The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor

by Larry Moss

The most astounding part of that opening performance was that when I walked out onto that stage, my heart

rate actually slowed down.

knew who I was,

where I was, who my father was to me, and I knew what I wanted. Technique works.

I have done some bad work, when I didn’t commit, when I wasn’t present, when I didn’t make it personal

to myself by investigating the material and making it mine,

making specific choices

that excite you, trusting yourself in the moment of performance, and making a supreme effort to not let your fear stop

you is the key to being successful and to finally becoming ge...

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR WORKING ON A PART

Your eyes filled up with tears many times, but you always sculpted the emotion because you were

on your way to your next accomplishing, your next action, your next doing; you were always in the process

of trying to accomplish...

This is why I always say that it’s only bad actors who are general,

life never is. It’s always specific.

I could not see you acting. I felt you were living,