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Are acting schools for sissies? Do real men shun them in favor of huge public universities where they can play football and beat up geeks in their spare time? Hardly. Acting schools are for macho meatheads too. Big, tough, burly meatheads, as long as they have some talent.

The most famous of all acting schools is probably the Stanislavsky school, method acting. That is of course if we are speaking of acting schools in terms of training methods, or schools of thought. Stanislavsky invented method acting, a skill many actors use to strengthen their performances and add depth to their characters. The most famous of all acting schools in terms of an actual college where people go to study acting is probably Juilliard, in New York City, also well known for it's music program.

Acting schools in terms of schools of thought are not so plentiful, as there are only a few major, widely accepted ways of studying acting. Method acting and comedic acting are probably the most common acting schools of study that we have in the world, besides pantomime, which may use both. Bits and pieces of each of these acting schools can be interchanged to improve the other. A comedic actor can use method acting to assist in the creation of his characters' persona, and a dramatic actor might study comedy for tips on timing and delivery of poignant lines.