Michael and Elliot: A Conversation on Self-Taping, Resilience, and the Actor’s Mindset

Hi all —

Just a quick update about something useful that came out of yesterday.

Michael Schaeffer and I finally managed to record the session we’d planned. It was originally meant to be a small group coaching workshop, but a few people understandably felt that being coached or performing in front of others was too exposing. No issue there — it’s helpful for me to know that for future planning.

So instead, Michael and I turned it into a one-to-one conversation about self-taping, resilience, process, and the realities of the job. We covered a lot: how he approaches tapes, how he handles pressure, how he works with text, and how he maintains some kind of equilibrium in an unpredictable career.

It wasn’t planned as a podcast episode, but it ended up being exactly the kind of clear, practical discussion that I think will be useful to many of you.

I’ve uploaded the full recording to YouTube, behind a passworded link, exclusively for TRA members.

Here it is:

🔗 Link: [YouTube link]

🔑 Message me for the Password.

Watch it whenever suits.If anything in it sparks a question or something you want to explore in more detail in future sessions, let me know.

Elliot

I am The Resilient Artist, and so are you.

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