#ianhardingedit

"Carnegie instilled in me the value of technique and the importance of the text. Basically, as an actor, you have the technique to bring the text to life, to be, as pretentious as this sounds, a kind of channel for the story. That’s what’s most important, and that’s what should affect your performance. So ideally, if you follow that practice, of telling meaningful stories to the best of your abilities, then your career will sort of handle itself. I sometimes feel that the industry, and LA especially, can take an actor away from what is most vital, which is telling meaningful stories as honestly as possible, and places the importance on career strategy and networking and building a brand, which aren’t necessarily bad things, but I think that too much energy is wasted on trying to build those things up as opposed to just getting really good at acting."