Practical Steps to Overcoming Performance Anxiety Program by Luciane Cardassi, a “professional concert pianist with a doctorate in Piano Performance and more than 2 decades of performance experience.” This is “a focused, effective, online course for any performer who wants to be more confident on stage. “Professional dancers, musicians, actors, conductors, and aspiring performers are all […]
Actors and Performers
Artists Facing Addiction
Many actors and other creative people use and abuse drugs, substances and engage in abusive behavior – often as self-medication. Sometimes we risk addiction, even death. Philip Seymour Hoffman In an interview, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman [Best Actor Oscar nominee for “Capote”] admitted he used drugs and alcohol earlier in his life. A lot. […]
Jurnee Smollett on her warrior spirit
Jurnee Smollett played Samantha Booke in the film “The Great Debaters” (2007, set at Wiley College in Texas during the Great Depression), who becomes the first woman selected by debate coach Melvin B. Tolson (played by Denzel Washington) to compete on the debate team, which defeats the University of Southern California’s team (changed to Harvard […]
Melora Hardin on social reactions and confidence
Melora Hardin, in addition to acting, is also a musician and director. In our interview several years ago, she talked about how actors and artists – especially women – are responded to and labeled. “I have never ever felt when I walked into a room as a brunette that anybody was testing my intelligence. “But […]
Jennifer Beals on her sensitivity
“I get emotional all the time,” Jennifer Beals once said. “I get emotional every time I make a speech, or talk about other cast members. Every now and again, my heart just explodes and expands.” Laurel Holloman, her castmate on the Showtime series “The L Word,” confirms “If Jennifer is passionate about something, it comes […]