Craig Archibald - The Actor’s Mindset. The role of resilience.
Craig Archibald is an acting coach in California who works with actors at all levels in their careers. He got involved in the theatre when he was 11 years old and became a professional actor when he was 15, putting himself through college using the money he made from acting. When his college course ended he came to London and got a job at the Royal National Theatre as well as studying with leading teachers from RADA, Webber Douglas and the Guildhall. He then moved to New York’s Neighbourhood Playhouse and studied the Stanislavski method to acting and then had a twenty-year acting career before realising he also had another set of skills, those of writing, producing and coaching.
Craig went through a major life change in his mid 40s and moved from Manhattan to Malibu where he took some time to get some perspective on life. He then decided to focus most of his attention on coaching and set up a west coast version of his New York coaching operation. Over the last 12 -15 years he has worked with a lot of young artists to get their careers on the road as well as working with people higher in the industry to help them become more grounded. Hollywood can be distracting and ego driven which means you can be disappointed because your ego will always find reasons for failure. Turning that around and making it a positive is part of what Craig does along with mentoring people to help them prepare as they come into the industry. Social media means there can be so much more judgement nowadays so people in the public eye need to be able to take those negative comments and turn them around – to use them and then let them go. In this podcast:
Craig explains why perfection is not needed - 95% is good enough
How actors create roles and ‘live truthfully under imaginary circumstances’
Why actors need resilience, integrity and authenticity.
You can find out more at the Archibaldstudio.com He’s is also the author of The Actor’s Mindset: Acting as a Craft, Discipline, and Business.
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