The “True Actor”, I repeat: the “True Actor”, is the most difficult profession in the world, and at the same time it is among the most enjoyable in the world. It is an art that does not ask you only to perform, but to know. To go deep. To meet yourself and others with a truer, more naked, more conscious gaze. Because acting, when it is authentic, is not imitating: it is crossing through, or allowing yourself to be crossed through.

And depending on the technique or the method that is used, almost all of them lead to three fundamental researches, three indispensable paths that build the actor’s solidity and the credibility of his presence.

In Raman’s acting process, instead, one seeks to go beyond methods and techniques, seeking and finding our genuine and spontaneous part and creating the conditions so that everything expresses itself in an authentic way. So as not to be limited, fake, false. But true!

In-depth research on oneself:
Going to seek and discover how we function: from our sensory systems, to all the mental filters that we possess and that determine our vision of the world, up to facing our past, our memories, our lived experience. It is a journey that requires courage and precision, because every true gesture is born from a true consciousness.

In-depth research on society:
Studying and understanding how social relationships between people work. Observing the many existing human conditions, both of a pleasant nature and of an unpleasant nature. And finally investigating the reaction, the behavior of human beings when they find themselves inside these situations. Because a character does not live in a void: he lives in a context, in a tension, in a reality that shapes him.

In-depth research on the world:
Knowing the world that surrounds us: animals, plants, the four elements, earth, water, air, fire. And gravity, which imposes indispensable rules on us. Consequently, knowing in depth how all these things have an effect on us, and how we relate to all of this. Because the actor does not have only a soul: but also wears a body, which is within a world and within a society.

Moreover, through many meditative exercises and yogic arts, work will also be done on the mind and on our deepest part.
The goal is clear: to make body, voice, senses, mind, and heart an instrument that is always open, flexible, and soft; an instrument in which emotions, sensations, and feelings can flow naturally. So that, depending on the event, the situation, or the scene, that volcano within us can express itself and manifest with spontaneity through our entire being.

Raman Turhan