Melbourne Actor's Lab

Melbourne Softball Association
Northern Pavilion Fawkner Park, South Yarra

Ongoing acting training for emerging and professional actors with Peter Kalos in Melbourne, Australia & online.

The Actors Lab is the only Melbourne training centre dedicated to delivering the traditional art in method acting (originated by Lee Strasberg and The Actors Studio).

09/07/2026

You're stepping into the shoes of a person - a life . When you treat it as such - you're no longer just doing the lines -

08/07/2026

Many actors / directors / casting agents say "just do nothing " so the actor "does nothing" and then that's what they see- nothing ! What they mean isn; still create the realities of the script but " don't add anything else !" Once you create the realities of the script, then you need to trust that those are enough ! Many don't so we start to perform !

The Famous Writer and His Secret
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07/07/2026

I did not know this ...

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07/07/2026

You must learn to juggle your choices and keep them active during the scene - you don't just do them once and then forget about them .

Start with your phone as a measure of a competitive choice ! And then move up and down the scale . Try this it works -#actingtips #peterkalos #actorlife #actingskills #actorslife

05/07/2026

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Start with your phone as a measure of a competitive choice ! And then move up and down the scale . Try this it works -#actingtips #peterkalos #actorlife #actingskills #actorslife

Filmatic Wrap: Heat 2 🍿

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro had never shared a scene until Heat. Michael Mann is running the same play again: Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale have never appeared in a film together, and per TheWrap they're set to lead Heat 2 as Chris Shiherlis and Vincent Hanna, cameras rolling in November.

Mann wrote the first draft of Heat in 1979. If this holds, he will have spent 47 years with these characters.

The full picture is in the slides: the three timelines, the casting board, the $170 million rebuild after Warner Bros. walked, and the handoff from Val Kilmer, who passed away last spring.

The riskiest recast: Bale after Pacino, or DiCaprio after Kilmer? 💬

04/07/2026

In the mid 90's , they were shooting HEAT in downtown L,A. Barry Primus took me downtown, and we saw them film some of the shots . It was an amazing night - amazing memory.

I cannot wait to see this.

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Filmatic Wrap: Heat 2 🍿 Al Pacino and Robert De Niro had never shared a scene until Heat. Michael Mann is running the same play again: Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale have never appeared in a film together, and per TheWrap they're set to lead Heat 2 as Chris Shiherlis and Vincent Hanna, cameras rolling in November. Mann wrote the first draft of Heat in 1979. If this holds, he will have spent 47 years with these characters. The full picture is in the slides: the three timelines, the casting board, the $170 million rebuild after Warner Bros. walked, and the handoff from Val Kilmer, who passed away last spring. The riskiest recast: Bale after Pacino, or DiCaprio after Kilmer? 💬

04/07/2026

It's NOT about naming "interesting" choices - you're doing that to be noticed ! That's not what the character is about - there's no "audience" for the character.

03/07/2026

Talent alone doesn't cut it ! DeNiro is a hard worker - I've seen him work, he's not "talented" Pacino on the other hand - talent WITH skill - don't just depend on your "talent!l !

02/07/2026

Once you make your "initial" choices that get you into the character - keep that clean somas@you explore other choices , if they don't work out you know where your starting position was .