HOW TO FIND A GOOD MONOLOGUE THAT WORKS
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- NEW YORK ACTING-COACH John Windsor-Cunningham with another video for serious actors, here pushing the importance of choosing monologues that SUIT us, - the huge importance!
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I think this monologue would be great for audition ahaha
should I try it?
Sir, I must thank you for everything! Since last year, I got you in my recommended, but I never watched it because thought my life was about something else. But, this year, as I was facing depression due to poor career choices, I decided to watch your videos about the British accent, since I wanted to talk in that accent (it sounds classy to me). After watching it, I decided to watch your other videos and, for the first time in my life, I thought I had found what I wanted to do with my life. Then, I made some researches about acting and got involved in it, even though it hasn't been much yet, I feel so happy and motivated, more than I have ever felt in my entire life, and I plan on doing a full 180 in my life and start my career as an actor (as a student for the moment though). Thank you for everything, sir John Windsor-Cunningham, were it not for you, no one knows how much I would be struggling in life trying to find happiness! Thank you so much!
Good luck!
@@buttgoblin9954 Thanks, now I feel I'm going the right way! And good luck to you as well!
That's lovely! Good luck on your new path mate!
I got to say....starting in covid is one of the worst time mate. .....I don't need to tell you the challenges you know them, and you know that there is that part waiting for you. Tho may it be weeks or months...its waiting for you
I am so happy for you!! 💖💖
I loved your story about acting where you started improvising and they got mad at you. Best wishes
Thank you for coming back!!
I just found this account and feel as though I came across a hidden diamond, thank you sir for sharing your talent
I watched you just before a play, and it made me act the best Ive ever done. Thanks so much
It was all in you then, not in me. Well done. John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach thanks so much
what a genuine teacher!
love From Santiago, chile! 🇨🇱
I'm not an actress, neither want to be one, but I love watch a good acting and really enjoy your videos, they're very interesting and helpful to better appreciating a good work, thank you for sharing, Sir. Glad to see you round here again!
Greetings from Mexico City!
P. S. Hope my English is right.
Thank you for everything and thank you for coming back.
You are truly a master!! Love all your videos. You make it all make sense.
This is exactly what I needed. I’ve been searching for a suitable audition monologue for more than 4 or more weeks. Now I know how it will feel like when I found the right monologue for me. Thank you!
Always a pleasure to learn from you, coach!
I would like to thank you for each and every video you have posted. And it's amazing to see that you are back.
It's so wonderful to have you back. I kept checking the channel just in case RUclips algorithm was not notifying me of any new videos. Always so true so insightful!!
You give the best acting advice I have ever come across. I have to deliver Queen Margaret's Brave Warriors monologue from Henry VI Part 3 for an exam next week, but I knew it wasn't quite truthful enough because I've never been a Queen nor taunted a mortal enemy with the blood of his dead son but you gave me an I idea how I can make it about me using substitution - yep there was someone at school I hated that much. Thank you.
Happy to see you after a really long time,Thanks for helping me and other actors all around the world -Avinash
Great video johnnie thankyou,that’s what I’m doing right now ,going over monologues ,you’re 100% right anyone can spill out lines getting into the character is another story cheees stay safe
its so good to see you back
A classic moment I recall explaining this Lesson "reservoir dogs bathroom scene" comes to mind.
Top drawer sir, thank you.
I've always been in love with your introduction :3 >~<
Thank you for the video!
Good to see you back after long time sir.
I must thank you very much... This video is actually what I needed now...! I do really appreciate your advices, because it's too hard to find something that works.. And you're really the best teacher I've found so far, always so informative and honest about what you're saying.
So please keep on filming. You're saving our lives... 😃 Even in these dark days...
Loved this channel and thank you very much Actor John windsor
Thank you for being no nonsense.
I promise you that I am going to work on this.
Thank you.
Perfect Timing - thank you so much!
Today I learnt how to act, I discovered I’m real. Acting is a feeling and feelings are real.. Thank you so much for this sir
Your lessons is really helpful!!! Thanks for coming
Hi and thank you for the advices in the video you made! This is exactly what I began with my monologue. I created a character named Eunice May and I inspired most of the speech she wants to tell based on my experiences about my fears and struggles in life.
This character also creates a symbolism of myself and I enjoy expressing myself rather than faking scenarios. Also, I will be presenting this monologue on Thursday so I will do my best as I can.
You're back!! Yes!!
I love this channel, and thank you very much. This has really helped me in my career
Glad to see your new vids sir!
Nice to see you again, John. Take care.
What a surprise！You come back ！
Thank you for all of your expertise! I truly appreciate you! Thank you! I needed to hear this!
Thank you for passing on your experience here. Perfect advice. You express yourself so wonderfully! This in itself was fabulously engaging and enjoyable to watch.
So glad to see another video from you John! I hope you're staying well through all the madness!
Madness is no problem for me. You might glance at my other website (MadEnglishman.com) and just look at
Video number '7' and you'll see what I mean. Thanks for watching anyway. John Windsor-Cunningham
Love this guy so much, he inspired me so much
Good to see you again, sir
Oh my goodness your last video says 1 year ago I'm so glad I found your channel ! Thinking of taking those classes :D you're super cool and so so helpful!
These video's are a big help for me. Thank you sir
I just subscribe a while back, your tutorials are amazing, by the time I leave quarantine I will be a different person thanks to you!
Nice to see you after such a break. Thanks for your tips! Best wishes from Ukraine!
Love your videos. Thanks for so much
Welcome back sir , keep posting
I love your videos! They honestly help me so much.
I wish there will be more in the soon future, but thats not on me. Do what makes you happy!
Absolutely man. I have noticed it myself you must approach a character especially the character that you love. You must live through it or better yet HE lives through you! You are actually his only hope of coming out in your representation!
I love his videos, they help alot.
Love this great information
You are great coach, and great person. I'm telling absolute truth
I first began watching you around a year ago, I now have an agent and am looking to do to drama school in the near future. Thank you for your tips and help
Prepare for the drama school as many months in advance as possible. It's great auditioning and knowing it's going to be "fun" because you are so at ease about it all. JOhn Windsor-Cunningham
Congrats
You are a genius teacher
thank you
Thanks. Better to come, next week hopefully! John Windsor-Cunningham
Thank you so much for the video !
Thank you for the advice 👍🏼
I enjoyed this video and learned a lot from it. Thank you.
this was amazing thankyou
Very good, helped me a lot thank you john
You're back!!!
Hi! I just wanted to say that your videos really helped me with my first professional job! You’re great help! :D
Woah. What was it.
Thanks for the video! I'm taking my first acting class on Zoom and did my first monologue last week.
Thank you. This is very helpful and is what I’m struggling with right now. I don’t want to seem. I want to be me but a me that makes what I say or do on stage life like, organic and real.
We’ve missed you sir 😊!
Wonderful to see you back
Thanks. Some of my recent videos are not on my 'channel' for some reason, just under my name on RUclips. Best wishes,
John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach I searched for you on RUclips, but this is the only channel I could find.
I'm trying to sort it out, but it looks like taking months, sorry. If you really want to try, then just use my name to search on RUclips ( John Windsor-Cunningham ) some of the videos which come up are not on my channel. Then, of course, there are 8 silly ones I did just for 'acting' fun, under the title A BRITISH ARISTOCRAT IN NEW YORK. But I will aim to sort this. Try and find other people and if you don't admire them then work out exactly why! Learn that way. I did. John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach thank you 🙏
Needed this video so much, thank you so much for making this
Well, thanks for kind words. What I say is easy to say though, and finding 'THAT' monologue ain't so easy. If you give it TIME, to study it ENOUGH, you may be able to work out that a speech IS like you, that you are like Macbeth because you would do what your wife (and witches) tell you, or like Ophelia because you really know how loneliness feels. But the time that takes, to work out that a line is about loneliness, or obedience, is every day for weeks when you are rehearsing with a whole company, and months when working on your own. So if you DO the study then acting is (in the end) quite easy. But only then. Only then. John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach absolutely. Thank you sir. Long have i searched for a monologue that truly works for me, but watching your video has helped reinforce what exactly I need to look for and what exactly people don’t want to see with a monologue. Thank you for the video and thank you so much as well for taking the time to write back to me with this extremely informative comment. Appreciate you, Mr. WC!
@@notacasual Just get help from seriously smart friends or a coach you trust, who can help you discover that a line like "Thank you" may mean "I want more" and a line like "I want a divorce" may mean "I still love you". It takes work.
Mad respect to him.
Thank you for the video! Very motivational
im watchung some of ur videos..and its really helpful sir
Thank you. This is helpful
Great video!
Thank you!
after reading through the comments I feel like I've sat through 35 people doing exactly the same monologue.... 😂
Yes, it's the same for all actors. All any of us has to do - from those who are struggling to those who are stars at the 'top' - is to keep on and on trying, and not settling or fake. Best wishes, John
Sir Kenny appreciate this content.
Irreverent honesty. My hero
Thank you.. I hope you make more videos
HES BACK!
legend.
Just thank you. I would love to someday talk with you face to face. Great videos!
Thank you
I like the way you talk sir
Lovely, thank You☆
Thank u sir 💛
Oh my god he is back!!!!!! Thank you lord
Well, thanks, it's always nice to hear kind words, but I'd not realized I was the answer to anyone's prayer before - ! - . . . better to come next week hopefully, the next video on Shakespeare, (unless somebody suggests a better idea). Best wishes with your work, John Windsor-Cunningham
This is insane! I would have never thought that you would reply to my comment! I find you incredible. And the fact that you are going to be talking about Shakespeare is even crazier to me because I have been rehearsing and prepearing for Juliet (My first ever role) for over a year now. Just in a different language.. :) . So I am greatly interested. Cannot wait.
@@hannak.79 Not that you've asked, but if you have one small question about Juliet lease use my website, not this here, as messages here easily disappear, so use the 'Contact page' on my website (Windsor-Cunningham.com) or my direct email (jwcactor@yahoo.com) especially if you want coaching. But if you just concentrate on the fact that she will love Romeo even when he is dead you won't go far wrong. No like a modern passion which lasts until divorce is thought of. John Windsor-Cunningham
Thank you very much!
I’m very gratefull for this offer. I will definitely think about it. I certanly have numerous questions about monolouges and acting on stage in general. (Since I have very little experience).
However I don’t quite have any that can be put into words just yet. But if I do I might just contact you :)
Until then I’m going to keep on watching your videos and learn from them.
Thank you again.
I so appreciate it.
Helpful. Thank you
John is back - with a vengeance! 👍
Very helpful. I like to write my own.
Hi Sir! I just wanted to thank you for you're incredible acting videos that never fail to enlighten me. As soon as I saw the notification that you were posting again I nearly screamed with excitement. But basically I have a question question. I have read that an attribute of great actors is that they're able to take on any role (chameleon style), even if the role dosen't necessarily fit their personality. Furthermore I'm worried that if I go for roles that are specific to me, I may fall into the 'type-actor' category. Does anyone have any advice regarding how you can use monologues that are relatable without becoming a type actor? Thank you very much!!!!
There's no such thing as a 'type' really, not if you think seriously. It's like judging a person before you know them. It's a mistake. All parts are either like you , in some small hidden way, or not. Search and you'll find it. It's just as people who don't know you may sometimes say "I never expected you to be so angry" or "I never expected you to be good with children" . . there are dozens of parts inside some of us, and IFTHERE ARE ONLY ONE OR TWO 'TYPES' as you call them, just give them as full a life as possible.
John Windsor-Cunningham
Wow! 💜💜💜
Great
Hello, great video.Would be so nice if you could do a video on acting exercises to do at home alone.
Hmm. I can only answer your question in my own way. Acting is meant to be done with other people, when you are on your own you should be studying lines to do with somebody else, an actor-friend, or for an audition, or for an acting-coach (it doesn't have to be me, just find the best who is willing to see you. If you do not have lines t study then you should be reading 200 plays and screenplays, and watching a million videos. And studying very, very, very, very hard, as the actors you compete with for jobs will have done that and you want to be better than them. John Windsor-Cunningham
LONG TIME NO SEE! You
Love it. Are you teaching online?
Yes, of course. But please don't ask for details here, as messages can disappear or be missed, please use the 'Contact' page on my website (Windsor-Cunningham.com) or my direct email (jwcactor@yahoo.com) and let me know exactly what help you need. John Windsor-Cunningham
Precisely. Delivery becomes real.
Authenticity
❤
Isn't this called finding the truth?.
Thank you! I have my first audition where we have to provide a monologue this fall and I’ve been really anxious about it.
Sounds good for you then. The next trick is to choose and have your monologue ready long in advance, then, - when you wander on to do it in the Autumn - you will have known it for so long that you will be able to relax and let it rip! So make your ind up about monologues and work on them soon. John WIndsor-Cunningham
Can you write your own monologue or does it have to be from something that already exists?
Thanks for the video! I’m auditioning for Sally Brown In You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. I’m looking for a comedic monologue that matches the characters personality and can be cut down to 30 seconds. I’m having a really hard time finding one that I like. If anyone has any recommendations that would be great!❤️
You might consider connecting a few short speeches of Sally Brown's if you can't find anything else. . John Windsor-Cunningham
John Windsor-Cunningham Okay, Thank You!
Can I use some of this AS a monologue??
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Can you make a video or explain how to improve facial expressions?
Hmm, I think the subject is a sign of inexperience, although I know one or two teachers do talk about "expressions". If you feel right the expression will appear. If you 'make' the expression then the feeling will not be there and it will look fake. I have coached Oscar nominees, one Oscar winner, and dozens of actor in various tv series and none of them ever ever ever ever ever ever talks about 'expressions. Get INSIDE the part. John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach thanks for the great advice. 😊