Testimonials
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Warner is also genius with comedy! She is able to not only break things down technically, but she also teaches you how to make it your own. After years of working with her I feel my sense of comic timing totally ingrained. I just got a review in TV guide that called me "pee-your-pants funny". I owe a lot of that to Warner." |
And just because you aren't using your own memories for the character, it doesn't take YOU away from it because you are making this character come to life- and only you will play her this way. You are totally unique in your look, your voice, your manner of speaking and your physicality and your perception of the character is what will ultimately tell the story . I like to imagine that the new life I create for a character is "poured" through the vessel of me, and what emerges is a new character that has her own fullness and depth but through my eyes." |
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"I feel like Warner's teaching has helped me grow in so many ways. Her emotion with detail is the greatest thing I have ever learned. I even passed it on to my dad who has been acting for 30 some years!! He loves it and uses it now too!!!" |
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"What attracted me immediately to The Warner Loughlin Technique and what continues to excite me about this technique, is the opportunity it provides for the actor to contribute actively and creatively to the life of the character. Rather than merely being a passive channel for the intentions of the author or the vision of the director, the actor using Emotion with Detail is a true collaborator in developing the written character into not just a 3-dimensional, but a 4-dimensional human being--one that not only exists in the present but also has a rich past and an uncertain future, both of which color his/her actions in the moment. |
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The Warner Loughlin Technique has given me the tools to get there and the freedom in the end to let go of my homework, knowing that it will be underneath everything I do, and to do nothing more and nothing less than focus on the task at hand!" |
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"Warner's technique was truly an epiphany for me and invaluable to my career. I've booked more jobs than I ever could have thought possible after studying "Emotion With Detail." I will use her technique the rest of my acting career."
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It is the most powerful tool I have encountered and seems to be the missing link between my Stanislavsky-based training, Michael Chekhov technique, Grotowski and Viewpoints work as it allows the body to develop and hold emotional memory. The body has its own reactions, pre-consciousness, and when traveling through an Emotion With Detail exercise I create and respond to the stimuli of lived experience - it is remarkable to find a year later that the exercises I have done for a character can still upset or delight me if I choose to flash on them. I have always had powerful dreams and this technique feels like directing myself in a waking dream. The power of imagination and belief are channeled into craft." |
"All of my characters go to therapy with Warner - because without her, I would go insane!" |
"Physically exhausted and emotionally drained, I found myself surrounded by film crew inside a deep, dark cavern somewhere in northern California. I was the center focus of the most dramatically pivotal shot in the film. The hours of Emotion With Detail I did to prepare for this role allowed me to immediately flash on specific images which miraculously brought me to the place I needed to be to fulfill the scene. Not only that, it allowed me to stay there take after take." |
"The Warner Loughlin Technique" lets an actor come at a character in a more human way - not just the facts of a character's story and not just the characters perceived emotions - it's where the two meet, where real life emotions and thoughts meld to create experience and memory. To me, Emotion With Detail is acting distilled to its purist form. As Warner said in class recently, Emotion with Detail will never abandon you. It will always be there because you are building the character from the ground up, you are living the character from childhood on. Her technique gets you thinking as the character and feeling as the character in the moment. That kind of detailed, focused work does not let you down." |
"Emotion with detail has given me a consistent and reliable way to develop characters, even ones that I don't relate to. It just makes sense when you think about it. If you want to develop a character you must know who they are and where they are coming from. By creating a life for the character that is appropriate to the story and emotionally anchoring yourself to that character with significant experiences (Emotion With Details) from that character's life, you feel more grounded as an actor and avoid feeling as though you are "phoning it in" or "acting"." |
"Emotion With Detail is
just a beautiful thing and it's really taught me to love acting.
It really has." 
"I came to see Warner for help with a character that required extremely
authentic vulnerability. The first thing I noticed, was her coffee
tasted like pavement. The second thing was that tools she provided
previewed a glimpse of infinite possibilities. Her method is easy,
and most importantly - it is effective. She's truly one of a
kind with much to teach and I'm happy she's a part of my life. If
you happen upon her studio, B.Y.O.C." 
"Without Warner Loughlin my career would have taken a hard left. She
kept me on the path to success. Simply put...Sabes Que! The
Greatest!!" 
"Warner's technique has completely changed my approach as an actress. Her
contagious energy gives me the confidence to take on any material. I
wouldn't even think of walking on a set without consulting her genius. " 
"I called Warner five years ago when I was the star
of a sitcom on NBC. The
show had been wildly publicized as the next Will & Grace and
was put on just after Friends on Thursday nights. I had
never had any comedy training, was scared out of my mind, and was tanking
well-written jokes and not understanding why. "Tell me what's
going on, baby?" she said when I called her, and from that moment
until even today I have felt like she was holding my hand. Warner's
innate talent for understanding comedy, combined with her genuine warmth
and enthusiasm, has allowed me-- someone not innately funny at ALL-- to
relax when handed comedy material. My career is now fun, safe, and feels
like playtime. Warner's
technique has allowed me to approach comedy with confidence, ease and...
well... HUMOR!" 
"Warner has given me a simple and insightful approach on creating interesting
characters. Working with her has elevated my performances. I
love her!!!" 
"The only reason I know how to act or even what the meaning of acting is
is because of Warner. ... I went to Warner one day out of desperation with
other methods---Warner's technique has allowed me to have a career. Truly--she
is the best! 
"Warner is the brightest light in this city. There is such a good
vibe here. There's no room for ego - it's just about the work." 
"The very first thing I noticed about Warner was her positive energy. She
walked into the room, and you literally felt good. All of sudden you
felt like "ok maybe this isn't going to be all serious thespian stuff - maybe
this is going to be fun. Maybe. It is important to mention
this because at the base of her whole technique is the placement of one's
attitude. ...Leading up to working with Warner, I had a history of studying
with people whose technique was to tear you down. This is not uncommon
for most actors. In fact, I've met very few actors on my journey that
take a compliment with a smile and a thank you without some auxiliary comment
of how it could be better... You then associate harsh critique with learning;
[you perceive] someone tearing you down...as beneficial. For me the
more brutal the better, and if I felt I wasn't getting enough abuse...of course
that meant I could no longer grow at that particular venue. Meeting
Warner changed this belief system for me completely. And after joining her
class I really began to soar. Not just because I eventually started
to book work, but because I was enjoying the process again. I
realized I could be both happy and an actor." 
"Wisdom is an accumulation of experience. Yet a wise man learns
from the experience of others. Any fool can learn the stove is
hot from touching it, but the wise need not to touch." 
"Using The Warner Loughlin Technique is the only way for me to achieve depth
of emotion and authentic emotion in a scene - to be able to play moment to
moment as the character deep in the circumstance. I can trust emotion
with a detail to work every time, with any scene. My successful
auditions are the ones where I did the most or the deepest Emotion With
Detail." 
"Studying with Warner, changed my life. Not only
did I find a safe and effective process, but I found a community of
amazingly supportive people. I
went to one of the top drama school's in the country, but still did not
feel like I had a process that worked for me. I had learned a
little bit of so many techniques, but none seemed both safe and effective
- especially for work in film. Shooting take after take of
deep dramatic work was frightening and elusive before I worked with
Warner. Now I feel up for the challenge." 
"Warner's technique has allowed me to find genuine
emotion and depth in a character without having to go into my own
life and personal history. While there is validity in using your own
personal feelings in acting, which is how I was taught before studying
with Warner, her technique feels safer to my soul, and even more authentic
than the stuff from my real life, because instead of putting onto
a character something that's happened in my life and trying to tailor
it to the character (i.e. using memories of a boyfriend that left
me heartbroken years ago to trigger emotions about my fictitious child's
death in the scene), I am creating a pure homemade past that is specific
to this character, and how she would feel based on her life leading
up to this scene. (Using the scene at hand as a guide to finding
out what exactly that life would be.)" 
"The Warner Loughlin Technique has especially
helped me in my ability to develop characters, in the sense that, after using
the technique, I feel a certainty about the character and their point of view. Before
I found Warner and her technique, there were times I would feel I was "reaching" for
a character or guessing about "how would he react here?" With
Warner, I KNOW how the character would react because I have a deep emotional
as well as intellectual understanding of the character. I can
know with certainty, why this particular person sees the world in his
unique way." 
"This is what The Warner Loughlin Technique did for
me: It gave me
a completely safe method to go as dangerously close to the character as
possible. Like
an impenetrable armor that I could throw on at any audition and get exactly
where I needed to be without harming myself in the process. And that
armor that I created through Warner's Technique would be there for me
to wear anytime and anywhere because I had worked in so much specific
detail that I could drop in and out at anytime. Emotion with detail
is my most precious piece of material I can own while battling the
dragons of Los Angeles. The focus it has given me is invaluable. 
"Studying at Warner Loughlin Studios has reminded me why I love acting. In
the past, techniques and teachers I worked with left me feeling insecure
about myself as a person and as an actor. The support that I have
found at The Warner Loughlin Studio combined with the accessibility of the
technique has been invaluable. Warner's emotion with detail technique
just makes sense. It is the most conducive approach to really becoming the
character you are playing. It really allows you to exist honestly
in imaginative circumstances. " 
"Emotion With Detail is a very powerful tool that allows an actor to create
experiences very organically. This process is like planting seeds for a character
that germinate and grow inside of you, so that they eventually become
a part of you. I have incorporated this technique into my song-writing
as well by using it to strengthen a lyrical perspective in a song. In
doing Emotion With Detail, I have realized the control that we all have in
creating our reality, our thoughts, and our feelings, and it has become
an integral component not only in my acting-training, but in my song-writing, and
in my own personal growth." 
"Warner rocks and her approach to the process of character development has
made me see that you don't need to dig up all the horrible past experiences
that we try to block out... That's the approach I was using in the past and
I think we can all agree that is just not something we want to do but because
we love the craft and have passion we did it because we didn't know any better. Emotion
with detail makes such perfect sense...it's like "Hey why didn't I think
of that?" I know it sounds cliché but it really has
changed my life and my approach to roles now...I feel like I am a much healthier
actor now because I don't freak out about trying roles anymore and I approach
it with an "I can do this and I can do it safely" mindset
now that I use Emotion With Detail. 
"If you chase it, it will fly" is a transformative
Warner phrase. The
surprise of life cannot be controlled manufactured - it is found in the
moment - in a blindingly free trust - in a truthful response
- in instinct - not in control. It takes guts to try NOT to
control anything. When
we try too hard we loose our presence, our finesse - we cannot do it mentally
- we have to be really spontaneous. The moment we relax and let
go of expectation, the moment we give into and engage in the improvisation
- then we don't have to make it happen because we've allowed it
to happen!" 
"The Warner Loughlin Technique has helped to make my performances more spontaneous,
and real. With substitutions you have to stay stuck hanging on
to pain so you can use it, you are stuck in an old emotion. For me,
as a generally happy person, I don't like to hang on to crap, I like
to move on, in a positive way and not hold on to negative energy or
emotion that makes me not feel good about myself. This industry does a number
on our psyches enough as it is! The Warner Loughlin Technique
doesn't!" 
"Warner's technique creates a reliably solid foundation
for a character, layered with surprise, specificity, and the patterns
of a lifetime. I
feel confident that I can adjust to any directorial change in a rehearsal
room or on a set because I know I am breathing and behaving in a fully
developed character."