History
Where Meisner was born.
Brooklyn, New York
Emotional Prepartion, Repetition, and Improvisation
The Tenet that says, "Actors should not make choices until something provokes them."
Improvisation
Top Gun, Mission Impossible, Austin Powers
Tom Cruise
This Meisner Technique user was in Beetlejuice but is now better known for their movie Rust.
Alec Baldwin
Meisner had this skill which allowed him to better evaluate whether his students were acting "truthfully" or not when his eyes were closed.
Perfect Pitch
In Meisner’s foundational exercise, two actors repeat a phrase back and forth to train listening and instinct.
Repetition Exercise
The Tenet that involves a core exercise in the Meisner technique in which you do things many times.
Repetition
SNL, 30 Rock, Mean Girls
Tina Fey
Rest in peace, this Mesiner Technique actress appeared across from Steve Martin in "Father of the Bride".
Diane Keaton
In 1958, Meisner moved to LA where he became the director of the new talent division of this company with a famous 3D intro where spotlights illuminate a gold logo.
20th Century Fox
This quote and central theme of the Meisner Technique goes, "Acting is living _________ under __________ circumstances"
"Acting is living truthfully under imaginary circumstances"
The Tenet involves doing whatever is necessary to go into a scene "emotionally alive".
Emotional Preparation
Wicked, Jurrasic World, Thor: Ragnorok, Asteroid City
Jeff Goldblum
This is one of the tragedies that Meisner experienced late in his life. (Name 1)
He got throat cancer in 1970 and had to learn how to speak through a hole in his throat, He was hit by a van in NYC, and drove a car off a cliff in Bequia
Meisner trained alongside Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg as part of this influential 1930s acting collective.
Group Theatre
The goal of the Repetition Exercise is to help actors develop this essential skill: truly ______ to their partner.
Listening, or Reacting
The tenet involves being flexible and listening to the changing circumstances of the character
Improvisation
Percy Jackson and The Olympians, Texas Chainsaw, White Lotus
Alexandra Daddario
Despite both joining the Theatre Guild as Meisner, this acting teacher believed in basing their acting on past experiences.
Lee Strasberg
Meisner's father wanted him to follow in his footsteps by becoming this profession.
Furrier
This principle describes how Meisner believed actors should really do the thing rather than pretend.
The Reality of Doing
The tenet that makes actors make decisions based organic instincts by observation and exercise.
Repetition
Thor: Ragnorok, Mission: Impossible II, King Lear (2018)
Anthony Hopkins
Wake up! Meisner directed this 1935 Clifford Odets play about a struggling Jewish family in the Bronx captures the Depression-era dream of “a better tomorrow.”
Awake and Sing!