“It’s the difference between Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton” w/ Daniel Dresner
From Magic Mike to comparing his coaching styles between Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton. This episode is spilling the most-- with the one and only Daniel Dresner.
Daniel has been in the industry for over 20 years, starting off as a stand-up comedian, actor and theatre director in Tokyo, Japan. He then studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York and worked as an actor there for six years, returning to London in 2001 to act, coach and teach.
He coaches actors, directors, writers, producers, singers, and production companies as well as the odd publisher and yoga instructor. He also, teaches privately in venerable institutions around the globe and here in London at the Actors Centre, the Guildhall, London Actors Workshop and Drama Studio London. I also run presentation skills, assertiveness and personal impact training workshops for corporates.
Before entering a career in the entertainment industry, he was a divisional manager for a large office automation multinational with responsibility for sales, marketing and operations. Since leaving this corporate world, in around 20 or so years he has acted in well over one hundred films, TV shows, plays, commercials and various voice roles in London, New York City, Tokyo and all around the world.
He is a former board member of Player Playwrights and founder member of the Actors Screen Collective, London as well as being an associate director of Spoken Word Ltd. This is on top of running his own coaching business, teaching and running corporate workshops.
In the episode we talk about:
About his book- “A Life Coaching Approach to Screen Acting” (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/lifecoaching-approach-to-screen-acting-9781350039438/)
His experience in the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
If actors need an education and institution to enter the industry.
Becoming a Coach and finding a niche. In Specific, the entertainment industry.
His style as a coach.
What the community of Coaches is like. Is their support or competitiveness?
His experience on working with organisations such as player player playwrights, Actors Screen Collective and Spoken word ltd.
The Facebook Community he set up during Covid 1- Daniel Dresner Coaching Actors. Which facilitated actors out of work and in a dark space— a place to connect and learn (https://www.facebook.com/groups/danieldresnercoachingactors)
His work at the Actors Centre to now creating Actors Coaching International.
Advice for Actors on success and the rabbit hole of complications.
Discuss the art of networking, marketing and business of the industry.
Discuss a chapter of his book on the “Saboteur” the voice that says You Cannot.
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