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Looking Back

August 18, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson 1 Comment

The other day, for whatever the reason, I found myself wondering about years past, as I looked in the mirror during my early morning “get ready” for work routine. It was a good thing. The way it used to be, way back in the fifth or sixth grade. I’m sure most of you over the […]

Filed Under: acting, actors reporter, auditions, casting, directing, direction, director, excellence, how to make it, kalemenson and kalmenson, voice-casting, voice-over, voiceover, voices

“I Wrote A Blog”

July 19, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson 3 Comments

“I Wrote A Blog” Entitled: “From the Heart”; Taking a stand for what you believe and what it means to the actors of Los Angeles and all over the country; perhaps the world. *** Straight from the shoulder was a way of communication taught to me at such an early age, I doubt if I […]

Filed Under: acting, casting, classes, craft, da harv, directing, direction, director, pride, wisdom, wise

Books Are My Friends

October 19, 2010 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

Books are my friends, my true friends. They give, and give, and continue to give. When I only want to concern myself with my needs, and wants, and joys, and perhaps even fantasies or dreams, books are there just for me; selfish da harv. My books are old and new. They are my stewards. These […]

Filed Under: biographies, books, casting, classes, da harv, direction, Frank Merriwell, harvey kalmenson, Kalmenson and Kalmenson, Stanislavski, vo, voice-over, voiceover

The Experienced Actor

August 24, 2010 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

Most experienced actors; the successful ones, that is, enjoy being given performance notes by a director. Make no mistake… giving an actor performance notes is a distinct craft within itself. Some consider it to be the art of psychology at its highest state. Some actors have been known to be a little touchy, considering any […]

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Improvisation

July 8, 2010 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

Answering a question I’ve been asked over and over again is worthwhile for me to do, when I determine the number of actors my answer may be helping. One question comes at me more often than any of the others. “What can I do to keep myself up to date and in the game?” Basically […]

Filed Under: casting, classes, da harv, harvey kalmenson, improv, improvisation, Kalmenson and Kalmenson, stephen tobolowsky, vo, voice-over, voiceover

“To adlib or not to adlib; ah that is the question!”

May 28, 2010 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

“To adlib or not to adlib; ah that is the question!” Whether it is nobler or not nobler in the minds of most men, is definitely not the question; it’s the challenge that counts! (Besides… we’re talking about actors and actresses.) The search for the answer to the actor’s commercial voice over performance decision making […]

Filed Under: adlibs, auditions, casting, classes, da harv, harvey kalmenson, improvisation, Kalmenson and Kalmenson, los angeles, self direction, vo, voice-over

Focus

May 21, 2010 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

No man is lonely while he’s eating spaghetti; it takes so much attention. (Think about it.) But perhaps we should call it “focus.” If one doesn’t focus when he or she consumes any form of life’s sustenance, then he or she, a.k.a. “the consumer”, is destined to be forever known as the consummate slob. A […]

Filed Under: casting, classes, da harv, focus, harvey kalmenson, Kalmenson and Kalmenson, los angeles, voice-over

Be the Judge

May 5, 2010 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

“While I am still alive, I plan on living forever.” “Don’t die, until you’re dead.” – HK / 2010 You Be The Judge “Will You Be Living Forever” So many of us would have quit if we made the mistake of listening to or taking advice from someone deemed by society to be in a […]

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Some Special Days In May

May 1, 2010 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

It’s a very old and over worked cliché – you know, the one about how time keeps flying by. I would guess everybody has said it at one time or another. Only the very young little kids, awaiting something great like Christmas morning, or summer vacation to begin, measure time as if it were at […]

Filed Under: Armed Forces Day, casting, classes, da harv, directing, harvey kalmenson, Kalmenson and Kalmenson, los angeles, V-E Day, vo, voice-over, voiceover

Bittersweet

April 29, 2010 by Harvey Kalmenson 1 Comment

On any given day it will occur. When a moment is just for me, not to be shared. Not because I object to sharing, but rather sometimes I find it better to keep a feeling and the emotions which were brought on by a moment, unannounced and, without warning, to myself. I don’t know, it’s […]

Filed Under: Burbank, casting, classes, da harv, directing, Fred Waring, harvey kalmenson, Kalmenson and Kalmenson, vo, voice-over

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