~ Know Who You Are* ~
By Joanie Marx For an actor who is preparing for a role the skill of knowing who your character is rarely gets overlooked. But in my experience, knowing who you are is not so obvious to people who are seeking…
By Joanie Marx For an actor who is preparing for a role the skill of knowing who your character is rarely gets overlooked. But in my experience, knowing who you are is not so obvious to people who are seeking…
By Joanie Marx So, here we are in what could be said the best years of our lives, where millions of Baby Boomers are more active, livelier and far more secure financially than previous generations our age. Yet so many…
By Joanie Marx The true value of Baby-Boomer wisdom comes from knowing that we don’t have all the time in the world to undo whatever errors our youth racked up on the tab of life. In fact, the only time…
By Joanie Marx It has been said that throughout his life Pablo Picasso was fond of saying youth is ageless. Is Picasso’s wisdom true or have we fooled ourselves about age and youth based on what we’ve been led to…
By Joanie Marx As actors, we are taught to own the scene, but we are also taught to surrender the need to control the scene. Truthful acting is setting yourself up to be out of control, to be provoked, and…