me-running-try-to-catch-up/womens/t-shirt/fitted?variation=front&color=vibrant_yellow * may or may not provoke extreme responses. #bombtech #eod

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself." —Mikhail Baryshnikov #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

[Gen AI bad holiday pun] Happy Holidays! Dad joke, macabre pun? I don’t know, I just hope search and rescue finds him in one piece. 😳😝🎄🛩️🔥 #merrychristmas #rudolphtherednosedreindeer #holidays

Sonnet 033 - XXXIII Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn […]

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President who is implicated in sex crimes against children, which are being revealed now, calls children. His staff hates him too. 🤮 #USpol RE: https://www.threads.com/@aaronparnas/post/DSqXP01Eiy-

"The hardest part of acting is not being guaranteed work. Every job could be your last." —Henry Cavill #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

"Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music or a book can make a difference. It can change the world." —Alan Rickman #Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife

@davidaugust I’ve been thinking about this with Andor this year