Ed Hooks - Acting Classes

Ed Hooks' Newsletter Archive

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2010
January "Advanced Pretend"	February "Wherefore Performance Capture"	March "Sympathy vs. Empathy Again"
April "Uh-oh, Kissing Scenes"	May Regarding Openly Gay Male Actors

2009
January Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”	February Darwin, Super-Objective and Acting	March "If I were starting out today . . ."
April "The Dream"	May "Monologue Nervousness"	June "Un-scrambling a Pinball Brain"
July "The Importance of Preparation"	August "Confidence and Hillary Clinton"	September "Re-Imagining Conflict"
October "Pursuing Objectives"	November-December "Bait Car"

2008
February/March The Value of Lies	April "Presence"	May Humor in Acting
August Good Acting: Allowing or Causing	September "Unpredictability"	October Acting and Fame
November Body Language	December The Actor's Landscape 2009

2006
January/February Regarding Relaxation

2005
January Acting to Survive	August-September Actors and the Concept of Evil	October Acting with a Howl

2004
January Gollum - A Glimpse into the Future of Acting	February Trust	March Script Analysis
April Making Yourself Cry	July Acting Lessons from Brando	September Keep Your Knees Together
October / November The Passionate Artist

2003
January Stardom	February Maturity in an Artist	March Lee Strasburg's Fruit Salad
	Mid-February Gollum: A peek into the Future of Acting	Mid-March Surprising Acting
April Theatrical Intent	May Feeling Good About An Acting Teacher	June Moral Outrage
Mid-April Emotions Revealed
July Robert DeNiro	September The Concept of Ma	October ELIA KAZAN, 1909 -2003
November Acting with Authority

2002
January/February Regarding Auditions	March Casting Director Showcases	April A very! Brief History of Acting and Acting Training
May Talent - Do I Have It?	June Avoiding Conflict	July Storytelling
Mid-May Acting Insane	Mid-June Pacino	July Storytelling
August Psychological Visability	September Emotion and Acting	October Technique - What is it?
November Acting is Doing	December Bigotry - How To Play It

2001
January Planning an Acting Career	February On Acting Class	March Jackson Pollock - The Method Painter
April What Makes Acting Exciting?	May Career Strategies - Landing an Agent	June San Francisco Versus Chicago
July Are Digital Actors a Threat?	August Cue Cards at Commercial Auditions - Why?	September September 11, 2001 - An Actor's Response \| The Perfect Villian
	Mid-August Screen Actors Guild in Trouble...
October Playing Not-Smart Characters...	November Nudity on stage	December A Few Notes From Recent Classes
		Mid-December How to Select a Good Film Class

2000
January New Beginnings	February The Passionate Artist	March Hooks on David Mamet
April Knowing vs. Feeling	May Moral Obligation	June Training the 21st Century Actor
July Bad Words	August Top Ten Shows: No Scripts	September Digital Actors vs. Human Actors
October Colleen's Big Break	November Posted from Rome, Italy

1999
January Anthony Hopkins retires	February Charisma	March Casting Director Workshops
April Charlie Chaplin	May Living as an Artist	June Aristotle
July Acting is Fun!	August Make Your Own Movie!	September New York! New York!
October Voyeurism Television	November How to Study Acting	December Portraying a Character

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1998
October Definition of Acting	November Political Correctness	December Empathy