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How to Make the Most of a Part with Minimal Lines
August 28, 2017Every aspiring actor dreams of one day playing the lead roles. But whether you went through an excellent acting school or spontaneously gave it a ...
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6 Simple Tips for Memorizing Lines
June 28, 2017If you are a current student – or alumni – of NYFA, you understand that auditions are a normal part of life. But, what if ...
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Acting for Film: How to Put Together a Fantastic Demo Reel
May 26, 2017Like most aspiring actors, you’re probably torn on whether you need a demo reel or not. You’ve probably heard the phrase, “No reel is better ...
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Developing Your Core Acting Technique
February 4, 2017If you’re thinking about becoming an actor, there are some basic things like your type, age range, and preferred medium (stage or film, or both) ...
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5 Tips for Creating Character Relationships
January 12, 2017Ok, so you’ve done the work: memorized your lines backwards and forwards, filled notebooks with your thoughts and backstory, answered the key questions “who am ...
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How to Reach for Acting Roles That Are Right for You
October 8, 2016Actors actually have a great deal of agency when it comes to how they set goals, choose auditions, and decide whether or not to commit ...
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Actors: When to Voice an Opinion
September 17, 2016Actors are arguably one of the most important visible elements in the theater or on screen. As a primary collaborator in the art of visual ...
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The Importance Of Subtext For Actors
March 25, 2016Words are everything and nothing to an actor. A script is filled with words, all of which add up to a plot, theme, events, and ...
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How To Analyze A Script For Actors
February 11, 2016All the activities we pursue in our daily lives have directions. When you drive on the road there are laws meant to prevent us from ...
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How To Create A Convincing Character
December 11, 2015If you want to be a great actor you should know the importance of conveying a character as well as staying in character. Anyone can read ...
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Stanislavski In 7 Steps: Better Understanding Stanisklavski’s 7 Questions
December 2, 2015There are so many different acting techniques and books and teachers that finding a process that works for you can be confusing. Ironically, most acting ...
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How To Succeed As An Actor After Acting School
December 2, 2015So here you go, off into the real world you go to become an actor. You just graduated, so now what? Where do you start? ...
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How To Transition From Modeling To Acting
November 17, 2015Modeling and acting are different arts, no doubt. But for being different they are awful similar in many ways and the transition from modeling to ...
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How To Elevate Your Craft As An Actor With Improv
November 10, 2015In a city where we continuously elevate our fashion sense, our taste buds, and our little tiny city apartment spaces, why not constantly elevate our ...
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How To Use The Internet To Boost An Acting Career
October 21, 2015Al Gore may have claimed to have invented the internet, and Barack Obama’s presidential campaign may have used the internet to aplomb, but it is ...
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How To Budget As An Aspiring Actor
October 13, 2015Part of the allure of acting is the uncertainty, challenge, and endless opportunity. However, those things also make acting a difficult career to weather, especially ...
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How To Prepare For A General Audition
October 5, 2015Once a year, most cities host a cattle call audition session that lasts for days and includes dozens of theater companies and hundreds of actors. ...
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How To Find Your Type As An Actor
September 29, 2015Let’s talk about type. It’s not who you are, or what you do, or what you know that counts. Type, for an actor, is simply ...
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5 Tips For Choosing An Audition Monologue
September 22, 2015By the time an actor walks into the audition room, the audition has largely been won or lost based on their preparation. Thorough prep work ...
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How To Find Your Next Acting Audition
September 11, 2015You have a resume. You have a headshot, or something close. You have ruthlessly prepared a monologue, or maybe two, just to be safe. You ...
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CALLING ALL VOICE ACTORS! 3 Additional Skills That Will Help You Get Hired
September 9, 2015While voice acting is a legitimate profession, it is still a creative art form, and like any form of creativity, it does not exist in a ...
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Answer: What is Method Acting?
August 31, 2015Question: What is the acting technique, based on the principles of Stanislavsky that was popularized in 1930’s America by director Lee Strasberg at The Actors’ ...
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How to Make An Actor Demo Reel
August 27, 2015In the long line of confounding acting advice, casting directors demand that actors have a demo reel if they are to take you seriously. However, ...
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How to Audition For a Commercial
August 27, 2015Konstantin Stanislavsky once said, “There are no small roles, only small actors.”
He was a theatre man and lived before the age of the television commercial. ...
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Don’t Dread It, Write It: A Guide To Acting Resumes
August 4, 2015Headshots get the bulk of the attention because they are the visual cue that immediately informs casting directors and agents of an actor’s type and ...
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The Art of Acting Alone
July 31, 2015One of the most iconic scenes, from one of the most iconic trilogies of all-time, features an actor who is acting alone.
Gollum
Yes, precious, false! They ...
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How To Ace Your Headshot Session
July 28, 2015
Imagine for a moment that you are a detective selecting a suspect from a series of mug shots. You would use the description you have ...
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7 Easy Monologue Memorization Tips
July 28, 2015Someone once asked themselves in a monologue, “To be, or not to be?” When it comes to monologues there are things you want to be, ...
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Voice Exercises for Actors
June 26, 2015Before Clark Gable was known as “The King of Hollywood” he spent years rigorously training his voice. His naturally high-pitched voice was lowered with better ...
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Six Tips For Becoming An Actor
June 24, 2015In the movie A League of Their Own Tom Hanks says, “If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it.” He was speaking of becoming a ...
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Tips To Nail Your Next Self-Tape Audition
May 27, 2015Digitized casting is changing television and film for good. Actors are routinely expected to put themselves on tape for auditions; and often on short notice. ...
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12 of the Most Popular Camera Shots all Actors Should Know
March 5, 2015When asked about the biggest piece of advice he could give to aspiring actors, Edward Norton once famously said, “The more you do your homework, ...
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How To Become Famous
November 24, 2014For the purposes of this post, we’re going to put aside the reasons why you want to be famous in the first place. We’ll also ...
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How to Find a Kick-Ass Acting Agent
November 19, 2014No matter whether you’re an amateur trying to break into the industry, newly graduated or still working towards your BFA in acting, you’ll need an ...
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Why To Consider Enrolling In An MFA Acting Program
November 13, 2014Let’s not mince words. Going to grad school is a huge investment and for many students already dealing with paying off their loans for their ...
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How To Decide If A BFA Acting Degree Is Right For You
November 13, 2014Did you know that the BFA degree has only existed as we know it today since 1971? As the traditional degree choice for students wishing ...
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How To Cry On Cue
November 12, 2014Bad crying can make or break a career. An actor or actress may be at the top of their field, able to deftly handle comedy ...
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Method Acting: Method or Madness?
October 30, 2014Some actors swear by it, while others denounce it as a self-indulgent and superfluous part of the craft. But whichever way you slice it, it’s an enduring ...
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The Acting Advice They DON’T Tell You…
September 23, 2014When Dustin Hoffman was on set for Marathon Man, one scene in particular called for his character to appear as if he suffered from extreme exhaustion. ...
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How To Do An Actor Demo
July 11, 2014Author: Annie Coutu, Filmmaker at Aisha Productions & Author of Dans 10…9…Devenir acteurDo you need an actor demo? Well if you are an actor or want to ...
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Avoiding Being Typecast (And How To Recover If You Are)
July 7, 2014Type·cast
ˈtīpˌkast/
verbassign (an actor or actress) repeatedly to the same type of role, as a result of the appropriateness of their appearance or previous success in ...
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Acting Resumes With Aaron Marcus: Part Three
June 16, 2014The following video is the third and final in our three part series about Acting Resumes from America’s Premier Acting & Modeling Career Coach – ...
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June 16, 2014The following video is part two in our three part series about Acting Resumes from America’s Premier Acting & Modeling Career Coach – Aaron Marcus. ...
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June 13, 2014The following video is part one in our three part series about Acting Resumes from America’s Premier Acting & Modeling Career Coach – Aaron Marcus. ...
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Duet Acting: An Inexpensive Way To Hone Your Acting Skills
June 3, 2014An effective technique for actors to sharpen their acting skills is duet acting. In duet acting, two actors pair off and act out a short ...
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Oh No! Not Another Article About Audition Monologues
May 28, 2014Author: Denis McCourt, MFA Associate Chair, Performing Arts Department, New York Film Academy Los AngelesHaving auditioned thousands of Actors and heard thousands of monologues over ...
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13 Tips On Surviving In The Acting Industry
May 28, 2014Author: Lynda Goodfriend, Chair, Acting Department, New York Film Academy Los AngelesThere are literally thousands of actors in Hollywood trying to “make it.” According to ...
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How To Submit To An Audition Notice Via Email
May 22, 2014Author: Glynis Rigsby, Chair, Acting Department, New York Film AcademyFrom personal experience, professional casting notices are well thought out and built specifically to streamline the ...
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National Hispanic Heritage Month: Actors Influencing the World
September 15, 2017National Hispanic Heritage Month takes place from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, and according to the official website is a time for “celebrating the histories, ...
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6 Movie Ad Libs that Became Classics — And What You Can Learn From Them
August 2, 2017Some of the most well known lines from movies, and even scenes, are actually ad libbed, or improvised. Improvisation actually has many benefits for actors.
Below ...
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5 Reasons Why Major Movie Stars are Taking Their Acting Chops to Streaming Services
August 2, 2017Aspiring actors dream of being on the big screen, just like their favorite movie stars. Or do they? More major actors are creating and starring ...
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Helen Mirren & Sandra Bullock’s Most Iconic Performances
July 25, 2017Over the last few decades, Hollywood actresses Helen Mirren and Sandra Bullock have starred in so many diverse roles that’s it’s hard to typecast them, ...
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Happy Birthday Al Pacino: The Best Lines From a Legend
April 25, 2017Al Pacino is one of the Hollywood’s best veteran actors and a past NYFA guest speaker, with a successful career spanning over five decades and ...
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Coachella 2017: 5 Most Beloved Musicians-Turned-Actors
April 17, 2017People in showbiz tend to be rather multi-talented, or perhaps that’s just a survival strategy. Either way, if you can sing, dance and act, chances ...
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6 Celebrity Pranksters to Inspire Your April Fool’s Day
March 31, 2017Many people love watching or hearing about a well-done prank. Hollywood is no stranger to outrageous pranks, whether it’s on April Fool’s Day or not. ...
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Why Do So Many Actors Turn to Producing?
March 17, 2017In this article about the benefits of self-producing as an actor, we considered Orson Wells, who wrote, produced, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane, the ...
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International Women’s Day: Industry Leaders
March 5, 2017Women around the world have been blazing the trails for equality. As New York Film Academy has previously reported, gender inequality is still an issue ...
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Hollywood’s Funny Women
January 28, 2017Mae WestIn the beginning, there was Mae West — sassy, sexy, and smart. West’s early career in Vaudeville helped her develop a larger-than-life persona that ...
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Is Social Media Success the New Way to Get an Acting Gig?
January 28, 2017Actors, like everyone else, have found their lives and careers changed by social media. Few could have predicted the impact social media would have on ...
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Australia Day 2017: Celebrating Current Aussies in Film
January 25, 2017There’s something about Australian actors that make us look forward to Australia Day. From Hugh Jackman to Margot Robbie, Hollywood is full of the Australian ...
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Why You Should Watch the 23rd Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards
January 20, 2017The SAG Awards are one of the most prestigious awards out there in the film business, particularly when it comes to acting — and more ...
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NYFA Looks Forward to the 2017 Golden Globes
January 5, 2017The American film and television community awaits the Golden Globes 2017 with bated breath. This year, the awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, Jan. 8 ...
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American Music Awards: Nominees in Films
November 23, 2016The American Music Awards are arguably one of the biggest music awards show of the year — so much so, that they are still buzzing ...
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5 Actors We Bet You Didn’t Know Were Military Veterans
November 11, 2016Elvis Presley. Clint Eastwood. Charlton Heston.
These may be the first few names that spring to mind when you think of famous actors who served in ...
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The Value of an Acting Degree: Preparing for the Modern World
October 8, 2016Though the art of acting dates to the Ancient Greeks, Acting for Film is a far newer discipline and few schools provide specialized training that ...
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7 Movies Every Acting Student Should Watch
September 10, 2016What better way for aspiring actors to glean valuable insight about their chosen trade than by watching acting movies: films about people trying to make it ...
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4 Seth Rogen Quotes Aspiring Artists Should Live By
September 3, 2016Seth Rogen might be your spirit animal if you’re an aspiring actor who enjoys making people laugh. Before the numerous awards and nominations, he was ...
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Is Method Acting Truly Over? Jared Leto’s Joker
September 3, 2016Make no mistake about it: the technique known as method acting has played a huge part in the history and evolution of the acting profession, ...
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Venice Film Festival Spotlight on: Giorgio Pasotti
August 20, 2016With the 73rd Venice Film Festival rapidly approaching, it’d be remiss to waste the opportunity to highlight a familiar face on the scene: former NYFA ...
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The Evolution of Seth Rogen: From Teenage Comedian to Superstar
August 16, 2016Seth Rogen is on something of a winning streak, and it seems that just about everything the Canadian-born comedian touches of late turns to gold.Having ...
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5 Movies Starring Female Ensembles
July 18, 2016This past weekend, Paul Feig’s remake of the 1984 supernatural comedy, Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman), is hitting theatres. Unlike the original film, which starred Bill Murray, ...
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4 “Jawsome” Films to See During Shark Week
July 2, 2016Who doesn’t love Shark Week? As usual, here at New York Film Academy, we’re thinking about our favorite films. This week, in particular, check out ...
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The Best Fatherly Characters in Recent Film
June 18, 2016Each dad is one-of-a-kind. Whether he’s silly or serious, completely embarrassing or way cooler than us, we’ve got to love him. In honor of Father’s ...
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6 Lessons On-Screen Mothers Have Taught us About Acting
May 7, 2016Mothers: we salute you.
You’ve cooked us countless meals. You’ve put up with our laundry-strewn bedroom floors. You’ve been a shoulder to cry on when we ...
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The Up-And-Coming Actors Performing At Coachella 2016
April 22, 2016It’s that time of year again—the days are longer, people’s calendars are filling up with more and more parties, and outdoor festivities are popping up ...
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Top 5 Famous Acting Quotes From Actors And Why They Matter
March 25, 2016People love to pick the brains of experts in hope of uncovering some secret recipe for success in a given field. Have a political question? ...
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6 Outstanding Performances That Could Have Been Nominated For An Oscar in 2016
February 26, 2016Every year there are only five nominees in each of the four acting categories at the Academy Awards. As such, there is always disagreement among ...
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Five Must-See Movies For President’s Day
February 15, 2016The presidents of past and present have afforded screenwriters with a lot of solid writing material, both in terms of their political careers and personal ...
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The Best Places For Actors To Be Seen In LA
February 10, 2016Paparazzi, autograph hounds, and Hollywood socialites flock to the busy, over-priced clubs and bars on the Sunset Strip in hopes of meeting a famous face ...
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The Best Film Monologues Ever And Why You Have To See Them
January 20, 2016All great characters don’t have monologues; but all great monologues come from the mouths of great characters. Some of the most famous lines of dialogue ...
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10 Alan Rickman Characters We’ll Always Treasure
January 20, 2016January 2016 will be remembered primarily as a month in which we lost too many treasured artists. David Bowie and Lemmy Kilmister were among the ...
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Actors We Lost In 2015
December 30, 2015The end of the year is an exciting time in the entertainment industry. There are holiday parties, major film releases, and a buzz of anticipation ...
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4 Indie Film Actors On The Rise
December 17, 2015Not all actors are lucky enough to be discovered by a talent scout and launched to instant stardom. Some actors have to put in years ...
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5 Movies That Feature Game of Thrones Stars
December 15, 2015Game of Thrones fans know that Sean Bean was a Hollywood star before he portrayed Ned Stark in the first season of the HBO series ...
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5 Stars Of Hollywood’s Golden Age
December 11, 2015Ah, the glitzy Golden Age. The Golden Age of Hollywood lasted from the late 1920s to the 1960s and was a time when technology in ...
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5 Performances By Child Actors That Every Actor Can Learn From
December 2, 2015Sometimes good things come in small packages, both in terms of gifts and art. In the case of these five examples, a great performance came ...
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Deeper Into The Method: 5 Contemporary Actors That Took Method Acting To The Limit
November 20, 2015“My dear boy, why don’t you just try acting?”
A famous quip from Lawrence Olivier regarding Dustin Hoffman’s dedication to method acting on Marathon Man, the ...
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Top 5 Action Movies Every Actor Should Watch
November 13, 2015Action films are the bread and butter of Hollywood, grossing billions of dollars and spurning franchises that last decades. For actors, action movies present an ...
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Recent Comedic Performances All Comedy Actors Should See
November 11, 2015If acting is hard, comedic acting is in a league of its own. There is a delicate balance when acting comedy; too much and the ...
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Method To The Madness: 3 Actors That Took Method Acting To The Next Level
November 11, 2015Method acting is a much-revered practice that has received its fair share of attention for producing naturalistic, award-winning acting performances. Not coincidentally, some of the ...
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The Top TV Shows That Every Actor Should Watch
October 16, 2015It’s called the small screen, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t big performances on television. Recently, we entered the Golden Age of TV, where Hollywood ...
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One And Done: Notable Actors With Only One Film To Their Name
October 15, 2015Everyone loves a good ‘Where are they now?’ story, and nothing is more intriguing than an actor who seemingly disappeared from the face of the ...
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The Top Five Acting Books To Read
October 5, 2015Some actors are born great, some actors achieve greatness, and some actors have greatness thrust upon them. No matter which of the three categories you ...
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Top 5 Films Every Actor Should See
October 5, 2015Let’s be honest. All movies are not created equally. Some films stick with you long after you are finished watching them. A good film can ...
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Started From The Bottom: The Benefits Of Extra Work
October 5, 2015Before they were pulling down millions of dollars and working with the finest directors in the world, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, and Renee Zellwegger worked ...
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Top Five Plays For Actors
September 29, 2015Actors must familiarize themselves with the greatest works, analyze them, and learn from them to develop the timeless skills of the classically trained. Plus, odds ...
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The Importance Of Goal Setting For Actors
September 22, 2015Stories of seemingly overnight success abound in show business. From living out of a car parked on a Hollywood side street one day, to headlining ...
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In Favor Of The 48-Hour Film Festival For Actors
September 9, 2015All across the land, one competition is taking filmmaking by storm. The 48-Hour Film Festival challenges production teams to make a short film in only ...
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The Actor as a Craftsman
September 9, 2015Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a craftsman as, “a person who makes beautiful objects by hand” or “a person who is very skilled at doing something.” The ...
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What Actors Can Learn From Athletes
August 31, 2015History is riddled with the names of professional athletes who turned to professional acting after their playing careers. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jordan, Dwayne “The Rock” ...
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An Actor’s Secret Sauce: Shakespeare
August 27, 2015Much has been made of the recent flood of British-trained actors being cast in American roles. In the last few years, Henry Cavill was cast ...
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Stage vs. Screen: What’s the Big Difference?
August 14, 2015Laurence Olivier, Meryl Streep, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, Judi Dench, Paul Newman…
The list of actors goes on and on, but what do they all have ...
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Apples And Angels: Acting In New York VS Acting In Los Angeles
August 3, 2015New York City and Los Angeles couldn’t be more different in terms of location and culture, but one thing they have is a thriving entertainment ...
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10 Essential Twitter Accounts for Actors
February 4, 2015Making a movie or television show requires many different people with many different talents, but actors are the ones in the spotlight. If you want ...
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MA vs. MFA Acting: Which is Best?
January 21, 2015It’s a question many prospective acting students consider at some point in the college decision making process – when it comes to MA vs. MFA ...
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Robert De Niro’s Top Five Acting Roles
January 9, 2015Robert De Niro, considered one of Hollywood’s greatest performers—living or dead—is something of an acting paradox. While some of the best actors completely disappear into ...
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How to Watch ‘The Interview’ Online
January 6, 2015By now you’ll have already heard the massive furore that was caused by Seth Rogan and James Francos’ The Interview, the North Korean-lampooning movie which ...
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BA vs BFA Acting: Which is Best?
December 18, 2014Given that there’s only a single letter between them, it’s not surprising that many people have trouble discerning the difference between a BA vs a ...
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Top 5 Most Nightmarish Directors in Film History
December 11, 2014From extremely dangerous stunts or shooting in warzones and/or environmentally hostile locations, there are more than a few things that can threaten a film crew’s ...
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“All Child Actors Go Nuts” – Dispelling the Myths of Child Acting
December 9, 2014Given that we run one of the country’s best acting camps for kids, we’re naturally keen to promote child acting in a positive way and ...
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The Life and Films of Mike Nichols
November 20, 2014Oscar-winning—no, scratch that, EGOT-winning Mike Nichols died this week at the age of 83. A great loss for the world of stage and screen, Mike ...
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Female Robin for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
October 20, 2014Rumors are coming in thick and fast for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, quite possibly one of the most anticipated comic book movies to ...
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16 Hottest Australian Actors In Hollywood
October 9, 2014Let’s face it: Australian actors are hot. And I don’t just mean physically. Australian actors are all the buzz from Broadway stage icon Hugh Jackman ...
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What Is The Actors’ Equity Association?
October 7, 2014For over a century, the Actors’ Equity Association (frequently referred to as simply Equity) has been one of the most prevalent labor unions in the ...
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Robin Williams’ Best Movies – Remembering The Good Times
August 11, 2014“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams
The world is reeling from the news that Robin Williams, ...
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Johnny Depp’s Career in 7 Movies
July 21, 2014At fifty years old and with three decades of acting history behind him, Johnny Depp’s career has been unparalleled in terms of its breadth and ...
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Top 10 Darkest Characters In Film [Infographic]
July 14, 2014Click Image To Enlarge
Although movie audiences are taught to root for the good guy, everyone loves those characters who indulge in the darker end of ...
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Survival Jobs For Actors
July 8, 2014Author: Lance Carter, Actor & Owner of DailyActor.comLet’s face it, at some point in our career most of us are going to need some type ...
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The Top Five Essential (and Free) Resources For Acting Students
May 28, 2014The film industry is famously cut-throat. Regardless of whether you’re a New York Film Academy acting school graduate with years of study behind you or ...
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Horror On The Small Screen
May 28, 2014Author: Glynis Rigsby Chair, Acting Department, New York Film AcademyWith the massive success of shows such as American Horror Story, Dexter, and The Walking Dead, ...
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A Q&A With NYFA Acting for Film Student Dustin Ardine
March 31, 2017New York Film Academy acting for film student Dustin Ardine has seen a lot of success in his short career. Ardin won the best actor ...
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A Q&A With NYFA Acting for Film Alumna and Teacher’s Assistant Alice Dessuant
March 17, 2017An actor plays many roles in the course of a career, but Alice Dessuant is also interested in roles behind the scenes. After completing her ...
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Creating A Successful Self-Produced Show; Interview With NYFA Graduate Corey Scott Rutledge
January 30, 2015NYFA: Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your background, and what first got you interested in acting (and graphic design)?
Corey Scott Rutledge: I ...
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Actors Michelle Monaghan And Gbenga Akinnagbe Discuss Their Roles In Fort Bliss
November 5, 2014https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hi0XzGh9E8
Below is the transcript from the Q&A with actors Michelle Monaghan and Gbenga Akinnagbe following a private screening of their new film Fort Bliss which ...
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Tom Machell Discusses the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Life After NYFA
August 25, 2014The New York Film Academy had the privilege of attending the world famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year, conducting Acting for Film and Filmmaking workshops. ...
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Aubrey Plaza Gets Real with NYFA About Being An Actress, Her Affection For Chris Bosh, and More
June 26, 2014NYFA: How has your training at institutions like NYFA helped you to develop as an actress? What advice would you give to students looking to ...
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From Grey’s Anatomy to Tomb Raider: 12 Essential Questions With Camilla Luddington That You Must Read
June 18, 2014NYFA: What is your personal background and what in your own history drew you to acting?
Camilla Luddington: I grew up in the UK and starting ...
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Q&A With Lynda Goodfriend, Chair, Acting Dept., New York Film Academy Los Angeles
May 21, 2014Q: What is the first lesson to learn in becoming a successful actor?
LG: There are many actors who pursue this career professionally. Being a Personal ...
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