What Makes A Great Actor? by Ted Kotcheff

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  • WAKE IN FRIGHT opens on October 19, 2012, at Landmark's Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles for a one-week engagement. Filmmaker Ted Kotcheff will appear in person on Friday, October 19, and Saturday, October 20, at the 8:15pm shows each night. The film also is opening in select U.S. engagements throughout Fall 2012.
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  • @cyren_
    @cyren_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +836

    I'm just going to put this out there and say: Good luck to everyone on this video that wants to become an actor. Don't ever stop because someone didn't believe in you. Keep striving to achieve your goal, and you will.

    • @loveu2956
      @loveu2956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      PaperBagBoy that's really sweet thank you!

    • @loveu2956
      @loveu2956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Jan Norris you don't need to give up... Real actors don't wanna be actors for fame or money... It's a job like every other job...

    • @danielabundez3301
      @danielabundez3301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well not all of you

    • @ameliagacha8236
      @ameliagacha8236 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank youu💜

    • @kcklutch
      @kcklutch 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you

  • @nekishamichelle
    @nekishamichelle 10 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    Don't deliver lines be the character! Amazing acting advice. I have an audition Monday I'm preparing for. This journey is challenging yet deeply mystical, enjoyable and creates bliss.

    • @licheng7956
      @licheng7956 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How did it go? :)

    • @nekishamichelle
      @nekishamichelle 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Li Cheng thank you for asking I did book 1 leading role since watching this. I have to nail my auditions better. Its a journey but I'm growing.

    • @licheng7956
      @licheng7956 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just keep trying ;)
      And when you got nothing to do just keep practising.
      Better to be prepared and not having an oppertunity.
      Than having an oppertunity and not being prepared. - Less Brown

    • @nekishamichelle
      @nekishamichelle 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Li Cheng thank you I will for sure....here's my site www.nolovedrama.com stay in touch.

    • @vonmoose1
      @vonmoose1 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did it go? What are you doing now?

  • @AurumGolds
    @AurumGolds 7 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    I think people with depression would be amazing actors because many can fool everyone they know

    • @AllThingsFilm1
      @AllThingsFilm1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Good point. I think a lot of good actors are depressives. Meaning they are filled with uncertainty, which causes the depression, but with that they are willing to explore emotional states that "happier" people aren't willing or able to do.

    • @BP-ez7nu
      @BP-ez7nu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It's so funny I came across this comment. I suffer from depression, anxiety and personality disorders. I am also an aspiring actor, with so much raw emotion and I have experienced alot. It will help

    • @anthonyaguilar1888
      @anthonyaguilar1888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I had depression too it’s funny how I wanted to be an actor too as well

    • @pugsyconglomerate
      @pugsyconglomerate 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not really, for me it's something that keeps from stepping into a character and it's something you have to overcome in order to truly make a great performance.

    • @MsHabzz
      @MsHabzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its sad really 😢😭😓😟😣🙂

  • @Wandia_glowriah
    @Wandia_glowriah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Someday ill be a successful actress🙏

  • @babyface5035
    @babyface5035 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Charlton Heston said actors need to have loads of ENERGY and great HEALTH . Talent only takes you so far ......

  • @noodlez5073
    @noodlez5073 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The phrase “Emotional temperature” is one that will really stick with me. This interview is brilliant.

  • @MrBrokentowels
    @MrBrokentowels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I love actors that can tell the story. Sometimes actors can make a meal out of a scene but I forget what the movie was about. If someone concerns themselves with only their character and not the story regardless if the performance is great, the movie won’t be great. I think truly great actors can do both, tell the story and focus on there character

  • @kwixotic
    @kwixotic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Yes, even in one of his lesser known films("Class Action") Gene Hackman shines brilliantly. The one thing I like about him and you see it also in "the Unforgiven", is this kind of mischievous grin of somone who delights in playing whatever role he does. It wasn't so present early on as in "The French Connection" but moreso later on.

    • @katk3489
      @katk3489 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      kwixotic this is so accurate

  • @poolboyinla
    @poolboyinla 9 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I would have liked to have seen him talk about Stallone and First Blood. Sly deserved an oscar nom for that.

    • @filmcourage
      @filmcourage  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Travis Kraft Thanks for visiting Travis, here is Ted talking a little about First Blood and Stallone th-cam.com/video/vsmIIqR3DU4/w-d-xo.html

    • @poolboyinla
      @poolboyinla 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Film Courage Thanks. I also like the film he did with Lundgren.

    • @mech-productions8958
      @mech-productions8958 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Travis Kraft lol rocky IV?

    • @poolboyinla
      @poolboyinla 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mech-Productions No, I meant the film Ted Kotcheff directed with Dolph Lundgren.

    • @user-yb8vr2ip2t
      @user-yb8vr2ip2t ปีที่แล้ว

      You're funny. Watch Brando in Streetcar. Learn a little.

  • @nithindominickoshy
    @nithindominickoshy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I grew up on Sylvester Stallone's action movies. My parents were watching 'First Blood'. I was just a kid back then, but I found Stallone's performance compelling and spellbinding. Kudos!

    • @user-yb8vr2ip2t
      @user-yb8vr2ip2t ปีที่แล้ว

      Watch Gary Oldman and Daniel Day Lewis instead. That's acting.

    • @9cross
      @9cross ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-yb8vr2ip2t Don't discount people like Stallone or even Sandler.

  • @brandonclark4882
    @brandonclark4882 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Truthfully, I believe a great actor is made on the side of his light.
    When he isn't being seen is how he will be made good in front of others.
    An actor who trains consistently and prominently to ever enhance his craft is going to go far in a world of those who go home to work the next day.
    As opposed to doing their homework that night.
    Take care

  • @JulietteVeronica1201
    @JulietteVeronica1201 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Acting has been one of the few things that I have ever been truly passionate about and strive to get better everyday. I'm trying to get as much experience as I can through drama club and acting classes during the summer.

  • @TuanRyuJin
    @TuanRyuJin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Don't act, be the character! Thanks for this great Interview. Ted so experienced director!

  • @specializedtm2830
    @specializedtm2830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I’m an aspiring actor, I’ve got a few auditions lined up, hopefully I’ve got a chance

    • @cutebutpsyho3339
      @cutebutpsyho3339 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      All the best

    • @nathankirk2554
      @nathankirk2554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No such thing as an aspiring actor. You are one. Everyone is.

    • @ziopixel2040
      @ziopixel2040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How did it go?

    • @bh5606
      @bh5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ..good luck..

  • @greatday124
    @greatday124 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great Insight. He seems to be an educator as well as a director. I like how he directs according to the actor's needs.

  • @shaneog6298
    @shaneog6298 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So basically you have to incorporate how you would react in certain situations but change it up a bit to fit your character so you can become that character

  • @GjpgrD
    @GjpgrD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This guy directed Richard Dreyfuss in a Canadian indie called The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz (between American Graffiti & Jaws). Still one of his best performances!

  • @kwixotic
    @kwixotic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The rehearsal policy is very advisable AND can even incorporate improvisation to explore the character and what kind of discoveries are to be unearthed.

  • @obilight1988
    @obilight1988 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i pray i be able to practice this advice

  • @MrGlobalservices
    @MrGlobalservices 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A lot of people need to watch this video

  • @CasSpell
    @CasSpell 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have a dream! I want to become a good actor. I've been onstage before on a community school and tried myself out there as a vocalist and actor, that went pretty well :)

  • @ComicPower
    @ComicPower 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those method actors that first got famous in the 70s are the best. Pacino, Deniro, Hackman, Nicholson.

  • @BruteROBLOX
    @BruteROBLOX 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I got picked for a acting jobbed :D

    • @filmcourage
      @filmcourage  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Merely ROBLOX What's the job?

    • @BruteROBLOX
      @BruteROBLOX 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Film Courage
      I will be a lead in the movie Rumpelstiltskin aka i will Rumpelstiltskin

    • @filmcourage
      @filmcourage  9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Merely ROBLOX Hard to get bigger than that, congrats!

    • @BruteROBLOX
      @BruteROBLOX 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Film Courage
      Thanks :D

    • @ArshwayTV
      @ArshwayTV 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      What job?

  • @fwstrongiv
    @fwstrongiv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That direction style is an actors dream.

  • @bellatucc2530
    @bellatucc2530 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    svu is my favorite show! Represent lol

  • @randallpaul6559
    @randallpaul6559 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Such an important statement For me acting is your job title and it is not what you do. When I see an actor acting it kills it for everyone. Acting is the ability to believe in what ever the circumstance is. So many young people have a strange idea because of destructive coaching the old cliche "Being there is so true" How do you get there? A large topic. .

  • @antonymartinez2499
    @antonymartinez2499 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    be the character, don't act the character

  • @Bloom100000000000
    @Bloom100000000000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    04:02-04:08 as someone who wants to go into acting that laughter and his words scared me more then they should have

  • @jackson1693
    @jackson1693 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks Ted

  • @bh5606
    @bh5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If I was an actor, I would hate to be given direction such as...be jealous...be hurt...be angry, etc. To have a director explain the scene to me and tell me how to be would be very confusing.

  • @theprojectionist1
    @theprojectionist1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, great advice. Would like to know if i put it to good use in my film In the Dark - some of the best acting on TH-cam

  • @atsangel777xd9
    @atsangel777xd9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    this really has inspired me im so devoted to becoming a actor and I'm good as hell at it

  • @beatrixvillarojo2287
    @beatrixvillarojo2287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you are in the level with the "lone tag of Norm". . . BRANDO!

  • @davidprost9144
    @davidprost9144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Him : one of the most difficult thing to do is to play an introvert
    Me : Well, I may be a genious, i dont even have to try !

    • @cyborgsi
      @cyborgsi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try spelling ‘Genius’ correctly - then you might have a chance ;)

  • @robertoortiz4580
    @robertoortiz4580 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He talking about me? He must be talking about me , I see no one else but me. Take 1

  • @cleverchaleigh
    @cleverchaleigh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have to be honest, I get so frightened when anyone says...."become the person" or anything having to do with method acting.
    It psychologically unnerving!

  • @acextensionsinc
    @acextensionsinc ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏🏾✨🙏🏼

  • @FeverFromDaBronx
    @FeverFromDaBronx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff here

  • @gerard1657
    @gerard1657 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Mmm....well, he's talking about 'great' acting, but mentions 'good' actors.
    To clarify, I like Hackman as an actor, and think he's good.
    One lesser notch Notle,wouldn't consider Woods in either category.
    To me, the most important is what this guy is talking about, being in the moment, truthful, listening,etc.
    That's what Hackman does.
    But with the actors he named, they are always themselves.
    To me, great actors are the ones that can be themselves, as well as play characters completely different from them where you hardly recognize them, as well as actors that can play styles i.e. contemporary drama, comedy, period pieces,etc.
    Such as Dustin Hoffman, Streep, Day- Lewis

    • @marlonmoncrieffe0728
      @marlonmoncrieffe0728 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      gerard1657
      Nick Nolte and James Woods ARE great actors and even chameleonic actors like Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis can screw up and are subject to hamminess.

    • @gnarthdarkanen7464
      @gnarthdarkanen7464 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marlonmoncrieffe0728, thank you for this...
      I think it's pertinent to note here, that some great actors (Nolte and Woods, among others) get an unfortunate deal with "type casting", not because they can't do other styles or role-types, but because the other styles, characters, roles, simply aren't selling OR aren't selling for the numbers they need to keep the career path.
      What happens is that WAY TOO much of the "general public" only seems to know the particular roles that were "iconic" for those actors, and this feeds back to the type-casting cycle. Comments like this, are yet another example of how people too easily confuse the Actor with the Character(s) they've seen...
      Honestly, I doubt Tony Shaloub (for instance) is really as germophobic or quite as intellectually incredible as Adrian Monk, either... Nor do I think you could blow his head off and watch him just grow a new one... (MIB ref'... lolz)
      Great Acting (regardless of who does it) is becoming the character in front of the camera, convincingly enough that I recognize the character name before I remember the actor's name... ;o)

    • @habiibqawiy7884
      @habiibqawiy7884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gene Hackman is a GREAT actor imo. Actors like him tend to be more raw and natural. I like actors like John Wayne, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart. They all represent something that is unique to them. Glad for actors like Eastwood too!

  • @Quinsight
    @Quinsight 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow

  • @williampalmer9828
    @williampalmer9828 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍

  • @KuyaManzano
    @KuyaManzano 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite actors are Johnny Depp, Robert de Niro, Christian Bale. And yours?

  • @Mimi-el1gx
    @Mimi-el1gx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless everybody

  • @pianomandove
    @pianomandove 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Halfway through. He's not saying anything about how to act, only cool stories he had.

    • @petefisher4429
      @petefisher4429 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You missed. You got some things to learn.

    • @oldmanmtb1443
      @oldmanmtb1443 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Dov He said you don't act you must be that character. . . . .

  • @richyr5876
    @richyr5876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also not being an asshole on set that helps a lot as well.

  • @paul8411000
    @paul8411000 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gary Bond -great actor

  • @alyssa5927
    @alyssa5927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want to become a better actor Bc my theatre teacher never gives me a chance in any play we do all my other friends who have 0 experience get huge parts while I get 5 lines 😐

  • @haleberry5939
    @haleberry5939 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seeing acting on a set is a killer. We want real, deep, and profound. Just BE -don't act!

  • @itsajonathing9184
    @itsajonathing9184 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can i work with you on my career

    • @yojoeo9067
      @yojoeo9067 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Casting companies (ones that aren't scams) and getting a agent.

    • @itsajonathing9184
      @itsajonathing9184 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +yojoe O do you know of any

    • @okayvictoriaa7578
      @okayvictoriaa7578 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jonathan Milner I know one scam place is John Casablanca. I went there for my acting agency and all they wanted was money so know I have decided my mom would be a better one that anyone else so she always doing research for me and finding new commercials and short films for me.

  • @Toqeerjavaid
    @Toqeerjavaid 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    i bet you all that here i am best one no one can beat me in acting ;)

  • @tusharkumar8750
    @tusharkumar8750 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Like Brando or Day lewis or Oldman.

  • @priscillaprange525
    @priscillaprange525 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wanted to be an actor and people said I would be a good actor. But I never tried it.

    • @thatperformer3879
      @thatperformer3879 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      priscilla prange and there's your fault, the most successful actors where told by everyone that they were terrible. That they'd have no chance of ever surviving the industry. And yet they chose not to listen

    • @halomerric8611
      @halomerric8611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's never too late...do it❤⚘

  • @Alex-dk1um
    @Alex-dk1um 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m just going to put this out there for all the aspiring actors….
    Give up.

  • @markuslebt
    @markuslebt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what makes a great actor ? the ability to hide your true identity. this man for example is also known under the names "mariano rajoy" and "john cleese". but he's too good of an actor for you to realize that.

    • @keshavthakur2262
      @keshavthakur2262 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      how can hide our true identity
      can you explain or suggest about method acting ?
      i am beginner in acting so how to practice everyday to enhance my skills and craft

    • @danyt1232
      @danyt1232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@keshavthakur2262 Acting is about exposing your true identity. Every character comes from within yourself. You interpret how you're character behaves, you use your own imagination and experiences to empathise with them. If you want to learn method acting, look up acting classes you can attend that teach it.

    • @keshavthakur2262
      @keshavthakur2262 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danyt1232 i am from india i dont have knowledge about method classes . Iread only on books

    • @keshavthakur2262
      @keshavthakur2262 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danyt1232 please suggest if you have any option to learn best and give links too

    • @danyt1232
      @danyt1232 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Keshav Thakur I ain’t got any suggestions on where exactly to learn best in India. All I can say is keep with the reading but also look in your country if there are opportunities to join youth theatres or take part in workshops. You need as much experience and training as you can get, before you can consider to start working pro, getting agents and shit

  • @kanibal2g4
    @kanibal2g4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So.. What makes a great actor again ...

    • @fifthelement1346
      @fifthelement1346 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Aaron Smallwood What I got from is, you don't act, you ARE, you embody the character.. but honestly I can't understand what he's saying due to his speech impediment.

    • @jayhedges2100
      @jayhedges2100 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +TheCosmos thats acting class day 1

    • @rarrley6581
      @rarrley6581 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jay Hedges that's why it's important. People forget that after a while

    • @Dani_1012
      @Dani_1012 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Be the character. Become the character. Get to know the character to the point it's easy to act like them

  • @sarahsodone5993
    @sarahsodone5993 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    $200 a minute wow

  • @ajwmcintyre
    @ajwmcintyre 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've seen the Hulk. Nick Nolte ain't too great.

    • @paulcervenka
      @paulcervenka 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean...not really a good example at all LOL.

    • @VchmpCTBound
      @VchmpCTBound 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gotta watch more film. Nick Nolte has been around a long time. Doing great films.

    • @savedfaves
      @savedfaves 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andy McIntyre Watch down and out in Beverly Hilly, watch Three Fugitives, watch The Fighter. He's a very good actor.

    • @shooterbro2008
      @shooterbro2008 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watch the warrior dude great performance

    • @darrenraleigh1986
      @darrenraleigh1986 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watch "Farewell to the King." Nick Nolte is stunningly good, because he's never acting.
      th-cam.com/video/xKz11pKERW8/w-d-xo.html

  • @ruzickaw
    @ruzickaw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    He cannot answer the question, What makes a great actor? In a clear , precise way. Too many useless personal anectodes.BEING the carácter , that is the ultimate goal? Yes, in cinema . There you just play yourself.But in repertory theater, where you have to play many diferent carácter? You cannot BE all the characters. Marlon Brando for example was always playing himself. Is this great acting?

    • @genericasian309
      @genericasian309 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ruzickaw yes you can, thats the point. a great actor is a person who can be any character. not just delivering the dialogue, but giving life to their own version of the characters, be the character.

    • @AllThingsFilm1
      @AllThingsFilm1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't know if you can say that Brando was playing himself. To some extent, actors bring a part of themselves into the character they're playing. They have to relate to the character on some level to make their performance convincing. But, to say an actor is "playing themselves" is imposing a limitation on the actor that you have no knowledge of.

    • @farticusthegreat5685
      @farticusthegreat5685 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The greatest acting is not acting

    • @isadoraviana1627
      @isadoraviana1627 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There can't be a precise answer since it's just his personal opinions. At the end of the day it's just a feelings...often times there are no words to describe how or why a certain person makes you feel a certain way. It's such a subjective topic. Everyone has their likes and dislikes and what they think is good vs bad acting.

  • @phantomathmedia3767
    @phantomathmedia3767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You want to be an actor?
    Rule 1) Don't Act

  • @nessarodriguez4865
    @nessarodriguez4865 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    get to the point....

  • @ahumanjustbeing2466
    @ahumanjustbeing2466 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im gonna make a tape of me interacting with 5 different ppl(a wife, a child, an elderly person, a gay sibling and a corrupt boss...all in 5 minutes)
    My skills will be so obvious to the naked eyes of casting directors that they will literally beg me to move to hollyweird...i will be greater than "marlon stewart"!!!

  • @jeffersonsmith2728
    @jeffersonsmith2728 ปีที่แล้ว

    And What Makes A Great Actor????? Just a lot blabla about three actors.

  • @leejee88
    @leejee88 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i find psychiatric direction appalling as well because your only pretending .You don't act out crazy you act out the actions of someone who is crazy.Which comes from understanding what it means to be crazy.

  • @suprymoTV
    @suprymoTV 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why’s he talking like that. Mtsswww

  • @silverdragon710
    @silverdragon710 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    wtf is acting? to this day i do not know

    • @danyt1232
      @danyt1232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Acting is to be believable as a character.

  • @dirtydan9228
    @dirtydan9228 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm sorry but I couldn't understand one word

  • @XFS540
    @XFS540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whatever it is, DiCaprio doesn’t have it.

  • @icecream9576
    @icecream9576 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ted kotcheff was not a great real director