Helen Mirren's Masterclass on Acting
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Julie Dolan - In control of the reins
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Julie Dolan is a native San Fernando “Valley Girl” and began dance lessons at the age of 3 and acting and piano lessons at the age of 9. She attended California State University Northridge for a short time but her continued work in Television and Film kept her away from her studies.
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James Morrison - Acting is about being human!
by BSimon
James Morrison, filmmaker, playwright, poet, actor, singer/songwriter and yoga teacher, was born in Utah and is a product of Alaska. He began his acting career as a clown and wire walker for the Carson and Barnes Wild Animal Circus and served his theatrical apprenticeship with the Alaska Repertory Theatre.
Miguel Sandoval - He's demon free!
by BSimon
Miguel Sandoval has appeared in over one hundred and sixty film and television roles, including the popular boxoffice hits "Jurassic Park", "Clear and Present Danger", "Do the Right Thing", "Get Shorty", and "Up Close and Personal".
He has guest starred on such television series as "Seinfeld", "Frasier", "Murder One", "Law and Order", "E.R.", "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her", and "The Crew".
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Richard Riehle - Hanging in!
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Richard Riehle was born and educated in the Midwest. He got a BA cum laude in Speech and Drama from the University of Notre Dame, an MFA in Theater Arts from the University and a diploma in acting from The John Fernald Academy.
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Peter Jason - More fun than anyone else!
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Peter Jason was born on the 22nd of July in Hollywood, California. He spent the next 18 years on the beaches of southern cal mostly in front of his family home on the ocean in Balboa, Calif. Growing up at the beach helped form his easygoing love of life, people, and his pursuit of happiness. He attended Newport Beach Elementary School, Horace Ensign Junior High, and Newport Harbor High School where he performed in his first play, "The Man Who Came To Dinner" playing the lead Sheridan Whiteside.
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Robert Newman - Finding his own path!
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Robert Newman is perhaps best known for his 28-year run as Joshua Lewis on the longest running program in broadcasting history, Guiding Light. The role garnered him 2 Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
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Barbara Niven - Living her passion
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Barbara Niven is one of Hollywood’s busiest actresses. During her career she has appeared in more than 100 film and TV roles, and over 2500 TV & radio commercials. She also served 3 years on the National Board of Directors for the Screen Actors Guild.
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Ernie Hudson - Acting is his calling and ministry!
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Ernie Hudson may be recognizable to many from his roles in the "Ghostbuster" movies and some others, but his record as a working actor in film, television, and as a stage performer certainly earns his place among our list.
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Jay Acovone - 100% Dedicated
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Jay Acovone is a versatile actor who is best known for his ability to play authoritative characters such as Mafia bosses, villains, police/military, and lawyers. He was born on August 20, 1955 in NYC, New York, USA. His parents later moved to Mahopac, NY where he graduated from Mahopac High School. While he was always an avid movie fan, it was a chance encounter with a friend, urging him to take part in a play, that set him on a path for a career in acting.
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Famous Quote:
" From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
Comedian, Writer, Stage, Film, Radio, & Television StarFamous Quote:
" The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films.
Actor, Director, Producer, Race Car Driver, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, ActivistFamous Quote:
" The problem is not that television presents us with entertaining subject matter,
but, that all subject matter is presented as entertaining.…
Author, Educator, Media Theorist, Cultural CriticFamous Quote:
" The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.
Novelist & ScreenwriterFamous Quote:
" The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
Actor, Vaudeville Performer, Cowboy, Humorist, Newspaper Columnist, Social CommentatorFamous Quote:
" It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.
Screenwriter, Playwright, Television Producer, & Narrator | The Twilight ZoneFamous Quote:
While attending a Production Meeting
" This is no place to ask questions!!
Producer Buffy the Vampire SlayerFamous Quote:
" Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
French AuthorFamous Quote:
" The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
American NewscasterFamous Quote:
" I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with 'Guess' on it.
I said, Thyroid problem?
Actor, Producer, Businessman, Investor, Author, Philanthropist, Activist, PoliticianFamous Quote:
" What's this business of being a writer?
It's just putting one word after another.
Pioneer Film ProducerFamous Quote:
" Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
ComedianFamous Quote:
" Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
Science writerFamous Quote:
To a young Eugene Roach on the subject of acting
" Don't ever let 'em catch you at it.
American ActorFamous Quote:
" I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying.
Screenwriter, Director, Actor, Comedian, Author, Playwright, & MusicianFamous Quote:
" The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense
NovelistFamous Quote:
" Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
Renowned Guitarist, Musician, Singer and SongwriterFamous Quote:
" Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?
Motion Picture Studio ExecutiveFamous Quote:
" The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.
Essayist, Publisher, Playwright, Literary, Social CriticFamous Quote:
" Kiss and make up...
but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
Actress / Sex SymbolFamous Quote:
" No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.
WriterFamous Quote:
Advise to a young Richard Roundtree
" Whatever you do in this business, It's much easier than lifting heavy things.
ActorFamous Quote:
" I'll give you a definite maybe.
Motion Picture Studio ExecutiveFamous Quote:
" I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
Comedian, Writer, Stage, Film, Radio, & Television StarFamous Quote:
Sage Advise to a Young Oregonian, Barbara Niven
" If you want to make it in show business, get the hell out of Oregon!
Singer, Comedian, Actress & Radio PersonalityFamous Quote:
" Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
Philosopher, Essayist, & PoetFamous Quote:
" Life ain't no dress rehearsal.
Writer, Humorist, Entrepreneur, Publisher, & LecturerFamous Quote:
" I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
Chairman, IBM CorporationFamous Quote:
" Why should people go out and pay to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
Studio Executive (MGM)Famous Quote:
" No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer it has chosen.
Photographer, Theoretician, Critic & EducatorFamous Quote:
" All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Comedic Actor, FilmmakerFamous Quote:
" The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them!
Irish PlaywriteFamous Quote:
" Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
British Filmmaker aka The Master of Suspense!Famous Quote:
" The average American family hasn't time for television.
'Real' American News PublicationFamous Quote:
" You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you've got something to say.
Novelist & ScreenwriterFamous Quote:
" When you're down and out, something always turns up -- and it's usually the noses of your friends.
Producer, Director, Writor, ActorFamous Quote:
" The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own.
Writer, Filmmaker, Teacher, Political ActivistFamous Quote:
" Do, or do not. - There is no 'try'..
From: The Empire Strikes Back…
Jedi Master (Voice by Frank Oz)Famous Quote:
" The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.
Author and JournalistFamous Quote:
" Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by favoring to attempt.
Playwright and PoetFamous Quote:
" Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home.
Journalist, Comedian, Writer & Media PersonalityFamous Quote:
From: "Tuesday's with Morrie"
" We must learn to love one another or die.... We must!
Two Time Academy Award winning Actor & MusicianFamous Quote:
" I can't wait to one day shoot in Detroit and say 'Let's have this double for Toronto'.
Film & Television Director, Screenwriter & Television ProducerFamous Quote:
" Seeing a murder on television, can help work off one's antagonisms.
And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some!
Film Director & ProducerFamous Quote:
" The difference between sex and love is that sex relieves tension and love causes it.
Screenwriter, Director, Actor, Comedian, Author, Playwright, & MusicianFamous Quote:
" Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships.
Actress & ModelFamous Quote:
" My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.
Actor, Film Director, Producer, & WriterFamous Quote:
" It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Entrepreneur, Animator, Voice Actor and Film ProducerFamous Quote:
When asked what he thought of William Shakespeare" I'll moider da bum!
Heavyweight BoxerFamous Quote:
" I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book.
Comedian, Writer, Stage, Film, Radio, & Television StarFamous Quote:
" I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
Singer / Actor
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