What Denzel Washington Taught Me About Acting - Sheila Houlahan
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- čas přidán 21. 03. 2024
- In this Film Courage video interview, we ask Sheila Houlahan how she made the choice to pursue acting over opera and how a chance class with a friend changed everything despite having been a singer for years.
Sheila Houlahan is a Webby Award Winning Indian-American actor, singer, producer, writer and advocate. Sheila played the supporting role "Paige Callahan" opposite Denzel Washington in the Warner Bros. feature "The Little Things", which was written and directed by John Lee Hancock. She also has a role in the Michael Bay thriller "Ambulance". In 2021, Sheila was the executive producer for a feature film adaptation of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer-winning play "Night, Mother" in partnership with Twitch.tv; this film was a "hybrid" film, mixing pre-recorded segments with live performance that was recorded and edited in front of a live audience. Over 8000 people watched "Night, Mother" live, and since then, the film has received critical acclaim and has been screened at 68 festivals in over 24 countries. "Night, Mother" has over 64K views on it's flagship Twitch.tv channel and has been praised for its' fresh, innovative approach to filmmaking winning over 60 awards including the Webby Award for Virtual and Remote Entertainment & Media. Sheila is a Celebrity Champion for Project HEAL, a nonprofit organization that helps people suffering from eating disorders source affordable treatment options and pay for treatment. She is also an ambassador for Ability Magazine's platform AbilityE, a casting portal that seeks to increase inclusion and representation of differently-abled talent and creatives on both sides of the table in Hollywood.
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Have you made a change in your pursuit despite a life long calling?
Yes, something like that did happen. I fell in love with writing eventhough it seemed and still seems like an impossible task
‘Film… breathes.’
Inspirational
🙏
Whenever I see Sheila on the thumbnail, I know it's gonna be a good video. Thank you!
“Get a city job, you’ll have a good pension and they can’t ever fire you. Trust me, I know because I’m older. Once you’ve had some financial stability, then you can do whatever you want.” -Everybody
Sheila never disappoints 😁🙏
In the recent book LAST ACTION HEROES there is a very amusing story about how Chuck Norris was running an acting school (Yeah, I know...) and one of his early students was a young Jessica Simpson. According to her Chuck was trying to get her to move her face less and not be so expressive.
As his prime example of the effectiveness of this technique Chuck cited the apparent fact that Denzel Washington never moves his eyebrows, no matter what the tone of the line is.
Now I can't confirm whether it is true or not that Denzel never moves his eyebrows. I just thought it was really funny and worth repeating here.
Many trained and experienced actors take notes and aren’t annoying either. In fact, Denzel Washington was trained.
I find all of your videos with Sheila very insightful. If you can you should get her on again.
This is so precise, wat acing means for me. Love this interview
Good luck in further cariere and I sincerely wish her more roles that will be fulfilling
What she has to say about film and TV is insightful, about how film allows the actor to exist in the character while TV is mostly about getting a story point across. I think this is something certain directors and actors bring to their work, which probably involves discussions about the character and rehearsals, etc. The type of stuff that a TV movie or show will not allow time for.
LOVE 👊🏿
As someone who works in the entertainment industry for a union, a lot of performers are annoying to speak with - with the exception of voice actors from what I've seen (and I've been told by a producer that its crucial for voice actors to be someone enjoyable to work with) so its really no wonder that the performers I engage with cannot get any work. If you're hard to work with, what do you expect? Opportunities will go past you if you bring the kind of energy that makes everyone's life difficult including the producer, staff, costars, etc.
❤ Beautiful ❤
She reminds me of a young Brooke Adams
She is a very interesting speaker! 👏 I wonder, what other income streams are available to actors? She said, there were many. Could someone comment on it? Thank you so much.
Wendy Alane is your best bet
That is why you need to learn a method to act.
This is the kind of teacher we need
I disagree with what she said about tv. It's not just "here's the story. Here's the commercial. Bye." Go back to a show like ER when it was going strong. The acting was not lessened. If it had been, the show wouldn't have been so popular.
Traditional television has to be more structured to accommodate the advertising schedule, but yes, there is some Great tv that works within the parameters.
Sliding Doors in real life! Working with a Great like Denzel was just one step on her journey. People like Sheila have a vibrancy about them which means they cannot fail to succeed.
Thanks for the vids Film Courage KUTGW!