James DiStefano

James DiStefano teaches a cold reading class at the renowned Actors Studio

Private Coaching

Call 323.461.4483 for appointments and information.

"We each contain within us all the seeds of any character we will ever need to play." - Marlon Brando

Acting Instructor

Actors learn the craft of acting as well as specialized camera technique to gain valuable on-camera experience. (Cold Readings, Scene Work, Audition Techniques)

James DiStefano, in his 20 years of experience as an actor and acting instructor, has worked with and learned from many of the most talented and respected directors in film and television, including Kathryn Bigelow (Oscar winner for Best Director for The Hurt Locker), Bobby Roth (Lost, FlashForward), Mark Rydell (Oscar nominee for On Golden Pond, Emmy nominee for James Dean, for which James Franco won a Golden Globe), Michael Schultz (Cannes Golden Palm nominee, Winner Best Film at American Black Film Festival) and Danny Cannon (Director/Executive Producer CSI).

Acting Classes

"I've worked to create a space that nurtures full expression and elicits the real joy of acting." - James DiStefano

Under the leadership of Mark Rydell and Martin Landau (Artistic Directors of the West Coast Studio) and Al Pacino, Ellen Burstyn and Harvey Keitel (East Coast Board of Directors), he teaches from a cold reading curriculum which he has developed over 15 years.

"We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine." - Marianne Williamson