Dustin Hoffman attending Jack Waltzer's workshop in 1983

 

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"I feel it would be most valuable for any professional actor to have the opportunity to study and work with Jack Waltzer."
Dustin Hoffman
- July 18, 1983

"Jack is the best acting teacher I have ever known. The only good one in my opinion."
Sigourney Weaver
- September 25, 1998

"Jack Waltzer is the only no-nonsense acting teacher I know and recommend. His classes are fascinating."
Roman Polanski
- June 28, 2000

"As a film producer, I am frequently called upon to recommend an acting teacher. The first name that has always come to mind is Jack Waltzer."
Stanley Beck
- March 26, 1984

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Jack Waltzer was the only drama coach singled out for an autobiographical profile in the prestigious magazine section of the "London Sunday Times".
The magazine has a weekly feature section - "A Life in the Day of" - (past profiles in "A Life in the Day of" have included Yehudi Menuhin, among others).

"A LIFE IN THE DAY OF JACK WALTZER" - London Sunday Times Magazine - September 27, 1998

Jack Waltzer, acting coach to the stars, trained with Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg in the 1960s. His students have included Jon Voight, Geena Davis and Sigourney Weaver. Using the Stanislavsky system, he holds acting workshops in London, Paris and New York.

For excerpts from "A Life in the Day of Jack Waltzer", click here

In France and England, as well as in United States, he has trained and coached many well known actors and actresses.
In Paris, he assisted Roman Polanski as an acting coach in the filming of both "Bitter Moon" and "Death and the Maiden", and in the stage production of "Master Class", starring Fanny Ardant.
He has coached Sigourney Weaver in ten films.

 

 
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