Patsy Rodenburg – Why I do Theatre
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Patsy Rodenburg speaking at Michael Howard Studios in NYC. For more information on Patsy's classes, visit www.michaelhowardstudios.com
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December 23rd, 2011 - 04:47
December 23rd, 2011 - 05:36
Gracias Pat.
December 23rd, 2011 - 05:48
yes!
December 23rd, 2011 - 06:37
@brendabn87 I think the older generation of British actors decry film acting, since film was seen among the educated classes as a “bit of a tart”. (Remember that classic footage of a BBC interviewer accusing Richard Burton “depriving” UK theatre audiences of one of our best Shakespearean performers, and Elizabeth Taylor screaming at him “What a load of bloody rubbish!”?) Many young British actors I’ve worked with revere American film actors…
December 23rd, 2011 - 06:56
@himanshuarora9 I used to feel this way until I realized that the reason film and TV acting is so subdued compared to theatre is that because it’s photography, the emotional events have to seem like they’re *actually happening* as opposed to theatre, where an actor has to broadcast their inner life to the back row. Film acting requires much more restraint and discipline. I always hear theatre actors decrying film acting, but i never hear complaints going the other way. (I direct plays btw)
December 23rd, 2011 - 07:23
@brendabn87 – i think she meant only “theatre”. it is much more active form of acting than on TV or in movies. in a theatre hall, the energy of the actor gets transferred to the the audience. that is why it so intense and overwhelming vis-a-vis movies. movies just cant replicate the experience!
December 23rd, 2011 - 08:06
What she should say instead of theatre is “acting.” The same sound could have come from an actor on a screen. A glossed over point here is that he didn’t enjoy himself at the play. Yes he saw an actor have an emotional episode and then coincidentally had a similar one later (that may or may not have been informed by the actor’s), but he didn’t like the play. So this isn’t a defense of theatre, but of acting. Yet acting has plenty of value in our society. Theatre remains the dubious party here.
December 23rd, 2011 - 08:22
@bohogrowintro Says a man frightened by the “tellers of truth” and “educators of life.”
December 23rd, 2011 - 08:59
podría alguien subtitularla al castellano??
December 23rd, 2011 - 09:34
I resisted acting for a long time because I realised early on if you hold a mirror up to people they invariably shy away from their reflections and even take their pain out on the source. But what can make the road painful and isolating can also make it the most rewarding and truthful. I never regret my decision to go into theatre. I have never felt so free and authentic. It’s like a thousand messages I was carrying can now find their way home.
December 23rd, 2011 - 09:46
Hit you like a bullet at the end
December 23rd, 2011 - 10:23
I couldn’t agree more with this woman.
December 23rd, 2011 - 10:43
awesome…whenever i doubt myself or feel bad about myself after a class…i watch this video. it makes me feel better
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:13
@PioggiaNelVento I absolutely agree. I am a pianist and to a large extend those questions are primordial. And yesterday night I couldn’t sleep because of this story. It is in me forever and is starting to work inside me. Amazing.
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:50
@PioggiaNelVento I absolutely agree. I am a pianist and to a large extend those questions are primordial. And yesterday night I couldn’t sleep because of this story. It is in me forever and is starting to work inside me. Amazing.
December 23rd, 2011 - 12:21
The second story broke something inside myself. Really. Something has broken.
I’ll never stop doing Theatre.
December 23rd, 2011 - 12:32
She know’s what she is talking about, and SO DO I.
Thank-you.
Life is hard and doubly so for an actor and it helps to hear such things. Esp. apx 6mins in….
December 23rd, 2011 - 12:42
Excellent.
December 23rd, 2011 - 13:03
I am not a native speaker of English, but I understood every single word she said the first time. She has such wonderful delivery.
December 23rd, 2011 - 13:38
This is absolutely amazing. I am an actor and currently struggling with self-esteem and questions. This is so incredibly inspiring…and I think I have fallen even more in love with theatre because of it.
December 23rd, 2011 - 13:44
It’s why I do theatre as well. Brilliant!!!!
December 23rd, 2011 - 13:47
Patsy you sent a chill down my spine – that’s a positive thing by the way. You’re wonderful…
December 23rd, 2011 - 14:14
I burst in to tears on hearing the second story. Are we afraid of the truth?
December 23rd, 2011 - 14:39
A nail hit firmly on the head?
Are we loosing our ability to have all facility of our being working in harmony “In the moment”?
Does fear laden propaganda have our minds wandering hither and thither lost inside ourselves because we’re always drawn out of ourselves?
December 23rd, 2011 - 15:05
Thank you, Patsy.