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You're fantastic John ! I'm French and my pronunciation is absolutely awful. I'm 53 and even I graduated in English 30 years ago, but I never practice and you can't be good when you don't. Just found your videos, you're a true gem. I'm going to practice with you. Thanks a hundred ❤ By the way : you look like Sam Neill 🤩 !

Thank you! I’ve been at a road block in my voice acting career where it felt I wasn’t tall enough to ride, I was never good enough to apply, I was never good enough to act. But that in itself was the problem I was in the mindset of “acting” as my character not “being” my character. This has genuinely shocked me awake. I’m currently driving back to my recording booth and I’m not gonna stop acting for the next 2-4 hours just coming up with scenarios and scenes in my head! Also I’m watching all your videos from now on.

So helpful, but I must say that there are a few gaps for me: 1) I need more examples of the exceptions for the short “a”sound. I keep coming across word that I think are exceptions. You said “fatter” for example not “fautter” 2) I got really hung up on the words emphasizing the “t” sound for a while because I thought I wasn’t ever coming across those. When I came back to this video I found that was because more than half of the words you have as examples of a harder “t” sound are not a harder “t” sound (rather than “d” sound) at all (at least in a common American midwestern accent) but a change to the “au” from short “o” sound to more of an “aw” sound, such as in “caught” “ought”, and even “daughter” (although this one does have the “t” sounded as a “d” in an American accent, it would not sound British without the change to the “au” sound.) Still, this has helped me do accents when reading Lewis and Tolkien to my sons and even my teen, and 23 year old sons don’t make fun of me and that’s saying something! 😂 I’ll be back to you(r) ch(a)nnel fo(r) su(r)e. * see! Back?? Channel?? Is that right?

Im so glad this got recommended to me in 2024

this started out confusing, but at the end it was great,thank you

Genius. But is that not authentic to the person you are there with? There is an intimacy that is present between the two actors, similar to when you pair up with a new person in a dance routine. I understood the necessity for the story to be told / portrayed accurately to feel the character's feelings towards the character you are in the scene with.

I got a part for a new TV show that's based In the 70s and the directors want to see how I act the role and how Ho I get into character

This is great. This summer I'm working as a mailman, and I have plenty of "empty streets" to work on my voice. Your exercises remind me of the Linklater technique, which they offered at my local Meisner school.

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brilliant, thank you for this video

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All these lessons become comfortable when you watch British programming. It becomes strange to walk out side and hear the “degraded “ American language.

Thank you, this is a good idea. Can you tell me how I can act more possitive like a possitive person instead of a negative person. Just so I can get along with people better in real life. Thanks.

Wtf. I sount British just repeating this man and keeping that O sound

Sir, i'm learning english, which version do you recommend me? British RP or American east coast accent? The second question is, how american high society use to talk?

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love from germany

I'm currently 18, I'm planning on transfering myself to the US after I enter law school, as I think it can get me on safe ground financially while pursuing the dream of becoming an actor, am I making a good choice?

ok amazing insights but you are also very handsome!

Reactions in their nature work under various contexts to come across as sensible or sensibly insensible. For example, a character who gives off ‘fake energy’ is a context of their personality, it’s an ego that must be understood by the actor in order to perceive things in the same way as that person in that particular moment, but for such a character (to continue this example) a big moment that snaps them back into their sensitivity with reality (such as a moment of 'revelation'), which can lead to a vast and sudden silence within the character’s internal experience, which is reflected by their energy naturally expressed through their facial expressions and body language, with the influence of being typically an egoist influencing these responses in tandem with these reactions. To further expand on this, their tendency to act genuine in most cases but to then be genuine when the moment is significant for this particular archetype would have responses of a rarely seen submission element, such as those who typically are genuinely genuine would have this sense (only supported by a more rounded foundation of ‘maturity’) due to their ability to have faith in their experiences and submissive to their observations by nature, rather than the control freak tendencies of the egoist archetype shattering under these, objectively and undeniably even to them, significant moments. Although I am taking notes of how to think like an actor, the actual character themselves think entirely differently to the analyst, so in order to BE genuine, to BECOME the character, persona, role, archetype, there needs to be faith or submission to the same experiences as the character has through hyper-immersive imaginations. Now… in order to develop this hyper-immersive imaginative state, this too is a genuine achievement that isn’t to be understood but instead practiced. In order to be a genuine person of any kind, one must simply practice by ‘living their own life’ as the main character of their own life story, until being genuine is part of their default state and isn’t something that requires constant thought and consideration in order to activate. To promote ‘living life’ for the sake of being genuine/honest/faithful towards one’s own experiences, these experiences need to be centered around things that earn the individual’s trust/faith in their focused, PERSONAL relationships. This is the equivalent to being saved by one’s ego through the help of a saving ‘grace’, or a messiah/deity. Since faith is the answer written into our very nature as human beings, not just religious texts that try to educate us about this experience, the question is, who, what, or where is your trusted source of faith? Who or what can you trust when you are thickly deep in your own ego, even the concept of ego being part of that ego ironically, so that there may be hope for everyone no matter how mad they’ve become over time? Well, in order to develop a focused, personal relationship with a saving grace, there needs to be prerequisite practice of limiting distraction, and actively engaging with the present moment in order to create significant memories of your own in order to become the main character of your own story, rather than be lost. This can be promoted through a change in lifestyle, such as the elimination of ‘dopamine’ related substances such as music, social media, and any sort of habit, good or bad. How long will it take to adapt to this change of lifestyle and in turn change in perception, (the perception of a silent, and trusting mind)? … Even if you have been shackled by your own ego for decades, even if you are too old to have the benefit of neuroplasticity, there is always hope, and so long as there is hope, faith too is possible, and then through faith there comes a life that is always exciting to live, for there is inspiration, certainty, personality, and many more benefits that come with being truly humane. In order to actually have a logical guarantee in that your hopes are not for naught, and that regardless of what your own fears/insecurities towards allowing self-submission to the present moment that needs to be actively engaged with as a consequence of your ego trying to both protect you but consequently shackle you, there needs to be a moment of ‘revelation’ in your own life in order to experience a vast and sudden, permanent silence, and this is what is considered to be “achieving enlightenment” or “The Holy Spirit”. As for how one can encounter this ‘chosen one moment’ or ‘reawakening’ within their own lives, firstly, anything has the potential to be perceived as significant and personal under the right circumstances. In order to have the wholistic perceptive that everything is a miracle, being able to remain true to yourself through faith in anything that is actively engaged with, not just the presence/safe-space of just your saving grace, this comes after the silent mind of part of one’s default state. … Going back to the real point I was trying to get at instead of doubling down on the correlation between faith and enlightenment, in order to be receptive to anything within the present moment with the experience that what is happening TO you, regardless of whether or not it is objectively significant in the grand scheme of things (since everything in their own right is a miracle), the perception that includes active engagement must be coupled with the experience that what is happening to you right now is both something that is happening TO you *alone* as well as feels new regardless of how well aquatinted you are with or repetitive the situation is. In order to have this perception maintained under the lifestyle that promotes minimal distraction, a free-spirited approach is needed towards life, again, unrestrained by ego. Ego is comprised many things, including intention, and if specifically it is your sense of urgency that gets in the way of allowing you to rest and go into holiday mode, which can be experienced even on a work day, then you should be trying to let go of that ego and simply engage with the present moment that is your task, rather than getting stuck in the past or the *future*. You’ll still be capable, and can go in the direction of success, but having a grounded view of existence matters far more than success, and in this case it’s a requirement in order to be a truly successful actor anyways, not just an efficient one. So, in order to make sure that this perception of simply observation, as if the same perception of a pure amnesiac, becomes one’s default state to remain unburdened by their knowledge/educations, in order to enter holiday mode and let go of EVERYTHING… There needs to be a focused effort towards maintaining and frequently revisiting whenever distracted this particular view of existence, instead of whatever sort of idea of ‘seriousness’ your ego shackles you to. By being less serious, and more ‘childlike’/pure/amnesiac-esk, a new phase in life begins and the previous one becomes OLD, FOREIGN, A DIFFERENT LIFE ENTIRELY. This is what it means to move on, to be forgiven of one’s sins, to be reborn, to be enlightened, to be one’s true self once again, and in order to move on as quickly as possible, the lifestyle of minimal distraction from the view of existence that allows for pure and active engagement with the present moment can also be designed around the interests you develop while in this perception. For examples you could observe something wholesome, as sensitive as you are in this pure state, and your very personality/persona will revolve around this interest for as long as you engage with it being your *focused* relationship. In order to maintain interest in something with the sensible type of emotional reaction in relation to the experience and its contexts, force of empathy, expectations in general, is and entire category of ego that needs to be eliminated. In order to promote an emotional reaction that correlates with a sensible person’s sensitivity to objective morality and empathy towards the things that happen TO them, again, the silent mind is what makes the person sensible and empathetic. So, the main concern is distraction and dissociation until the day comes that this perception becomes their default state, their grounded view of existence. How long will it take? … How long does it take for a person to become truly normal…? This is my own dilemma, and honestly, it isn’t worth trying to even guesstimate and just see for myself how long it will take. To anyone who bothered to read this, and hopefully in particular the person of this channel, I hope I have sparked interest in the desire to become capable of hyper-immersive imaginations for the sake of authentic ‘acting’ skills (which may as well be the same things as BECOMING the character), just as I am towards my own desire to go on an adventure of to become great, whether that be the adventure to take up an acting career or another path entirely. (Acting is just a recent inspiration of mine, since I remembered that I wanted to be an actor when I was a child, and how I want to be the main character of many life stories that I make many memories of my own, not just being an ‘act’ so to speak.)

I Have a newfound respect for the British.

What is oral posture of British speakers ? Oral posture I think is most important.

Being an actor is being a human being in different situations its about finding the character within you instead of stepping outside yourself to create something thats artifical our job is to play pretend and play pretend fully our job is to make the story more important than oursleves when we know why it is we say what we say then we are informed and ready to play

Im in my very early 20’s and need a creative/artistic escape from uni. Always been fascinated by Kubrick (and his stare which I use to haunt my brother time and again😂) But as a professional in the field, how on earth does one start in the field of acting? Like, what do I do first to begin this new chapter ?

4:35 God bless you for not pronouncing the "t" in "often".

Is it too late to start at 19

I was cast as Alan in Equus, here in the United States. This video has helped me grasp for the language and tone i'm looking for in the character! Thank you!

Thanks from Argentina ❤

I find in general there are great numbers of American actors who mimic British accents amazingly, and great numbers of British actors with horrendous American accents..

Fantastic! Really benefitted from this. Thank you John!

It’s funny how I’m British yet I’m trying to learn how to do a British accent. Probably because I live in America so I hear American accents everywhere…

Your tutorial was immeasurable for my upcoming audition. You remind me of Sam Neill (although he's from NZ). Thank you and Cheers!

Wow thank you. I just find this video so hilarious because of the phone call and the DOOR BELL!!! I don’t think I’ll ever hear a cuckoo doorbell in real life.

I'm thinking which versión to choose, american ( Standard) or british ( Received Promunciation) , which do you recommend me ?

Is it too late to start at 21?

Great story! I love your videos! Thank you!

Question. When I get my script before rehearsals start for a play, I learn my lines and think of ideas but it never goes the way I imagined it or did it at home. I always have expectations of how my lines will go. For example you might expect there to be a door so at home you open your door and walk in and say your lines, but then in rehearsals you find out there’s no door and it completely throws you off. Or, at home you expect the person you’re talking to is on the left of you but in rehearsals is on the right instead. How do you overcome this? Is it a bad idea to fully perform your lines at home by pretending to look at the person since you won’t know where they are standing yet?

Thanks for that. I learned

Question, when you are given a script for the very first time after getting your character in a play or film, what is the first thing that you do? Do you straight away look at your lines and perfect them? Or do you try to understand the voice of the character first. What is recommended?

A big thank you to you, sir. i will never forget how much your videos have helped me in learning the British accent that I have been trying to master since 2021. Back then, this video was the only one that I found extremely helpful and easy to understand. Up till this day, I still remember and use the methods that you have said in this and the other videos. Props to you!

Big thanks to you fam!

Ten years later, it still helps a lot. Thanks mate!

In this video what is the name of the play you are talking about? You mentioned your character wakes up at the start of act 2 and a detective comes to the door which play is it just out of curiousity

Thank you so much!

thank you for very helpful information!

Thankyou so much

Never stop posting, good sir, please! Thanks loads🙏🏻

Our brains r like computers our dreams from one scene to the next

Yes everything symbolic whether it's visual or audio

Have the stories memorized in yr head..