Jeanie Hackett - The Workroom

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Friday

Apr122013

It's Called 'Show-Art' / 4.16.13

So you bring your true self to the work, your unadulterated effort, without negative self-talk & the sanding off of the interesting edges. Instead of compromise, you bring us vision.
SETH GODIN

I lead a group called The Art of the Biz -- which sounds a bit too Hollywood-ish for my taste, but it's all about this: making the business part of what we do as creative / soulful / disciplined / professional / enjoyable / as the art part.

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Saturday

Mar022013

Where To Start? / 3.3.13

A play for the first time in 3 years. The longest stretch I’ve gone without acting in a play since I was 15. upended / rusty / flummoxed / giddy / terrified.

Where to start? My brain rebels against memorizing lines. I feel like I can’t find a clue in the text as to who I’m supposed to be. In the most congenial of rooms with a bunch of smart & talented people I feel like I don’t understand at all how to mutually collude to tell a story – that is, to tell the same story.

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Friday

Jan182013

Be Famous / 1.20.13

Hey you – struggling actor. Yes, you. Come with me for a moment. I want to take you on a little journey.

Imagine for a moment that you have achieved your dreams. You did a terrific role in an important film, say, in the past year. Your work was noticed by the press & your peers. In fact, you were nominated for -- no, you won! -- an Oscar or an Emmy or a Tony -- whatever turns you on most.

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Thursday

Jan032013

Chaos, Order & All Things New / 1.3.13

The picture of my ideal life at about 18 = something like: 8am Swimming / 9am Strawberries & oatmeal / 10am French class / 11am Voice work / 12noon Massage / 1pm Stuffed artichokes & rare steak / 2pm Acting class / 5pm Nap / 6pm Bathe / 7:30 Champagne / 8pm - well, you get the idea: learning, luxury, poetry & discipline. (really, does anything sound sexier?)

To that end, here's what's jazzing me for 2013.

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Tuesday

Dec112012

50 Shades of Auditioning / 12.12.12

I meet very few actors for whom auditioning is "vanilla" -- i.e. the same thing every time, no big deal, walk in, read, walk out, slam-bam-thank-you-m'am.

Nor should it be. It's loaded. It comes with all kinds of of hopes & expectations. It's different animal than the rest of acting. It carries the promise of more than just a job. An audition for a good role can be the seed from which blooms a whole career. No sense pretending this isn't the case.

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