18 Month Acting Programs - Natasha Kim Interview - Maggie Flanigan Studio

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The 18-month acting program at Maggie Flanigan Studio trains actors to have long professional acting careers utilizing the Meisner Technique. In this interview, Natasha Kim reflects on her first year in the two-year acting program and the Meisner Summer Intensive.

Logan: To get started, what did you think it meant to train as an actor before you began to first year here at Maggie Flanigan Studio?

Natasha: That's a good question. I had previously trained, more or less, when I was much younger because I started modeling. Then my agent sent me to an acting class for tv. It was memorizing lines, and make-believe that you're sad, happy, just facial expressions and all that. So, yes, I could bring tears to my eyes and cry, but I never learned how to craft, how to actually-- emotion prepare, and this is what I'm doing now.

It's a different level. It's mind-blowing; I can't even explain it. Charlie always says, "In the beginning, we think we know and then realize that we don't know." I just realized how much I don't know and how much I must learn. I've been learning a lot, and it's been life-changing in many ways, professionally and personally too, because I'm getting to get more in touch with myself and explore sides of me that I-- it's not that I didn't know that I had, I didn't want to touch there.

I'm like, "Okay, I have to look at that side too because there's stuff there." Surprisingly, it's been great material for me to work with.

Q: Now that you are halfway through your first year of the two-year program, how would you describe what it means to train to be a serious actor?

A: It's much more complicated than I could imagine, that's for sure. As I mentioned before, I've worked as a model, and I also did a little tv but more commercials, music clips, and all that stuff. It was a lot of fun; you have a long day shooting and all that, but I can't even find words to express. It's honest work, and it's serious work.

Q: Great. Has there been anything that you have discovered about yourself through the work that has surprised you?

A: Yes, I do. I have a vast angry side inside me, and I didn't think I did. I was always very calm, polite, proper, smiling all the time, and adorable. No, I have an angry monster inside of me, but it's been exciting to explore that side in particular.

Q: Did you know anything about the Meisner Technique before coming to the studio?

A: I did, but I didn't know it was Meisner. I had trained a little before, but it was more like using your own experiences in life to bring the emotion out and to create that. I had never worked with imaginary circumstances. Something that it's totally-- how can I even believe that that's possible, like, "Oh, your father died?" No, he didn't. He's pretty well; he's having breakfast. I don't know, like--

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18 Month Acting Programs - Natasha Kim Interview - Maggie Flanigan Studio

Actors interested in the Meisner training provided at Maggie Flanigan Studio can visit the studio website to learn more about the acting programs offered. In addition, actors who have questions about the application process can call the studio at (917) 789-1599.

Maggie Flanigan Studio
147 W. 25th St. 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(917) 789-1599

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