Coffeebreak is a time to unwind and get in touch with actors’ processes. Actor Spaces’ first guest of 2022 was Shoki Mmola and these are her nuggets of wisdom.
- Your gut will tell when you have tapped into the world of your greatest character.
- Believe and erase to build a character.
- Ask why? How? And What? When preparing for a character.
- Lie to yourself to prepare and believe for the character to avoid relating to your real life situation.
- You need to look flawless, you are a walking magazine.
- Dialogue, is a tennis game, is a give-and-take.
- When performing with other actors you need to be generous.
- Preparation is respect.
- Believe other actors will come prepared, when they look good, you look greater.
- Be true to yourself and believe in your character.
- Be generous to share with other actors what you know.
- It’s not about the reaction it’s about the source.
- Life happens but leave yourself and prepare to get into the character.
- Remember why you are in the character, that is a calling.
- An actor decides what to feel and decide how the audience must feel.
- When you perform it’s not just for you.
- Nothing happens by chance to choose the moments.
- Always know what happens where and when with your character.
- Be like a baby to enjoy and keep falling in love with acting.
- The day you lose the child in you as an actor, go look for another job.
- Acting is an experience.
- Ask yourself who you are.
- Know what your purpose is.
- Your body is a mission that is always running, take care of it.
- Your body is an office, keep it open as soon as you wake up and closed as you go to sleep.
- Don’t accept what doesn’t resonate with your office.
- Take yourself serious.
- Love for the work is what makes you great actor.
- Be on time and prepare.
- Have a great agent.
- Get training.
- Be willing to learn everyday.
- It’s okay to be nervous on your first day.
- Take a moment and breathe.
- What you don’t know you will learn along the way.
- Watch people, those are your character to become.
- Mess up, but never walk away.
- Forgive yourself.
- Always be prepared.
Coffeebreak is a time to unwind and get in touch with actors’ processes. Actor Spaces’ first guest of 2022 was Khanyi Mbau and these are her nuggets of wisdom.
