The actor’s foundation is ease, pleasure, play - That will give you a very long career.

Because you won’t take it seriously, and yet you’ll take it very seriously. The very serious part is the practice. The thing you don’t take seriously is your relationship to it, in the sense of, you want to buil...

Actors, don’t get trapped in the triangle of hell! 

So many actors have “The imagination” and “The Thinking Channel” and can be very alive.

This is how they act - in relationship between their imagination and their thoughts and then you get emotion and you've got this triangle of hell because it's...

The inclusion of the body is the game changer, because it's not about the content, it's not about the words.

It's actually, as you know, it's about something that's beneath them and the layers of resonance beneath them and what they have to do with the past and the future and the expectation and th...

Actors, we're moving out of intensity into complexity.

So what I mean by that is intensity is where the thoughts are racing and the images may be very abundant, but actually the body is in fight, flight, freeze or fawn.

I saw this a lot when working with actors, where the eyes would be very intens...

Acting isn’t emotional, it’s sensational and it’s about the senses

For one emotion, you can have a dozen sensations.

Sometimes if we feel, it’s only alive when we have the emotional connection, instead of it’s as alive if there’s your image, and your senses are on board, it’s just that it’s a less...

Actors, the body needs a really trusted space, not a safe space. 

We don’t want to create a “safe space” because for many of us “safe” means stay the same and “stay safe” can mean “do all our own habits” because the body is going “oh I feel safe if it’s just like it was all along”.

It’s not a “saf...

Actors, it isn't your mind that walks into the audition, it's your body

So the thing you have to focus on is, how do I give my body the skills that allows it walk into any situation, whether that's an audition onto a film set, into a rehearsal room, how can Ino matter where I am give it signals tha...

Actors, allow the natural world to be the thing that regulates your nervous system.

You’re not looking at it from another person or another group of people

The career itself is destabilizing because there’s
no structure to it and it’s changing all the time and it’s very unknown.

And if you allow t...

Actors, remember art in times of conflict is really important!

The significance of your art form is enormous, because you’re in a world that does trial by social media, trial by content, trial by what I think about someone, what I believe about someone or, trial by how I feel about someone.

You ha...

Run in the fields and in the garden, sit in the sun, meditate, dance, spend time in water, sit in the sun, be with and in natural waters, walk in nature, lie on a tree and look up at the branches and the sky, go for a walk with your dog, go for a swim in the sea, sing, get to a beach, and stroke a d...

The natural world is the greatest artist we have and actually, the natural world mirrors to you, the actor, you, the artist, the rhythm at which you need to be moving in order to pay attention to the world.

Your job is to slow down, do less, and be more. It is about resting.

Because in resting, yo...

All these moments shape who we are and how we bring complexity into the system is the reflective part, is our capacity not just to reflect on the most intense things that happened in our day, and give them the story and the voice.

Because there’s a lot of intense things happening in the world right...

If there’s something important to do, rest, if it’s really important, rest even more.

Because in resting, you’ll find your direction. You’ll be able to see more clearly, hear more clearly. But if you’re very heightened, it’s not the time to move in any direction.

In rest, you can find your way.

It’s a ...

Empowerment can only happen in the collective.

You can have power alone, as we are witnessing, you can have power over alone.

You can’t have empowerment without the collective.

Empowerment is when you’re with a group of people who are your people, who are your tribe, who are your clan, who mirror...

"I see you and I feel me"

That's the important thing that you can hear and feel your own stability.

So if it's conflict, you can notice that discomfort, and also don't lose yourself listening to the content of it. Because now, you are getting into an argument of "who's right?"

Remember - you are ...

Artists, this is how unique you are.
If you can write and if you’re an artist, it’s a particular way of seeing the world and paying attention to the world around you. You have a gift that is a responsibility, because you have a way of articulating things that other people don’t. They don’t have the t...

Artists, when you share your voice, the room becomes safer.

We’re in a world where silencing creates fear, and being silent creates fear. As artists, we’re also in the practice of the sharing of a voice that is messy, vulnerable, chaotic, because that prevents fear and silencing.

It’s very important, ...

Are you feeling the call to reconnect with your creativity, deepen your craft, and nurture your whole self as an actor?

From September 7th to 11th, I’m thrilled to be welcoming a new group of actors to Connemara for our next Acting Retreat — a transformative and embodied journey into performance...

The most challenging thing for an actor to deal with is rejection and to be constantly going for auditions.

If the focus is on getting the audition, you’re going to find the career of an actor very hard.

But if the focus is on, I go into the audition, I’ve already been cast, and I’m just going to pl...