With our founder back in the game working all month on a commercial, a music video and a short film, we thought it was about time to find out 2 important things:
What acting techniques does she use in her personal practice and what are her favorite ways to prep for a role?
Hi Kristina, thank you for making time to shed light on your personal acting practice. Let’s start real quickly from your origins.
How old were you when you started acting?
Have you been focused purely on acting since?
At some point, when I was in Singapore, I found myself stuck, playing super stereotypical roles in projects that didn’t really drive my ambition. And then I decided that I gotta create new, more interesting opportunities for myself. So I began to write, direct and produce my own plays. I still do this till now. But my love for acting never goes away, doesn’t matter how much I write/ direct/ produce I always go back to my home base – which is acting.
From then to now what techniques have you trained in?
What made you decide to train in those techniques?
Which technique would you say you found easiest to learn, and which was the most difficult for you? Why?
So you’ve been acting for 18 years now. You’ve probably narrowed down the techniques that work best for you. What are they? Why?
What is your typical process when preparing for a role? Does it differ depending on the kind of role?
What’s been your favorite role so far? Why?
Describe the most challenging role you’ve had and the turning point of the process that allowed you to become the role.
This question is something that has been burning on my mind. So you model too, yes? Do you apply your acting practice to this as well?
Of course. The process is not so deep though, because the characters usually are archetypes (a student, a mother, business man etc) and there is only on purpose for any modeling project – to sell! So… you don’t need to create a page-long backstory for your character. One main thing you need to know is to whom you are talking/looking to/at, when talking to/looking at the camera and what relationship you have with this person.
Viewpoints is great for modeling by the way. Don’t ask me why. Come to my workshop 🙂
Wow, 18 years of experience is no joke. It’s no wonder you’ve had great success with your students. You live and breathe your acting practice and I bet there is a lot of crossover as well when you produce, direct as well as write plays and films.
We’re very fortunate you’ve decided to impart your knowledge to us via the community collaboration that you are pushing for, as well as in your workshops.
Once again, thank you so much for your time, Kristina. Especially since you’re currently working on a role for a short film AND writing an audio play as well.
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