ACT: a new podcast series with host Dawn A. Westbrook about the craft of acting, the art of directing and embracing the process

WEEK FOUR "Clifford Morts" Pulitzer Prize nominee, HBO writer, television actor, director, and coach

June 19, 2020 Dawn A. Westbrook Season 1 Episode 4
ACT: a new podcast series with host Dawn A. Westbrook about the craft of acting, the art of directing and embracing the process
WEEK FOUR "Clifford Morts" Pulitzer Prize nominee, HBO writer, television actor, director, and coach
Show Notes

I met Cliff Morts in the early 1990's at Mill Mountain Theatre.  He was playing the gentleman caller in A GLASS MENAGERIE.  What struck me immediately was the honesty and ease in which he delivered each line.  We later got to play on stage together (if only in a staged reading) and I realized that his honesty made me better.  He was just SO present and in the moment. Every moment.  That honesty has served him well as a television actor. As a coach, he tells his acting students "The stage is about acting, but film is about behavior."  Let that one sink in.  It makes a lot of sense.  He was lovely to interview and it was great catching up with such a successful friend.  Enjoy Cliff's readings of his own work in PRAYING SMALL at the beginning and the end of the podcast.