Acting Teacher

J L Birch
Oct 8, 2023
1 min read

Updated: Oct 22, 2023

He said the stage is like a high wire performance.

He said actors need to understand the stakes before they climb up there.

He said just move from moment to unanticipated moment, don’t think.

He said his children were more important than New York.

He said he loved New York.

He said he would have preferred to be a dancer.

He said I was a good listener.

Sometimes I imagine what he’d say.

Sometimes I wish I‘d known what I’d had.

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