The Frisch Approach

“Language is an indication of character and any character you create must be created based on his language – the word choices, grammar variants, rhythms, length of sentences, socio-economic indicators, etc.”
Find more pieces of wisdom and insight for actors in my book: The Transformational Actor.

By allowing, you make sure your impulses are reactive and responsive. You become hypervigilant without tension. You encourage work that is true, important, alive, personal and organic.

Identifying and making the most of your character’s transitions of thought and emotion are the keys to unlocking your character’s emotional score and creating moment-to-moment suspense. Most actors miss or minimize many transitions, thereby flattening out material, reducing impact.

Challenge yourself. Develop your own standards. If it’s worth doing, then do it completely.

It is only the universal imagination that enables actors to soar and transform. Learn how to harness that very human gift and there will be no limit to your invention, no end to your joy in the acting process.

“Ultimately, the studio, classroom, or location is the safe place - the place where you need not care about other’s values, judgments, needs or agendas - care only about your honest search for what is true, real, and meaningful. The only reason ever to be embarrassed come from timid work and half-assed preparation. No fear!” - Peter Frisch
Find more bits of wisdom and advice for actors in The Transformational Actor - available now on Amazon.

“When does an actor become an artist? When that actor develops an ongoing curiosity about the ways of the world and its human inhabitants; when that actor is steeped in understanding through psychology and recognizes alternate world views through philosophy; when that actor has something to say about the human condition and a passion to communicate it.” - Peter Frisch
Find more pieces of wisdom and advice for actors in my book: The Transformational Actor - released now on Amazon!

Commitment is more important than talent. Talent is easily wasted but hard work, perseverance, and a love of the struggle leads to a life of rewards.
Find more pieces of wisdom and advice for actors in my book The Transformational Actor - available now on Amazon! Link is in my bio.

Take pleasure in the pain, rage, joys, and jealousies, the aching needs of your characters. That pleasure will transform into acting power and ease - qualities the audience will admire and salute.

Commitment is more important than talent. Talent is easily wasted but hard work, perseverance, and a love of the struggle leads to a life of rewards.

Surf the impulse. Life is unscripted so come up with the next word or the next idea on the spot. Trust your ability to adjust and respond every second. Your work will be alive, surprising and spontaneous.

“Employ a stimulating verb phrase. So your Intention is not simply “to console”, but “to console the fragile innocent.” Not only “to destroy,” but “to destroy the conniving bastard.” Your work becomes more specific, fun and motivated with a well thought out, juicy verb phrase.” - Peter Frisch
Find more pieces of wisdom and advice for the brilliant actor in my book The Transformational Actor.

“Learn to indulge in and savor dramatic moments. After all, identifying with moments of emotional empathy is really why your audience buys those tickets and subscribes to Netflix.” - Peter Frisch

To arrive at an interpretive solution for the scene, we should ask ourselves “what does the character need, why do they need it, and what prevents them from getting it?” - Peter Frisch
Find more pieces of wisdom and insight for actors in my book The Transformational Actor - now available on Amazon! Link in my bio.

“Approach your work with a spirited sense of play. Creativity stems from freedom of thought, feeling and impulse.”

“Choose clearly, execute boldly. Articulate your choiced precisely and commit to their fulfillment. Eliminate vague, nonspecific thinking.” - Peter Frisch

A quick reminder: In one hour (2 pm Pacific) I begin a two-part series called "Focus on Auditions," offering twelve great tips and more over two Technique Tuesday sessions. During the past 50 years I have auditioned thousands of actors and I want to give you the view from the other side of the table (and computer screen). If you want to stand out from the crowd and create auditions with impact, don't miss Focus on Auditions I today on TMFA. And don't forget to order your copy of The Transformational Actor, now in paperback on Amazon. 😉

▪️Eyes on the Prize ▪️
You find your voice while immersed in the game - so participate, study, work, perform. That determination and love of the process will take you down happy roads toward your goals. Keep your eyes on the prize. Hourly. How are you planning to immerse yourself in 2024?
For more nuggets of advice and wisdom for actors, check out my book, The Transformational Actor - available for purchase now on Amazon. Find the link in my bio.

Embrace self-awareness and you will attain the goal of every great actor: complete, personal power and control alongside compelling belief and connected emotional intensity.

Call it the “90/10 Rule” - 90% of our awareness is focused on the imagined world of the play or screenplay, believing in the circumstances and needs of character, while 10% knows very well that we are acting.

In exactly two hours at 2 pm Pacific, I will offer your "Audition Cheat Sheet." This is a detailed process of preparation for a TV or film audition, a handy reference to make sure you stand out from the crowd and shine. A number of important tips are embedded in this talk. If you're auditioning or contemplating auditioning in the LA, Atlanta, Vancouver, etc. markets, don't miss the "Audition Cheat Sheet" at 2 pm pacific on TMFA. on . . .

“To act is to live a life in fiction. To act beautifully, transparently, means that you believe that the power of fiction can actually be more compelling than real life, that Story possesses the power to provide the deepest insights into the human condition.” - Peter Frisch, The Transformational Actor

Only in Shakespeare can you trust spoken sound, the very sound of the text, to give you meaning and emotion. Will Shakes just had a better poetic ear than any other dramatist, and so by digging into the consonants, vowels and rhythms of the lines, he offers major clues as to the emotional life and emotional progression of character

“Take pleasure in the pain, rage, joys, and jealousies, the aching needs of your characters. That pleasure will transform into acting power and ease - qualities the audience will admire and salute “
Find more pieces of wisdom and advice for actors in my book: The Transformational Actor 🌻 find the link in my bio!

“Take pleasure in the pain, rage, joys and jealousies, the aching needs of your characters. That pleasure will transform into acting power and ease – qualities the audience will admire and salute.”

“Acting is the ultimate act of empathy. In no other profession do practitioners attempt to inhabit the mind, body, voice, thought process, even the spirit and soul of another human being! What a line of work! What a glorious way to live!”
Discover more pieces of wisdom and insight for actors in my book The Transformational Actor available now on Amazon! Find the link in my bio.

“To represent 80 years of life drama compressed into two hours, an actor must be in a heightened state of consciousness - the stakes become enormous, the intensity electrifying, the moment-to-moment commitment profound.” - Peter Frisch
Find more pieces of wisdom and valuable insight for actors in my book: The Transformational Actor - now available for purchase on Amazon! Find the link in my bio.

“When you are emotionally compelled to take big risks you enter into a kind of ‘state of grace’, realizing before long that you haven’t lost control at all but instead, found a deeper level of control. The right brain takes over. A richer, more creative, impulsive inner world becomes accessible and supports your intuitive self.” - Peter Frisch
Find more insight and pieces of wisdom for actors in my book The Transformational Actor - Now available to purchase on Amazon! Find the link in my bio.

Expand to Transform🎈
Only the imaginative, risk-taking, Transformational actor can inhabit new emotional, physical and vocal territory. Therefore, the goal is to expand the self to encompass the character, not to contract the character to the limited, habitual self.
Find more pieces of motivation and inspiration in my book: The Transformational Actor. Now available to purchase now on Amazon! Find the link in my bio.