SPECIAL TESTIMONIALS for Michael Savage aka Sirtony ...
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Actor FRANK CONN Founding Member of THE ACTORS FILM COMPANY
shares some important insight about Michael aka Sirtony and his work...
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Michael Savage aka Sirtony
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From ...Susan Davis
I have worked
with Michael Savage over the course of three years in various capacities in
connection with his company, Tree Fort Productions. Michael is an innovative
actor, writer, director, producer and auteur filmmaker who has produced many
award winning films. As an Alumni member of the Tony Award Honoree - The Acting
Company, (click on Alumni to see Michael Savage listed along with Kevin Kline) Now, Michael has created his own unique group known as The Actor’s Film Company. As such, he is uniquely qualified
to extend his talents as the director of The Total Workshop for Acting, where
he is passing on valuable acting and film making skills that he has learned over
the course of his lifetime. He offers his students the opportunity to learn from
a master actor, to be in ground-breaking video productions, and memorialize
their work on
Sincerely,
Susan Davis
writer and Internet Web Content Producer
Technology News Editor
Blogcritics.org - writer for - Film reviews and Culture
One of the rare pleasures in life is encountering someone who is
engaged in intentionally making a difference. My encounter with
Michael Savage and his actors' workshop definitely made a difference
in my life.
The effort he puts forth in teaching and communicating is almost
superhuman - except that he expects that level of commitment from
everyone, and gets you to see it as the norm.
I have been blessed to meet and work with people of outstanding
Talent in many areas. What is unique about Michael is that he got
me to see and feel that being outstanding at what I do is a matter
of choice - a personal decision - not fate, genetics, or luck. He models
that attitude, proselytizes it, imbues it. For Michael - and those who fall
under his spell - excellence is not a distant state of grace just over the
horizon, but something to be lived now, in this moment.
Thank you, Michael, or challenging me to grab onto my own best effort at what I love - and for not letting me weasel out or compromise. I wish there was a way that everyone, actors and non-actors alike, could attend your course. The demand you place on people to give themselves their best effort – and the tough but fair encouragement you surround them with - could make a difference for a lot of people - as it did for me. I would recommend your course to anyone, actors and non-actors alike.
Sincerely
Haik Adomian
PS Please feel free to quote this letter in any medium. You have permission
to use it in any manner, including commercially. The more that what you're
doing spreads, the better off the world is.
Keep it up.
“I have had the honor of watching Michael Savage’s career
flourish both as a stage actor in New York to a television
and film actor and writer in LA. His most recent
adventure has been as acting teacher passing on his
extensive knowledge of acting, and almost as important,
the business of acting to a very large and appreciative
body of students. Michael’s workshops would be a great
value to not only the novice, but any professional interested
in improving their skills and strengthening their
understanding of the craft of acting.”
- Arthur Toretzky, Hollywood Agent
“Michael Savage has the extraordinary gift and passion to inspire actors towards their best. With great warmth and love, he teaches actors how to give themselves permission to be who they really are in their work and to frame their own special-ness in the acting process. But most of all, he makes acting fun! I say, why else do it?” - Karen Kondazian, Actress, Producer, Journalist & Writer
| “Michael Savage is one of the most encouraging teachers I know! His class is like a family, and he inspires great work by instilling in his students virtues like honesty, integrity and an old fashioned work ethic that is seldom seen in Hollywood in the 21st Century. Outstanding work throughout! Highly recommended!” - Casting Director Billy DaMota, CSA
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“Michael teaches the four C’s in his workshops: • Confidence: in your ability as a performer, • Creativity: in your character choices, • Camaraderie: with your fellow actors in an ensemble environment, • Courtesy: in how to behave properly in a professional environment.” - Mike McGill, Student of Michael Savage |
“Michael’s love for screen writing is a proven asset to his class. The scenes he writes are not only original, but also crafted around the uniqueness and individuality of each and every student. An actor is unlikely to find this type of training anywhere.” - Drake Johnson, Former Student of Michael Savage and 4-time Emmy Award Winning Producer For Fox News |
in handy in a feature film audition for “Bad Santa”. The
confidence I had in the interview I credit to
THE TOTAL WORKSHOP FOR ACTING.
I went on to book the job,
and had the opportunity to work with Billy Bob Thornton.”
- Curtis Taylor,
Former Student of Michael Savage
