The Foundation of "The Heller Approach" Acting Technique | Free Acting Lessons

[@Frederick0220]

This is freaking awesome stuff. "Our objective is what we think. It's a controlled obsession."

[@TheHotFalafel]

Just the way he speaks and delivers in his lecture gets my full attention.

[@anohana951]

Yay! Thank you for the tips Daddy

[@thehellerapproach]

...having an understanding of how emotions and thoughts impact people...has in my personal experience helped me tremendously..it has actually made it very clear to me why and how positive thinking can actually make a situation worst...example...If I have to tell myself to be nice...you can bet my emotion is far far away from anything nice...otherwise, why would I or anyone have to tell themselves that?...Amazing combinations of emotion and objectives...create human behavior...

[@thehellerapproach]

Great question....I feel I could answer this better in a video lesson rather than a lengthy post. Stay tuned and we will cover that soon! Thanks for posting Lea and thanks for the excellent lesson idea. All the best to you!

[@m.3759]

Thank you so much, Heller! I'm a writer professionally but have aims of directing and have been trying to learn how to relate to actors so that they can fully realize their performance and characters. Your videos have taught me so much in so little time! Thank you again.

[@mab5062]

So helpful! It definitely is much easier once you create the emotion and objective for your character, the natural behaviour of the character sometimes just starts to shine through, thank you!

[@amydennis7888]

I dream one day of becoming an actor. I love the prospect of entertaining people and even more so making them laugh. I haven't had any lessons in my entire life so your videos are a great start! I'm lucky to have not been taught "The Method" beforehand, for now I can enjoy acting the fullest! Thank you for your help!

[@Staarker99]

I made them laugh at the interviews and at the audition, not intentionally but just by my personality at interview, and letting fly at audition. It was exactly what they were looking for apparently, and they both told me straight away that I had the part, they were more excited than I was. It looked like they had finally found what they were looking for.Much of what is coming is based on my character, and I have never done TV before so everything is amazing to me right now. My agent asked what hell I did to land this, and I just told her, it was the right place at the right time. Try for as many auditions as you can and show up happy and get into the character they want. It's totally crazy that a guy who's only ever been on stage, is now working a main role in a science fiction TV series. Life is very strange.

[@thehellerapproach]

+Staarker99, CONGRATS! That is fantastic news. We are so happy you got the part. Have fun filming and remember that if you need private coaching, you can always contact us. We offer online acting lessons via Skype webcam. Cheers!

[@doreinpaulemmanuel3614]

congrats bro ! I wish I could say that at the very least , but I can't/ have an audition for usc mfa acting on 4th feb next month. I really hope I get this. I am from India. never auditioned for a school before. Never did something so intense, but I have my life poured into acting. have never been passionate about anything else, Though I have always been into science and engineering. I am trying to take a chance at my dreams. Let's see what the future has to say in like ten days. But real happy for you mate. Congrats again! kill it for the TV show, break a leg you've earned it ! bless you.

[@MegaKarume]

You are a genius Brad...

[@JoeHerrera73]

Great foundational advice and insight!

[@kchbmjis]

The only thing I want to do is act, and this is really, really helpful. I'm trying to get a lot better, so thank you!

[@mthoodviewer]

agree with that one!

[@ariellewinemaker1423]

How do you decide on the emotion to feel and use as part of the breathing exercise? How do you choose when the scene includes various emotions that change throughout? I love your videos, btw! They’ve been incredibly helpful for me. I also love watching you direct/coach your students. It’s nice seeing all your theories put to action and applied to scene work.

[@thehellerapproach]

Hi @ariellewinemaker1423. Thank you for leaving comments and for asking some great questions. We would like to address your questions in the upcoming videos. Stay tuned! 🙂

[@ariellewinemaker1423]

@@thehellerapproach that’d be great! Thank you so much!

[@thehellerapproach]

You are very welcome!

[@MegaKarume]

Awesome!!!

[@leagarupa7941]

since i started watching this ive really learned a lot..i would just like to ask...when i perform and its about drama i usually use my fear to be the reason why i cry...is it a bad thing?

[@leamele3837]

Hi :-) this was very helpfull! I just have one question. I One of the most dificult things, for me, to do is to build a character. How do you start building a character?

[@staraustin5976]

I love all of your videos! i wanna ask one quick question though. when i tell people that i want to be an actress,they in return tell me that i couldn't because acting is such a tough business and that i'll never get anywhere,that i should think of becoming something more reliable that earns lots of money what do you say to those people? because since i'm still quite young whenever i say well i want to become an actress because i love it and i wanna get better at it they never take me seriously!

[@geospiza9630]

Star Austin I'm in the same situation too. Just ignore them. Follow what you want to do. If you push yourself and persevere you can do it! 😁

[@juliogonzalez814]

I im julio and I want to know how I know is a drama , comedy or something else?

[@doreinpaulemmanuel3614]

this guy reminds me of the joker somehow, give him some war paint ! he's awesome!

[@thehellerapproach]

Thank you for your kind words, and support to the channel! For more info. about the school, be sure to check out our website www.thehellerapproach.com and for weekly acting tips, follow us on Instagram instagram.com/thehellerapproach/ Cheers! - Admissions

[@thehellerapproach]

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[@willyamos9180]

This feels more like therapy.

[@willyamos9180]

I definitely do not want to revisit my traumas every time I want to play a negative emotion. I can't do that, but that idea gives me a serious "ewww" moment thinking about Monroe and Ledger. I do NOT wanna do method acting. Thanks for being here on YT, you might have saved my life. LOL

[@MichelleThomas02]

Well my son is

[@MichelleThomas02]

I.m being an actor