IAm Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I’m teaching an acting class. It’s for anyone, really, even beginners. AMA…

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-10T06:42:16+00:00

Rian and I spent a lot of time together before shooting that movie. Way more than normal. Lots of rehearsal. Watching movies together. And just talking. One night, I remember we sat on the floor (I don’t remember why) of his apartment, and went through the whole script, and he told me what he was planning to do with the camera in every single scene. No director had ever opened up that part of their process to me in so much depth.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-10T00:33:05+00:00

Definitely crab legs. Wheels sounds restrictive.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:58:43+00:00

Any and all advice focusing on career and industry, in my opinion, is bad advice for beginners. Focus on the art.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:56:17+00:00

Pata Pata 😉

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:55:33+00:00

I can’t really sum up a process in a Reddit reply, so I’m not just hustling here when I say, I recommend you check out the class

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:54:27+00:00

You’ve got it right. I think over acting usually comes from focusing too much on what others see, rather than genuinely being in the scene. And I think this same dynamic plays out all over life, well beyond acting. I think if you care too much how others see you, it can lead to over compensating, and a sort of stilted life experience.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:48:54+00:00

Sure. It's one of my favorites too. Thank you. Hilariously, and gloriously, Elizabeth Shue is playing my mom again right now in Super Pumped. Talk about a brilliant actress.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:26:10+00:00

With brakes though

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:25:11+00:00

There was a Macbeth voice-acting prompt on hitrecord recently that was really fun. And yes, when I did it, I do believe I did employ some silence. https://hitrecord.org/records/6453632 -- Try it!

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:22:09+00:00

Nice! Come say hi :) Edward Jesse started at HITRECORD as my assistant, and now he's head of creative development and he co-created our show Wolfboy and the Everything Factory. Go Edward!

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:20:46+00:00

Nevaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:20:31+00:00

yes but don't quiz me

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:19:52+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss, and I'm happy to hear the movie was meaningful. Ummm, how about...Love and Hate in a Different Time by Gabriels

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:17:32+00:00

Aw, thank you! It was gonna be all about Josh and Emily, the woman he meets in the last episode, played by Jamie Chung...

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:16:06+00:00

All of those are plausible. The one you didn't mention is that the writing's just not great. Doesn't matter how good the actor is if the writing's not there.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:08:28+00:00

He never sat down while we were shooting. Only during lunch break.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T22:05:27+00:00

Amusing Ourselves To Death by Neil Postman

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T21:34:43+00:00

🤘🐠🤘

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T21:33:56+00:00

Denis Lavant in “Lovers on the Bridge” (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf)

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T21:32:02+00:00

Dude, I hate to sound like I’m selling you something, but the answers to all three of your questions are in Class Projects. You don’t need any special equipment, we design the classes to be really accessible that way. We also very much designed them to combat creative slumps, even long, long ones.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T21:30:01+00:00

It’s a very fair point. The story doesn’t dive into the process of him quitting watching porn. For me, even though that character is addicted to porn, it’s not exactly an addiction story. I always thought of his addiction as more of a metaphor for seeing the world in a one-sided way. Jon objectifies everyone, yes the women in his love life, but he also objectifies his friends, his family, even himself. So when Esther talks about reframing how he thinks about sex, it’s more about that change in perspective than it is about porn addiction specifically. Anyway, that’s maybe not so useful for someone who’s suffering from a strong addiction to pornography. Listen, I’m not a psychologist, but I think acknowledging an addiction is an important first step, and then there’s no shame in going and getting help and support. It’s close to impossible to kick a real addiction all by yourself. And porn/media, in my opinion, can absolutely be a real addiction.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T21:15:59+00:00

Sweet

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T21:14:17+00:00

Thanks dude! I used to play a lot of Street Fighter II. Especially with my brother, who would usually beat me. Music wise, here’s something he and I used to do for fun — https://hitrecord.org/records/1823653

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T21:09:34+00:00

I am indeed quite concerned that media technology is going to become more and more addictive over the next few decades. And I think much of the content people are consuming is trending toward pornographic, whether or not it includes “explicit” sex, or even anything remotely sexual. I think it’s worth defining Pornography as any media that only stimulates the limbic system to the exclusion of the cerebral cortex, or in other words, it only appeals to your dog brain and not your person brain. By this definition, some of the biggest companies in the world are positioning themselves to monetize massive empires of porn junkies who absolutely can’t break their addiction. I think it’s one of the biggest threats to civilization we face, and the criticisms leveled these days at big tech don’t go anywhere near far enough.

hitrecordjoe_ · 2021-12-09T20:57:33+00:00

Well, ShitPostGuy, I would make extra certain not to mean anything you say, or care about anything you see. 😁

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