Sep 17, 2026 · 3 min · 6 segments
If you’ve trained as an Actor, you’ll probably know the saying “We break you down to build you up again.” That saying has never sat right with me. Build Without Breaking is a solo-hosted interview…
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But sometimes we, when we're first starting, we kind of look up to our teachers as this kind of, wow, they're so experienced and they know all this stuff and they have all this knowledge.
So that's why when we hear things like, we break you down to build you up again when you come and train with us.
no.
The name is directly inspired by my hatred of the very common drama school saying, we break you down to build you up again.
That phrase, break you down to build you back up, is just such bullshit and it just feels like such an outdated and just mean and nasty way of teaching.
Why is that necessary to strip you of everything you've brought to the table in the first place?
one that really stuck in my head when i heard about drama school so like yeah yeah we're gonna they break you down and they build you back up and and that one does still sit in my head and i just makes no sense at all to break someone like that's unkind it's quite egotistical it's kind of playing god with artists and that's not okay
But sometimes we, when we're first starting, we kind of look up to our teachers as this kind of, wow, they're so experienced and they know all this stuff and they have all this knowledge.
So that's why when we hear things like, we break you down to build you up again when you come and train with us.
no.
The name is directly inspired by my hatred of the very common drama school saying, we break you down to build you up again.
That phrase, break you down to build you back up, is just such bullshit and it just feels like such an outdated and just mean and nasty way of teaching.
Why is that necessary to strip you of everything you've brought to the table in the first place?
one that really stuck in my head when i heard about drama school so like yeah yeah we're gonna they break you down and they build you back up and and that one does still sit in my head and i just makes no sense at all to break someone like that's unkind it's quite egotistical it's kind of playing god with artists and that's not okay
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