Bryan Cranston's Advice to Aspiring Actors

At last year's Academy new member reception, Bryan Cranston shared his advice to aspiring actors.

Bryan Cranston's Advice to Aspiring Actors

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[agrace]

Got the call to say I got the job yesterday, after 8 months of rejections. I watched this before my audition. Timeless advice, from a true pro! Cheers Bryan!

[TestedTwice]

One of the few people that should be giving advice on acting.

[MakingYouTubeAgain]

I heard him give this advice on the Howard Stern Show last year, and it changed the way I audition as well. I booked two major film jobs this year, and I credit Bryan Cranston's advice for that.

[Idiodyssey]

Best thing about this advice: it applies with any profession, not just acting.

[tallie]

I bumped into Bryan in Central Park in June of 2015 right before I moved to LA. We chatted for about 15 minutes. I asked him for advice before my move and THIS is exactly what we talked about. I started applying it in all my auditions and less than a year later I booked a lead role as Ryuk in Death Note. Apply this in your career and you'll see a big difference.

[ontheotherhand]

"There's power in that, and there's confidence in that, " but possibly more important, in that there is a bedrock of integrity. "This is who I am, what I have to bring to the table." This applies to any artistic endeavor: here are the sculptures I create, here is the way I play this piece of music, here is how I envision this dance. I am canvas, paint, and painter, interpreting this landscape in front of me. If this isn't what fits your vision, perhaps someone else's will." To do otherwise is to be without borders or boundaries, dancing on a stage when you can't see past the footlights, trying to please everyone else and in the end pleasing no-one at all and losing yourself in the process.

[Oscars]

Watching the #BreakingBad   finale tonight? Check out Bryan Cranston's advice to actors in this clip from our New Members Reception.

[bw]

I still think some of the wisest words ever said are "Trust Yourself. Break Some Rules. Don't Be Afraid To Fail. Ignore The Naysayers. Work Like Hell. Give Something Back".

[metfanl]

Thanks for recording this in the noisiest room ever.

[monicacall]

I’m a professional musician and wish that someone had given me this advice when I was young. I learned what Mr. Cranston did but at a later age. It’s sad to think of all of the stress my musician friends and I engaged in because we were never taught this one extremely important lesson. As a teacher I make sure that my students understand the importance of what Cranston talks about-offering the best you can share with others and not worrying about the factors that you can’t control. This video clip (with the background noise filtered out) should be shown to all incoming students to performance programs of any kind. Thanks for posting.☺️

[reddotreels]

Such great advice for acting and any other endeavor.

[averyvolk]

So honest and so kind. What an admirable man!! <3

[JohnzyZombee]

Amazing that Bryan got to do this in the Millennium Falcon.

[LauralynBellamy]

Priceless! Truth telling delivered with simplicity and compelling conviction!

[matt-g-recovers]

I love Brian Cranston. Thanks man, I am an engineer by trade, an introvert and with anxiety problems. I am now unemployed and newly interviewing again just having a hard time. I found a link in a forum to this video and it applies so well for me.

[cibriosis]

I guess you could call him a METHod actor

[Tahlia_M]

I learned more from this short video than I did during acting school. Should have watched this before I applied, it was much cheaper, I kid you not.

[patriciahouser]

Brilliant, timeless advice from one of the greatest of our time.

[neon]

And this philosophy is called Stoicism, he's basically describing the Dichotomy of Control.

[reginaldpooftah]

Apart from being good acting advice, this is such good life advice as well. Just focus on what you can control and forget the rest