Taking an Acting Class = Peace on Earth

If everyone took an acting class there would be less war. How can you be aggressive to your fellow man/woman if you're in touch with your feelings centre? If GW Bush was in a scene study class or maybe taking a weekly Contact Improv Jam he would have been grounded and he wouldn't have allowed Richard Dreyfus to convince him to lie to the world. Acting class is like a good therapy session but you don't sit in a comfy chair. You lie around in loose clothing with your shoes off. People make fun of acting exercises but pretending to be sizzling bacon is a lot more effective than you think.

War takes a lot of preparation and money. All just to kill each other. Why not spend just 1% of the defence budget on Nationalized Acting Classes and see where it goes? I think we'd be a lot happier. And we'd be having a lot more sex. Let's face it, actors like taking their clothes off.

Plenty reasons to take class not the least of which is Peace on Earth.

Namaste awhile,
Calm Munro

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Actors Save Lives

Early in my career I felt inferior to dentists and school principals and other such reputable vocations. I thought acting was an easy way out. You could go for breakfast with your friends a lot. You could cry a lot. You could be bad in relationships and drink too much. And you can. But that's not all.

What I've learned is acting is just as noble a career as a social worker or a prime minister. We may not save lives like a heart surgeon but we do save people. Indirectly we save hearts and minds and souls through bridging the horrifying gap that is the human experience. We make people laugh, we make people feel. We illicit a response. Does a heart surgeon do that? Fuck no. He doesn't give a damn about your funny bone. He only cares that he gets his God Complex on. How noble is that?

Actors are noble. That's why we should drink for free and be immune to check stops and taxes.

Namaste awhile,
Calm Munro

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Awards Shows Are Important

People make fun of the Golden Globes but really there is nothing more important than an opportunity to raise up a few above the rest of us. It reminds us that, yes, this is a popularity contest.

Being popular means people like you. And when someone likes you it means others will like you and that equals an eventual self-worth. Actors want you to like them. That's why we do this. Why else would we continue to claw our way to the middle? The money? The artistic satisfaction? No. We do it because we are afraid of being alone. Isn't that why everyone strives to succeed? A lawyer, a dentist, a teacher. We do these jobs not because we want to do jobs but because we want other people to accept us, to find worth in us. Otherwise we'd be homeless. And we just go around peeing in public and using the computers at the library.

So next time you meet an actor at a party don't ask them what they've been up to lately unless you know for sure they've been working. Just tell them they look good. And tell them you watch awards shows. And that you hope to see them on one someday.

Acting is Feeling Out Loud

Everybody hurts. Most times. An actor's job is to hurt more and to do it in public. By showing people that feeling feelings is something we can do without recrimination we grow as humans. Humans being. That's what an actor must be. Just like a Trout in a river. Ready, lithe, alert. A vigilant actor is ready at the drop of a hat to practice her craft. If an actor witnesses a car accident and someone is thrown through the window and is decapitated then that actor's job is to cry. But not only that. She must also clock these feelings so she can recreate them later. Acting is recreating feelings to make the audience believe you're clever. To hurt is human. To do it so other people like you is acting.

- Calm Munro, Acting Guide

Just as Important as Nuclear Doctors... Seriously

Hi,
I'm Calm Munro and I'm an acting guide based in Brollywood (Vancouver). I teach a weekly scene study class to the future stars of stage and screen (and voice-overs and motion capture). I believe that good acting can make a difference. In these topsy-turvy times we need heartfelt performances more than ever.

In my class I try to keep things light and fun yet grounded and earthy and I'll do the same here with this blog. Every week I'll report from the front lines of drama. So relax your paraneum and Namaste awhile.
-Calm
"Acting is Feeling out loud"

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