Luke Hill - Acting Coach

How That ‘White Lotus’ Monologue Came Together: Sam Rockwell, His Acting Coach and a Leap of Faith The actor and his longtime performance adviser Terry Knickerbocker reveal what went into nailing that shocking speech that got everyone talking.

“It makes you extremely directable, because you can go in any direction. You’re equipped with an arsenal of ideas and you can take on anything the director throws at you. There’s no such thing as being overly prepared.”

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'The Brutalist' Director Says the Film Has Made Him 'Zero Income' — and Other Oscar Nominees 'Can't Pay Their Rent' Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brady Corbet has 'made zero dollars' on his last two films, he told Marc Maron on the 'WTF' podcast Monday: 'I've spoken to many filmmakers that have the films that are nomin...

The Brutalist Director Says the Film Has Made Him 'Zero Income' — and Other Oscar Nominees 'Can't Pay Their Rent'

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Ethan Hawke Says Casting Actors Based on Instagram Followers Is ‘Crazy’: Some Young People Think ‘Being an Actor Is Protein Shakes and Going to the Gym’ Ethan Hawke is weighing in on his daughter Maya's comments about casting actors based on the amount of Instagram followers they have.

Too true... "Some Young People Think ‘Being an Actor Is Protein Shakes and Going to the Gym"

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Maya Hawke Says Some Producers Cast Based on Actors’ Amount of Social Media Followers "I don't care about Instagram, Instagram sucks. But just so you know, if you have over this many followers, you can get the money movie funded," the actress said.

"...some producers, they hand me a sheet with the amount of collective followers I have to get of the cast [...] so if you delete your Instagram, and I lose those followers, understand that these are the kinds of people I need to cast around you."

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I want to see a new theatrical movement. Someone start one. When was the last time a group of artists with a new idea took our stages by storm? Plus: three shows to see next week.

"Movements emerge from groups of artists having the time, money and freedom to work and think together [...] as public subsidy has shrunk and theatres have grown more risk averse as a result, those spaces have disappeared, and so have theatrical movements."

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David Lynch spent the last portion of his life in isolation. He said it was due to being high-risk and unable to risk getting COVID.

He’s not the only person with disability or illness who’s been left behind.

Everywhere you go without an n95 is a place you’ve decided disabled people don’t belong.

Is theatre more left wing than other art forms? Yes - and so it should be A couple of nights ago a question arose in our post-show discussion. It is a question I am familiar with. I run Theatre Uncut. We commission writers to create short plays that explore social or politi...

"Theatre [...] is an artform that is brilliantly critical, and can use empathy to stand up stories that show how big issues affect small people. So should we be searching for a right-wing voice? Is it our job to represent a voice we don’t agree with?"

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Annual reminder:

Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.

Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.

"The truth is the entire game is about creating an illusion, and for whatever reason, and mad as it may sound, some part of me can allow myself to believe for a period of time without questioning, and that’s the trick.”
-Daniel Day Lewis

Focus your energy on doing, not being. Avoid distraction by having something powerful to do. Focusing on emotion in preparation trains you to be inwardly focused in performance. You want your energy and attention focused on doing something, on the other, accessible to us all. It makes you dynamic!

The way you learn your lines determines a great deal about how you communicate them in performance. Learn the words and what they mean, understand why you're saying them and what you're attempting to do with them. Don't try to cultivate emotion. The emotion comes as a result when the time comes.

Original Hamilton cast member reveals how much Broadway actors make Anthony, 33, sat down with Vivian Tu, also known as Your Rich BFF, and was more than happy to talk all things finances as she asked him: 'What was it like getting that first Hamilton paycheck?'

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As David Tennant's Macbeth gets cancelled, more questions are raised around Covid protections The cancellation of David Tennant's Macbeth raises questions around the ongoing ambivalence to the continuing public health threat of Covid-19

"Almost half of patrons surveyed now attend just three times or fewer, and nearly 68% cited fear of Covid-19 exposure as a primary reason for staying away."

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