Edoardo Ballerini

Karl Malden was once asked about being a “Method Actor.”  Presumably the question was asked of him because he was a member of The Actor’s Studio, which had produced a system of training and preparation based on the idea that an actor must dig deep into his psyche to produce “real” emotions.  Malden replied that his method was “whatever worked.”  This is my belief as well.  There is no one way, and over the years I’ve developed my own method of creating characters that can involve research in the library, choosing music to listen to, wearing certain shoes, copying somebody else’s body language, whatever.  I’m happy to toss in the kitchen sink if I think it will help.  I don’t feel any allegiance to any one school of thought. Read more…