Episode 118: Keep Yourself Sharp! Interview with Katie Flahive

“Teaching is just rehearsal, it is desensitizing the instrument, actor, the artist, to get them to come out to play.” If you want to be in the major leagues, you gotta training with people who are on the level of the major leagues. The importance of having a life. Never stop training Remain humble about where you are as an artist so you are constantly striving. You can’t say that you’re done learning. The key to staying sharp— read! Things not in the field Articles Newspapers Things in the field Be a researcher If you’re not a reader and if you’re not someone who’s willing to say I don’t know how I learn as an adult, I know how I’m taught as a student until you figure out that switch, you have less power. You have to find things that as an actor you are drawn to. If you don’t know what you like, you are basically just prey to anyone telling you what to do. Don’t be that actor who just shows up after all the words are written. Two types of actors: That show up expecting to be given things Those that say, "I know what I want and what I like and now I have to find a way to meet you and your ideas with as much thought as my own" If you can be clear and memorable and open and available then I will go toward you. How to approach Co-star and Guest Star auditions