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Conversations with Leigh Kilton-Smith about acting, creativity, and the human experience through podcasts and media appearances, offering insight into presence, curiosity, and the courage it takes to tell the truth in our work and in our lives.
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Meet my acting coach Leigh Kilton-Smith. Well, she's not just my acting coach. She's worked with so many people I look up to from Sam Rockwell to Austin Butler and Guy Ritchie! Leigh is a teacher and on set acting coach. She's straight up and says it how she sees it. Leigh inspires her students to work from a place of curiosity, connection and presence. She has taught me to do the work then trust it. Leigh's the kind of teacher who teaches freedom in the place of a specific technique.
Leigh is open, kind and so generous with her knowledge. She loves human behaviour and describes good acting as human beings, being human.
And here's to always having a beginners mindset!
671: Fearlessly Failing – Leigh Kilton-Smith On-Set Acting
FEBRUARY 23, 2025 | 47 MIN
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Leigh Kilton-Smith is a master acting teacher and Hollywood's go-to on-set coach working with Jennifer Aniston, Sam Rockwell, Diane Lane, Gabrielle Union, John Leguizamo, Zac Efron, and directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Joss Whedon, Jon Favreau, & Guy Ritchie.
Leigh Kilton-Smith Acting Coach
MAY 25, 2025 | 46 MIN
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Leigh Kilton-Smith is a creative dynamo, a sought after private acting coach and acting teacher for over 35 years and has worked on numerous award winning movies, TV shows, and plays with an endless roster of industry professionals.
Leigh is Dre's inspiring soul sister, mentor, teacher, and one of her best friends.
She took Dre to one of her very first circles 30 years ago and was the obvious choice as her first podcast guest.
In this episode Dre talks with Leigh about how her creative freedom was born out of a childhood of limitations, leading her on a wild journey from actor in Texas and New York, to successful acting coach in Los Angeles. Leigh's uncensored humor, incredible wit and deep insights carry us through an unforgettable conversation about creative freedom and how to live your life as a blank canvas.
Living Creatively on Stage and Off, with Leigh Kilton-Smith
OCTOBER 22, 2024 | 1 HR 34 MIN
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In this episode, Dre is joined by two beloved friends and returning guests: producer and screenwriter Kristin Hahn and acting coach Leigh Kilton Smith. Together, they circle around how they've navigated decades of friendship—through grief, distance, conflict, and reconciliation—and what it really takes to sustain intimacy over time. They speak to the discipline of giving one another space and grace, the courage of telling hard truths, and the sacred act of creating magic with and for one another.
Beyond friendship, this conversation dives into the realities of aging, existential malaise, and even the call to become death doulas. They share what it's like to face the shifting way the world sees women as they grow, and how talking about death can actually enrich the way we live. Kristin, Leigh, and Dre remind us that friendship is an art form, and as sacred and precious as any marriage.
Space, Grace & the Secret Sauce to Lifelong Friendship with Leigh Kilton- Smith & Kristin Hahn
OCTOBER 21, 2025 | 1 HR 53 MIN