Larry's 02/01/2012 "True Acting Tip Of The Day"...

"One thing that I know for sure, if you are going to make progress in your acting training or in your career, you must become unreasonable with yourself, you must develop the willingness and the desire to work harder than you ever thought possible. And the pressures placed on your energy will be greater than you ever could have imagined. Believe me, there is no room in this arena for anyone who whines that they are tired, no one wants to hear it.

"You're tired? Good for you, I am replacing you with an actor who isn't."

Simply, you must take the words "I'm tired" out of your actors vocabulary. In acting class, you will work with many partners who are too tired, people who will schedule scene rehearsals with you and then cancel at the last minute because it is inconvenient to carry their props to your apartment. In rehearsals for a play, you will work with actors who give half-hearted attention to the work because they drank too much the night before. Keep your distance from these kind of actors, they will make every attempt to drag you down with them into the quick sand of "I don't really care about this."

One of the great pleasures of working on Becky Shaw has been working with a cast, crew and technical staff who continually work at 110%, never ceasing to fulfill the needs of the play no matter the time it takes to accomplish the task at hand. This is a great joy."

The Cast of Becky Shaw at freeFall Theatre