Hey guys, this is Amy. Lyndon I started this podcast
for you because I am here to help Empower you because you are
enough. I am here to help you get to the
next level in your career. And most of the times, it has
everything to do with what you think about yourself.
I am a booking coach celebrity booking coach 54, plus Network,
series regulars, and Emmy winner and image in Winter.
And thousands of people working around the globe, all because of
this technique that I created, I really want to help you.
So I do believe that if you keep listening, you might pick up
some gem that I am dropping down and it will change the course of
your entire career. I want to talk to you guys about
Behavior, you know, as an actor it's really really important
that you guys Get out and study other people's behavior.
You know, I came from Meisner as a child, I studied at the
playhouse when I was 16 and 17 and studied Miser when I came
out to Los Angeles and my husband is all about emotions,
exchanging emotions and behavior, creating using your
imagination to create your environment.
As actors, it's so important that you watch people.
But if you're always concerned about how you're going to pay
your rent or what you going to do for your next audition and
you never really go out. Just look at people.
How are you going to be a mirror to life?
Because if being an actor is you being a marital life, how much
time are you spending on them? Yes, I asked you guys to watch a
lot of Television because, you know, you're not going to book
television. If you're not understanding it
or you're not on television to get the tone in the style, but
even more. So how are we ever going to
really see who you are in a complex character world?
If you don't understand the complexities of behavior, The
way people are, you could start with yourself.
How do you behave? you know, when we get into
fights, our body does different things.
When we laughing, our body does different things.
When we watch how people interact in and there's a
disagreement of sorts. Their body does different
things. You're supposed to be being that
person in its entirety, because that's your job is to fully take
on who that person is. And so, if you are not fully
understanding where that person lives in every molecule of your
body, then I can't fully guarantee a booking There's a
way that you get a booking. and you have hardly any credits is,
if you're so incredibly, brilliant, That they have to go
with you or they have to give you something else, but they
have to work with you. In order for somebody to have to
work with you, they have to find you interesting.
An interesting comes from more than a two dimensional.
Look or to defend dimensional feeling interesting comes from
depth of feel and understanding The Human Condition.
So when you were out and about how we understand The Human
Condition and who the person is it comes very clear by their
body language. It comes becomes very clear in
how they even get out of their car.
You know, we talked about Jared Leto and House of Gucci.
And the reason why I talk about him so much is because his body
language of when he got out of the car, in the car, how he
walked around, how he stood How he dealt with different people
and how his body language changed with each person that he
dealt with and even his vocal. Was genius.
How they overlooked in they're just stupid.
I just don't, can't believe that they look overlooked him.
But that's what made him so interesting to watch like I
couldn't wait till he was on screen again.
So, how do you understand this conversation?
If you watch any of our great character actors their body
language changes completely based on the character that
they're playing. And a lot of you who are
starting in frame when you're seeing starts and it's clear
that the person was running or something and they ran it's like
why aren't you paying attention to what the condition is?
When the scene starts the emotional condition of the
character When the scene starts. if you're not starting at zero,
you're starting at 90%. Plus, I used to do experimental
theater and they have this rehearsal in Downtown LA.
And, you know, I was scared to go down there by myself and
they, of course, were rehearsing.
Probably one of the worst areas possible.
I mean it was gated and stuff, but I was like in my car, in
this homeless person comes up to the car window and knocks on it.
So my first reaction is oh shit, I'm really scared, you know.
What do they want from me? Are they gonna do something to
me? And I rolled down the window
just a little bit, you know. So what is my body?
Like, I like this because I'm all 10 stuff.
What is my body like? And I'm like, yeah.
It says, could I have money for a burrito I said, okay, so I
gave him two dollars and he says, And he and he, and I close
the window when he knocks on it again, really hard.
And like the fuck does he want now.
And now I'm really scared. I open it up a little and he
goes britos, two dollars and forty cents.
Okay, so I laughed, I laughed, I laughed because of my behavior,
my behavior to this person, just because they looked a certain
way and their, and their energy was a little dark and whatever,
what have you I reacted a certain way.
And then, of course, my third part of my scene was laughing,
And myself because I'm such a freaking idiot for a leak.
Like, what? But there was the beginning
middle and end. You know, and he thanked me and
God gave him an extra dollar, anything me and he walked away.
And as he was walking away and watching him and it's like SMH
shake my head and just like, smiling at myself going.
What is wrong with you? Do you have such an excused view
of the world, you know, ya know, there's always a beginning
middle and end to every story. Everybody wants to play the
juicy fun. Ending, you know, That's not the
journey. Your job is to take us on a
journey through your imagination.
And, you know, as most of, you know, I studied with Stella
Adler, like with her, I didn't like her very much, but I
learned a lot, but her big thing was, don't shower in your shower
because you're only limited by your own experience of your
shower. We only use such a small
fraction of our imagination and it's because of our imagination.
That brings us to places where we never thought we would go.
Like, like I imagined when I saw that person.
First, I was shocked, you know, and like getting ready to get
out, get out of a car. And all of a sudden here, knock
knock knock. So you know so that's the
opening of my scene actually the opening is I got it.
I'm rushed And then transition to shock.
But my imagination is what put me there.
So when when you guys are actively listening to the other
person, where's your imagination going?
And what is your body doing with that emotion with how you are
receiving? What is coming at you?
Because then you are actively there.
In Body Mind and Spirit. And if that's the case, then
you'll never play the engine of the scene at the beginning.
Because that's not how it's going.
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