In this episode I am taken back in my memory, to THE Famed ACTORS STUDIO, and how I a peasant, and I say that proud of where I come from, a small village Caianu Mic in Transylvania, Romania ended up auditioning, and getting into this unique place, on my first try. Proud now to be a Lifetime Member for 20 years. Seeing an interview of Al Pacino recently, talking about his begginings as a young actor at this unique artistic home and his encounter with The Godfather, not the movie, but the Godfather of The Actors Studio, the artistic director at that time Lee Strasberg. What moved me the most was his remembrance of Lee Strasberg pronouncing his name AL Pacino correctly for the first time. Unlike all the others before calling him AL PA CI NO not PA SI NO not PA KI NO. How in that moment he felt he arrived, he belonged to something to a community. He had found his place. I am reminded how lucky I am! I found myslelf realizing how my name MI HA E LA has been butchered over the years and to this day I still find myself saying it to people in syllables. Also in this episode is a full description of what my audition was how I remember it now. I went off the planned scene as I found myself on that sacred stage, for the first time, the same stage so many many great such as Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Ellen Burstyn, Lee Grant and so many others have been and some still are on. I still have to pinch myself whenever I am in that sacred place THE ACTOR STUDIO the building that used be a Greek Orthodox Church before. Talk about personal relation, right!? For 40 years, my dad a priest together with my mom and the community, built and kept the most beautiful Romanian Church in America in Warren, Michigan. Ayayay this life! #actingcoach #mihutmethod #actingtips #sva #artofexperiencing #youtube #theactorsstudio #member #methodacting #audition #mstda #romanian #american #church #alpacino #interview #leestrasberg #ellenburstyn #leegrant #insidetheactorsstudio #cbs  @ArtOfExperiencing ​