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I Don"t Need an Acting Class

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe Academy Award winner and celebrated acting teacher Milton Justice invites you into his weekly acting class, based on his years of study with the legendary Stella Adler. I Don’t Need an Acting Class delves deep into the craft of acting, breaks down concepts, tools and techniques, explores endless possibilities and offers you a foundation on which to build a solid, dependable process. Produced by Walker

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00:13:04

Bonus Video Ep: How We Talk About Our Pain

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/05/20

In life, we usually don't relive a painful experience when we're talking about it. That doesn't mean it doesn't affect us. It's just that we're not actively trying to "go there." In fact, usually we resist going there with all of our being. The same should be true when we're acting. We must build the character's past, but that doesn't mean our action is to relive it. This is another example of trusting the work we've done is *in us* and playing the

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00:01:01

Bonus Content for The Price of a Latee!

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/04/20

Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content!⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/message

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00:28:42

There Is No One Secret to Acting

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/02/27

Season finale! The problem with trying to learn acting in a linear way is that no creative art is linear. You can’t fit a lifelong craft into one box or one book. Therefore, there is no one secret, or one method, or one idea that will save you. We have to be able to take on board the fact that acting is multifaceted. It is not about right or wrong, but a matter of depth. And the more you’re able to challenge yourself, and integrate the many aspects of being human, the greater chances that the

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00:01:37

Upcoming Spring Classes!

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/02/23

Email Walker at questionsformilton@gmail.com for more information or to register.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/message

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00:12:45

Trusting Your Creative Impulses

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/02/20

In this episode, Milton shares an example of what it means to trust your creative impulses. This means allowing yourself the freedom to wander around until you find a connection to what you're talking about. Although you may know where you're going, you don't necessarily know how you're going to get there, or what choice you're going to discover that ends up bringing you to life. WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus

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00:20:58

VIDEO: Mark Ruffalo Goes Rogue

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/02/14

“I’m so sick of Mark Ruffalo. Whatever that is, I’m so sick of it. I am so sick of him that literally there was a part of me that was flirting with disaster.” On the heels of his Academy Award nominated performance in the film Poor Things, Mark Ruffalo joined his former acting teacher and coach Milton Justice on the podcast I Don't Need an Acting Class to discuss his process. He has since been nominated for an Academy Award. “I’m always thinking I’m about four hours away from being fired!” He

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00:22:49

Mark Ruffalo Goes Rogue

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/02/14

“I’m so sick of Mark Ruffalo. Whatever that is, I’m so sick of it. I am so sick of him that literally there was a part of me that was flirting with disaster.” On the heels of his Academy Award nominated performance in the film Poor Things, Mark Ruffalo joined his former acting teacher and coach Milton Justice on the podcast I Don't Need an Acting Class to discuss his process. He has since been nominated for an Academy Award “I’m always thinking I’m about four hours away from being fired!” He

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00:20:46

What Acting Is and Isn't

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/02/12

This week’s episode is based on a question we received about adding your own circumstances in order to increase the stakes, or help you connect. Here’s the question in its entirely: Is it acceptable to add your own specific circumstances or facts to bear down on generalities in the script? Or is this dangerous embellishment? David Mamet says to invent nothing, and that the author has given you only what is germane to the physical action of the play, as the joke-writer gives you only what is germane

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00:19:01

Telling Someone Else’s Story

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/02/06

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content! ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠⁠ This episode begins with the exercise of telling someone else’s story. It involves hearing a story from someone in class, and then retelling it as our own. This is a great technique exercise because it allows you to layer in your first impressions improvisationally. You don’t have to get it all the first time. And in the process, you find the details that stick with you—

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00:15:37

Observing The Art of Seduction

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/01/31

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content! ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠⁠ Milton begins this episode by emphasizing the importance of observing human behavior— our own and others. The reason is, it gives us clues to everything, from character to circumstance to what “playing an action” looks like. Milton gives the example of an audition Diego recently worked on, where he struggled to play the action “to seduce.” This is where observation becomes

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00:16:29

The Sin We Commit Without Knowing It

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/01/23

This week, we go back to some of the fundamentals of acting technique. One of which is, The Biggest Sin: Thou Shall Not Make Performance Choices When You First Read The Script. But this is not something we’re always aware that we’re doing. We forget. Or— we have an immediate response to the character or the circumstances, and run with that first instinct. Or— because of our own personal beliefs and values, we unconsciously pass judgement on the character we’re playing. Regardless of the reason, what

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00:08:38

Think Like an Actor

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/01/09

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content! ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠ Have a question for Milton? Send us a voice note below or email us at: ⁠questionsformilton@gmail.com⁠ Also, check out our website: ⁠www.idontneedanactingclass.com⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/message

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00:18:32

Be Outstanding

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2024/01/02

“Don’t shop at Kmart if there’s a Tiffany’s at 57th and 5th.” -Stella Adler on Making Choices This episode begins with Milton’s deconstruction of an audition. He talks about the downside of adding a lot of plot points to your preparation for a scene: it means you have to earn every single one of them in a way that feeds you emotionally. “But the advanced work,” he says, “is making kick-ass choices. You challenge yourself to be smarter.” WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus

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00:20:29

Active Relaxation

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2023/12/26

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content! ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠ There are some misconceptions about relaxation in acting. You want to be relaxed but not so relaxed that you’re not able to be active as your character in the given circumstances. As Milton says in this week’s episode: “I think a lot of it is figuring out where to put your focus in the work, rather than trying to solve the problem of being all over the place, or being nervous

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00:16:10

Playing Witch-Twins on American Horror Story

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2023/12/19

In this episode, actress Annabelle Dexter-Jones joins us on the podcast to talk about playing twin witches on American Horror Story. She discusses the extensive background and character work the did while working one-on-one with Milton, as well as the exercises that freed her up the most and allowed her to make ever more discoveries. WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content! ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠⁠ Have a question for Milton? Send us a

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00:10:22

Bonus Video Episode: Working Slowly

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2023/12/14

An excerpt from Milton's Masterclass at Spotlight in Stockholm, Sweden. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/message

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00:15:21

The Given Circumstances Are Everything

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2023/12/12

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content! ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠What do we mean when we say the Given Circumstances? According to Stella Adler, the Given Circumstances includes everything— all the facts. And as Milton puts it, it incorporates all the P’s: the play, the playwright, the plot, the place, the period, and the personality, past and profession of the character. Have a question for Milton? Send us a voice note below or email us

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00:18:50

Making the Inactive Active

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2023/12/05

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content! ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠ This is one of those ideas in acting that is almost scientific in its certainty. If you’re ever in a scene where your character is meant to be inactive, you must equally compensate for it by finding a way to make what you’re doing especially active. For example, your character is “bored” or “depressed” or “listless,” you cannot “play bored or depressed. You must give yourself

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00:39:25

Putting In Your Own Words

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2023/11/28

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content! ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠ The reason why “putting something in your own words” is such a useful exercise is because it covers so much territory: understanding the sequence of thoughts, owning the character’s point of view and the size of an idea, and what action we are playing. There are concepts that you can apply to any monologue, any scene. Since you don’t have time to memorize the words, (and

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00:16:18

Connecting with The Character’s POV

I Don"t Need an Acting Class ·

2023/11/21

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber on Spotify for bonus content! ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠ This week, Milton muses about what we mean when we talk about connecting. How much to we, as actors, have to connect to the character’s point of view, and how it that different than the *character* connecting to their point of view? “I often say that you know more than your character knows,” Milton says. “But the question is: what do I know that my character doesn’t know? And

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