Samantha Goodsell
As a student of MFA filmmaking in NYFA, I think I’m SO lucky that I had a chance to take Anthony Montes’s acting class. Anthony is one of my favorite instructors in NYFA (even in my life) though he only had me in class for 2 months. He is really impressive to me. Having his class is such a good memory for me as reading a inspiring book by the Seine River in warm spring. Through his class, I know that he has extremely charming characteristics, outstanding teaching skills, and very fast comprehension. He understands human-beings very deeply as a professional psychologist so that “Accuracy,” “Logic,” and “Sensitiveness,” is also part of his class with his passion and love of acting. He really let students feel the MOMENTS and the POWER of the art of acting. The way that he inspired me to “Live In The Moment,” is one of the best and powerful experience I have had: even till today. I don’t have any acting experience before and I’m always very shy so that I like to hide my emotion in public – but obviously, Anthony was successful to let me release and touch myself easily by guiding me to go deep into that situation of the scene. I really appreciate that – not only for his help with my acting, also for the inspirations that I got from him for my directing, doing art and even facing my real life.
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