Acclaimed actor Teresa Palmer (The Fall Guy, A Discovery of Witches) joins How We Role to share tangible tips for actors. From starting as a background artist to landing the number one spot on the call sheet, Teresa’s journey has been nothing short of remarkable. She remains incredibly generous with her knowledge. In fact, she’s eager to share all of her acting secrets with you—including how she prepares for roles and a hack for crying on cue.
Teresa Palmer is a globally recognized performer who has been nominated for multiple Best Actress awards, including Critics Choice and many others from her home country in Australia. You’ll likely recognize Teresa from her extensive onscreen work alongside some of the most acclaimed talents in the industry. She shared the screen with Cate Blanchett and Christian Bale in Knight of Cups. She also appeared alongside Andrew Garfield in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-nominated film Hacksaw Ridge.
Teresa’s TV work includes The Last Anniversary, an adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s book, and the show that brought us together today: Mix Tape.
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Episode Preview: Teresa Palmer (The Fall Guy, Mix Tape): From Background Artist to #1 on the Call Sheet
Teresa Palmer: Something that I do is, after hair and makeup are touching you up, and you know you’re about to go on, practice some Ujjayi yogic breath where it’s a deep, you know that deep breath that you have? Keep your eyes open. So you’re doing the breath and already you can see my eyes now have started to water.
Robert Peterpaul: Oh my gosh, yeah.
Teresa Palmer: So it’s like a deep Ujjayi breath, but keep your eyes open, don’t blink, and it brings a heat to behind your eyes that makes you seem upset. See? Look at my eyes. I just did it very briefly. So it makes seem upset and emotional and vulnerable and that just brings the body to that place.
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