A wee bit of criticism
Never let it be said that I don’t give my critics a voice. I thought I would have some fun and publish some of the flak I’ve received over the past two years from internet critics:
“you know nothing about acting man, nothing” – Anonymous.
“this guy is an idiot, you have to feel real emotion to portray real emotion. I can’t believe how stupid he is” – Kisa.
“Wrong” – Jonestube
“My dear Mr Westbrook, you are quite wrong and you and the likes are endangering the soul of the artists” -Anderson457
“I would be embarrassed for you if you were my teacher…” – MasterPetrov
“You are one of the WORST acting coaches. Period.” – Gant
“you hate method because you can’t do it” – 3hytsd
“you’re a fool.” – herminkai
“you talk bollocks, please give up” – Ponce
“I could tell you were European… In America we do not intellectualize about what the character is thinking, feeling or doing. We just believe, we believe we are the character…” – AtLastontheGround
“I can’t be bothered to argue with this pretentious fool” – soulofbass.
“what an arrogant little fool” – anon.
“Mark Westbrook is what I call an intelligent moron”. – gc1282.
“a bunch of baloney” acd232
“how can you call yourself an acting teacher? You are wrong, wrong, wrong!” – Hashgat
“I worry that young actors will actually pay attention to your bullshit, instead of living the soul of the character through proper technique, you are dangerous”. – UnitedAAP4
“if you had ever spent time learning about acting, you would not think these things, you have no respect for tradition” – Mitchel4s
“Where do you get those stupid ideas? A proper acting teacher would always teach that the portrayal of emotion is the heart of the actor” – Biebgirl99
“idiot, your students must really waste their money” – angryburrrd
“you talk crap, try to read a book” – anon
“Mr Westbrook, do you have ever taught acting? I think not, I think you are just man with too big opinions” – Tupg
“acting is becoming, believing and becoming, your way is easy, empty, and meaningless, how dare you teach acting!” – The1Overton
“well done, you have undone years of good work, you are rebel without a clue” micdicon
“I showed my acting teacher your blog, he says you know nothing about real American acting, only stupid English faking acting” – forwardsooo
“how can you write this stuff? you know nothing about directing” – last15
“you are a fraud, you didn’t go to those places you say to train, if you did, you would not say these things” -crawdad
“Mr Westbrook, I teach acting at a good school and you are so incorrect in all your ramblings” – Anon.
“very stupid” – papagaga
“you are a stupid man, I read your blogs and you are so ignorant, I cannot belief you have a single student.” Anon.
“what u say is bogus. Real actors will not listen to you”. – Anon.
“f**k you and your wiseass blog” – Anon
“man, you’re not even good at blogging” – tyk
“if you study with this ‘acting’ coach, you will pay money for nothing” – farrowj
So I guess that’s enough of that.
Hope you enjoyed that, I did!