The LB Acting Studio Blog

Mostly, I remember being nervous, sweaty and bewildered. There were those in the know and those who listened to the tales of those who knew. Years later I described it as listening to Homer tell the stories of Ulysses or Jason from Greek legends returning from their adventures abroad.  As I listened to other boys talk, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. These stories couldn’t be true yet there was no way to prove or disprove them other than trying it out for yourself. The movie “Super Bad” comes to mind…I think I was Michael Cera. There are, of...

AH! THE TEEN YEARS – A HORMONAL SHITSTORM I think I was a teenager once. It’s hard to remember.... A long time ago in a faraway land, I woke up in this chemical furnace called my body and wondered “WTF?” All of a sudden there were a lot of questions without any answers. Everyone else seemed to know the rules and I learned quickly that there were different rules for different societal roles (i.e. gender, race, economic status, etc.) It really depended on the game you were playing or born into and whose team drafted you. I remember feeling like “hey...

Yesterday morning I was doing a zoom session with a parent and a 10-year-old boy. The agent told the parent and the kid that “when Lewis says you're ready. I'll take you on.” (I've done this for a few agents over the years, so it wasn't like it came out of the blue.) I told them halfway through the session that I'm not taking on too many new clients and he just said, “Mr. Baumander I will try so hard…please help me”. What are you going to say to a 10-year-old who is pleading with you as if his life...

We are born with a powerful set of lungs that can bellow clean and pure with the piercing intent of a factory whistle or an ambulance wail.  Yet actors spend 4 years in acting school learning how to breathe in an attempt to “find their natural voice.”We can shift emotions in a nano-second from red-faced rage to a delightful explosive giggle. Yet we spend 4 years in an acting school learning to “get in touch and access our emotions.”We are impulsive, daring and spontaneous as children. Yet we spend 4 years in acting school learning how to be impulsive, daring and...