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I Don't Need an Acting Class

by Milton Justice

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There’s More Than One Way to Play It

October 17, 2026 · 16 min

What do you actually do with an interesting character choice? In this episode, Milton and the class explore an actress’s approach to Annie in Misery: the idea that she is “priest-like.” Taking time to investigate the nature of that choice…
Gustavo Dudamel and Acting

October 7, 2026 · 13 min

What can actors learn from Gustavo Dudamel? After hearing him conduct Mahler’s Fifth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic, Milton explores what made the performance extraordinary: Dudamel’s personal connection to the music, the way he…
The Character Is Not You

September 30, 2026 · 16 min

How do you respond to the circumstances as the character? This week, we explore how script analysis helps us discover the character’s nature—and turn that understanding into specific behavior. We discuss how a profession shapes a person…
Working With A Partner

September 24, 2026 · 17 min

What happens when an actor really looks at the person they’re speaking to? This week, I use Edgar Degas’s painting L’Absinthe to help the class build a relationship with a partner. We begin with what we notice about the woman in the…
The Play Is Not in the Words

September 16, 2026 · 16 min

This week’s episode is a little different. Using the opening monologue from Jack Heifner’s A Wide Place in the Road, Milton invites the class into the kind of conversation actors might have at the first rehearsal of a play. Rather than…

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The Scene Starts Before You Speak

September 9, 2026 · 12 min

Recorded while working with an actress in a class in Paris, this episode explores one of the most common problems in acting: actors don’t start acting until they start talking. Beginning with the discovery that a character is impulsive, we…
Don't Talk Away Your Talent

September 1, 2026 · 15 min

This week, we explore the actor’s preparation: how to get beyond vague ideas and find something specific that actually feeds you; why we need to shop more widely for choices instead of settling for the first thing that works; and what…
It's Enough

August 25, 2026 · 18 min

This week's episode is about learning to trust that acting can be built a little at a time – and recognizing when what you've built is already enough.
More Kick Ass Choices

August 18, 2026 · 18 min

Picking up where last week’s episode left off, we dig a little deeper into what it actually takes to make a great acting choice. What makes a choice come alive? In this episode, Milton works with actors on cutting through the explanations…
Kick Ass Choices

August 11, 2026 · 18 min

What does it mean to make a great acting choice? This week, we challenge the current obsession with being “authentic” and look instead at what Stella Adler demanded: choices that are appropriate to the play, that require the actor to pay a…
Trust Your Preparation

August 4, 2026 · 18 min

Actors often do wonderful preparation—and then abandon it the moment they begin speaking. This episode explores how to trust your work, stop explaining the plot, and let your preparation carry you naturally into the life of the scene.
Slow The F••• Down

July 29, 2026 · 18 min

Rushing to make choices means we miss great acting opportunities. In this episode Milton works with one of his students who's going into rehearsals for a play soon.

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About the show

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe Academy Award winner and celebrated acting teacher Milton Justice invites you into his weekly acting class, based on his years of study with the legendary Stella Adler. I Don’t Need an Acting Class delves deep into the craft of acting, breaks down concepts, tools and techniques, explores endless possibilities and offers you a foundation on which to build a solid, dependable process. Produced by Walker Vreeland.