“The Actors Institute offers a rare opportunity to any actor at any level of his or her career. If I were to name the major influence in my acting, it would have to be The Actors Institute."

Ted Danson
Actor

“The Actors Institute un-taught the rules. They brought me to understand the mysterious connection that a good actor establishes with his audience; the significance of what is unsaid, of silence. They made me feel – palpably – how technique is the enemy of real connection, how exposing your real self is the goal and not the obstacle, how acting is 'merely' living: a condition of complete simplicity, costing no less than everything."

Philip Evans
Author of the best-selling business book “Blown to Bits”

“I have worked with many coaches over the years. What TAI does is totally customise its work to make its clients a more intense version of who they are. Both John Clarkeson (the chairman of BCG) and I find this is more genuine, and more effective, than other approaches. It adds significantly to how our officers embody BCG's principles of insight, impact and trust in their relationships and work with clients.”

Carl Stern
Former CEO of the Boston Consulting Group

"We have worked with TAI on development and articulation of the strategic direction of Bertelsmann in several fields. TAI's searching methodology and approach is extremely valuable in the process of creative development as it often raises new analytical and logical questions about underpinnings. It also, and very importantly, raises more interpersonal and organizational issues that often stand in the way of successful implementation. As our relationship has deepened, so has the impact of TAI's work."

Michael Hansen
Formerly Head of Strategy Bertelsmann

"TAI has rapidly benefitted us individually and collectively - we are very glad we chose to go down this path."

Alexander Hoare
Managing Partner Hoare & Co

“The Actors’ Institute has worked closely with us as we have worked through a challenging time of change and growth as a company. They have given us permission to ask fundamental questions and come up with new answers from within.”

Kerry Preete
Head of Marketing for the Americas Monsanto

“I wanted the learning to be “in the body”- an experience a student has of being in the room with a professor. The Actors Institute has worked with us in a highly successful, highly creative collaboration that proves to be a favorite with our participants to this day. They are a powerful and attractive teaching organization. I recommend them highly.”

Christine Kelly
Professor, Management Communications Leonard N. Stern School of Business New York University

“With the help of The Actors Institute, we he have built the PPAS performing arts program into one of the finest in New York City. We now attract some of the best performers in this city, including members of the casts of Swan Lake, Les Miserables, The Lion King, Showboat and most current Broadway shows.

“Through The Actors Institute, we also see more and more teachers from both sections of our program joining together to help our students build their knowledge, not only of acting, but also of humanities, science and so forth. You will find their programs to be a highly valuable addition to staff development training.”

Kim Bruno
Formerly Assistant Principal, Professional Performing Arts School Currently Principal LaGuardia High School

“TAI is the most highly-rated partner development program used by The Boston Consulting Group. Because of the demand for TAI within BCG, we use a very stringent qualification process to select attendees, follow their progress and assess their performance. We are completely satisfied. More telling are the strong interpersonal relationships that have developed between the staff of TAI and BCG partners. Many continue to check in with their TAI coaches to seek help on key speeches, client events and personal development. TAI' secret is that it helps students learn to like, respect and help their audiences so that they, the audience, get what they need most from the interaction.”

George Stalk
Management “Guru” and author of “Hardball”

“I (now) need to create situations and environments where the creativity emerges from others, as well as from me. That’s not easy because we are trained in industry for everything to be ‘about me’.”

“A highlight which surprised me was how quickly I could connect with people. The coaching on our two-minute piece was superb and I was impressed by the variety of tools used to unleash people’s creativity.”

“It is not enough to have ideas. It is most important how you put those ideas into action and the things that get in the way.”

“Before the workshop, creativity was a quantifiable ‘thing’ that left me open to personal criticism. Will they like this/me? What if they don’t like this/me? That, therefore, set me up for failure, hence the lack of confidence. Now I feel that creativity is flowing around freely inside me and flows out to people I am connecting with. This is a very liberating concept for me.”

“It seemed to take very little to unlock the potential I knew I had inside. What surprised me was the way in which it was done. That little, very insightful, push seemed to create a huge explosion within me. You could see the same thing happening in other people.”

“I found out how to really connect with people – and not be afraid to do it. Believe it when you say ‘You Can Do It’ – because you can. Keep moving beyond your comfort zone – you’re not going anywhere if you don’t.”

“I loved it, and found it infinitely valuable. The lessons and atmosphere and discourse were all much more concrete and pragmatic and realistic than I had expected.”

“The whole thing was kind of a key moment. I especially liked observing and considering people’s differences as they presented and spoke. It helped me in how I think about myself and the way I approach speaking to people and communicating information. I think another key moment for me was sitting down on that stool when I presented the second time- it was amazing what a difference it made.”

“I was surprised by the way I felt when standing up to speak. It was both a lot less scary than I expected and more scary than I could ever imagine. That probably doesn’t make a lot of sense. I guess something along the lines of: giving up control made me feel in control.”

“Feeling like I could animate my feelings and humour really made a difference. Also learning how to engage with the audience and the importance this plays in delivering a successful presentation.”

“The facilitators really focused on the areas I had raised as needing improving. Also, from watching the others doing their presentations, I was able to see the difference the coaching made to their performance. I will emulate the same techniques.”