Michael Deutch: Actor and producer in San Francisco, California.

Debbie Elicksen
Is method acting bad for your health?

A friend of mine who is the entertainment editor for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette posted this in Facebook. It did make me think of Heath Ledger right away. But if Strasberg's method was destroying actors, wouldn't there be few of them left? What do you think? http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/mov...

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Andrew Bee

I totally agree with David Patrick. Acting is about believing you are another person. This simply means feeling what that person would feel. Children do this instinctively. it's called make believe. S...

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Shea Christian Reinke

How did this conversation get started again? Its like two years old? Well, my email is four months old, I guess thats how.

Harlan W. Groom

I love method acting, I will never change. I get to live in other worlds and experience other characters perspectives from their shoes. It makes me a better person with every role!

Carlo Irwin
Carlo irwin

Hi everyone. I have been absent for awhile from Stage 32. I am an indie producer, writer and actor in the San Francisco bay area with many years experience on both sides of the camera. You are invited to view my page, Atomic Hollywood, on Facebook. If you scroll down and click on the Atomic logo, yo...

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Lina Jones

Hi Carlo nice to hear from you and good luck on your music video.

Jo Ann

Such an interesting post Carlo, thanks for sharing !!

Kinney Scott

sounds great sure will thanks (: u decide do somethning let me in on it iwant write movie cov 19 zombies (c) 2021 what u think? film it in san francisco masks and safty gear thou

Marcello Aurelio Lanfranchi

Michael, thanks for inviting me into your network. Please check out my project, Tomorrow Waits For No One.

Michael Deutch
Feedback on email notifications

Enjoying the community so far, thanks for everything. I'm getting slammed with dozens of replies to Lounge threads that I've participated in. It's convenient that the email contains the full text of the new comment. It's inconvenient that the email doesn't include the original thread's title (or con...

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Jason T. Elkin
Suggestions for acting schools in Bay area?

Want to attend some serious acting classes. Anyone have some suggestions for the bay area?

Michael Deutch

Jason, check out the Meisner Technique studio. It's located in the presidio in SF. I'm about 2/3rds complete with their 2 year program. Feel free to contact me if you want to chat about it.

Jason T. Elkin

Are either of you going to the Bay Area meet up this upcoming Thursday/27th at the old polygon studio?

Michael Deutch

I'll be there. You?

Michael Deutch
What do you know now that you wish you knew when you were just starting out?

Hi everyone. I'm fairly new to the world of acting --- working through my second year of Meisner training. I started acting on a whim, to explore whether or not I liked it, to deepen and enrich my emotional life, and to cultivate a new creative outlet. And, I harbored a secret fantasy of being on sc...

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Michael Deutch

crickets...

Jon Ferreira

Michael, I moved out to Los Angeles directly after graduating from college, where I studied acting. By that time, I had already been acting for nearly 15 years. When I got out to LA, I was overwhelmed...

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Michael Deutch

Jon, beautiful answer! Thanks for sharing, it was valuable for me to read.

Game on!

Viquii Johannesson (Vicki Johnson)

I clicked my selections hope it worked. I got this!

Benjamin Wiessner
Hand drawn animation

I am a producer for ornana films. We are premiering our new hand drawn short film, Confusion Through Sand, at this year's SxSw. It was a tiny team, doing it the old school way. Check it out the teaser, and send me a message if you want to see more. https://vimeo.com/85896322...

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Michael Deutch

Looks great!

Milt Barlow

Awesome. Thanks for sharing Milt www.firstritesfilms.com

Ingrid Webster

Art!

Danny Manus
Advice on Writing Female Protagonists, Archetypes & Pitfalls (ScriptMag)

Here's my latest article in ScriptMag which has already been causing quite a stir... Enjoy! http://www.scriptmag.com/features/taming-shrew-writing-female-characters......

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Allison Bruning

I think it's a shame there aren't more movies produced with strong female protagonists. I tend to write scripts with strong female protagonists and they are HARD to sell. The hardest part of it all is...

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Beth Fox Heisinger

Danny, I didn't mean to offend you. I just disagree. And, I assure you, I do get it. My comments were directed toward other writers as well... But, honestly, women are not complex. We really aren't. W...

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Danny Manus

I wasn't offended, no worries. Been having these debates the last week. I find them really illuminating. I agree about the Hollywood standards of beauty, though that's not what the article is about. N...

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Nina Mihailovic
Just a question

is it possible for a 15-year old (me) to become a dancer (contemporary and hip hop) even though i have just started in november 2013 (contemporary)? regarding hip hop...i have never had any hip hop classes..i kinda teach myself..but i would just like to know...'cause somehow, and i really dont know...

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Sandramaria Brook

if you keep on going practice at least 2 hours a week, eat well take besides selftraining good hiphop lessons, keep on going with temporary...feel like a dancer, you are one, your weight will go down...

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Nina Mihailovic

Thank you so much! That is very inspiring and an awesome motivation! I will definitely give it a try.

Anthony 'Shaboobs' Qureshi

I can tell you honestly that I did not take dance serious until I was about 19, and no I was not THAT good when I started. It's been since 2007 since I started training. 7 years and I'm not where I wa...

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Linda Harborth
News

I just had 3 of my songs picked up by a new TV show.

Linda Harborth

Thanks again!

Janet Caulfield

That's fantastic! Way to go!

Linda Harborth

Thanks!

Cindy Myskiw

Hello Michael, hope you will accept my network request. :)

Michael Deutch

Accepted with pleasure.

Jonathan Kramer

Hey Mike.. thanks for the connect.. Are you planning on attending the S32 SF Bay area meetup at 32Ten Studios on 2/27? Would love to connect with you in person

Michael Deutch

Yes, I just posted on the discussion. New to this group but someone already shared the info with me. Sounds like a great networking event brewing!

Jonathan Kramer

Am sure it will be.. Mark Simborg, another screen writer is coming.. And Barri Evins, who just did a great teleseminar with the ISA this weekend is in town for a few months working on a book, so she'll need a lift.. Am having drinks with her tomorrow so will let you know more :)

Michael Deutch

I posted in the forum that I could at least give anyone a lift from Levi's plaza in SF to the event but I live up in Novato so I won't be headed back into the city afterwards.

Judy Cerda

Thanks for the add Michael. I hope to work with you soon!

Michael Deutch

Thanks Judy!

Nathaniel Velez
Stage fright/ awkwardness

I have never experienced this before, as a matter of fact i enjoy performing in front of an audience but recently we had to do this exercise in class that you should take 2-3 minutes of your life in privacy and perform it. I thought it would be very easy but when i was doing it in front of people i...

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Chara Burgh

Sounds to me like you weren't grounded and in your own personal bubble doing what you would do if you were alone. You were aware of your surroundings and of being watched and focused on it. Generally...

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Simon © Simon

Or you picked something that should stay private... Not many are honest, nor can they really handle the truth, hence 'sugar coated'.

Michael Deutch

Nathaniel, I'm familiar with that exercise as I just recently went through it in class. I agree with the comments above about how important it is for you to get and remain grounded. This exercise is a...

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Michael Deutch
OD eyed in Philip Seymour Hoffman death
OD eyed in Philip Seymour Hoffman death
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose - with a hypodermic needle still stuck in his arm and 70 baggies of the drug inside his Greenwich Village pa...
Michael Deutch

Devastated, I was so inspired by his work!

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Michael. I'm RB, co-founder and CEO of Stage 32. As an actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work and attracting attention to their projects. That's why we created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 200,000+ members strong spanning 180+ countries making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth. This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members pay it forward a...

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