Sam Christensen Studios

I have attended Sam’s workshops, seminars and follow-​ups for nearly a decade. It’s always inspiring and uplifting. I’ve met a lot of amazing people through Sam’s studio. I feel like everyone is always treated with respect and given support for what we do. Of all the studios in LA it’s the one place that never fails to encourage and remind me of the value of what I do.

This man is a genius! If you deal with the public in any capacity — actor, director, lawyer, doctor, teacher — this course will be invaluable. Almost at once, you’re shown how the world REALLY sees you, and taught how to profit from this, both financially and emotionally. An incredible, vital learning experience. Highly recommended!

I took a class about four or five years ago before moving to Los Angeles. What a great investment. I cannot say enough great things about Sam Christensen Studios and Sam and Ken. Great and valuable classes offered by great people. I love this studio and it is so valuable for EVERYONE. I recommend this class to my actor friends all the time as well as my non actor friends!

I loved this class, was definitely worth the price. This is an investment that not only will benefit you immediately but also keeps getting better with time. During Sam’s process, I gained so much knowledge about myself, how I could be cast, and how to be genuinely myself and not be afraid to show it because that is what gets people cast, but it doesn’t stop there, the insight I got from the course keeps giving… I am continuously gaining a deeper understanding of how I fit into Films and TV shows just by confidently and authentically being me even after the course is over. My booking and callback ratio has increased significantly, and even auditions have increased because of my new knowledge and mindset as a result Sam’s course. Also just a wonderful inviting, friendly, understanding, and safe environment because of the excellent people who run it, Ken is wonderful, Robyn and Kate are very helpful. Thank you Sam Christensen Studios.

There are so many scams out there for actors that I was sure this would be the worst one. I mean an «image workshop.» Well, after realizing that I had to take a chance because if it was what it said it was, then it’s exactly what I needed. Turns out it was one of the best decisions of my life. Put simply, Sam was able to explain to me why stuff works in my comedy and acting, but more importantly, why there are certain patterns of behavior that I will always have in life. You have specific and general behaviors too and you can use them to your advantage when you recognize what they are. Sam will help you find them, along with a great many other things that will help you tremendously with marketing yourself. Go to the free preview and speak with anyone else who’s gone there. I was so glad I did!

If you are serious about acting or anything where you need to sell yourself as your own product this is the class for you. It is unique beyond explanation, truly something you have to experience yourself. The class leads you to truly be able to identify what «you» have to sell, and how to create signature work based on that. In the world of business and sales it is known as differentiation. You might think you know what this is intrinsically, and you might be partially correct, but you can’t know completely until you are evaluated and assessed from the outside. The approach is based on years of research, and is academic, creative, and intuitive all at once. Before you take another acting class, try this first… Robin and Ken are equally as great as Sam-​together they all make a compassionate and dedicated team!

I’m surprised there aren’t a ton of reviews here but I imagine that people end up looking at the website, and that forgoes any Unilocaling. But I’m posting because I am the type that checks Unilocal so it might be valuable to someone!
I’m not an actor (anymore, anyway). I’m on the business side of things and also write/​produce/​etc. So for those of you that are NOT actors, I can tell you it is still a very valuable course and you will gain tons of insight about yourself. Some of it I was surprised by, and some of it I already knew but was surprised that others saw.
Sam is really amazing and you will not find another class that is anything like this. If you are interested in learning about yourself and how you come off to other people (forget about the judgment part of it, of course who cares what other people think but they still think SOMETHING when you walk in the door — and isn’t that valuable to know?), take this class. I’m glad I took it with people I didn’t know at all because they came to the class with a very clean slate about me and I got very honest feedback.
I feel this is information I can use at work, in my personal life, probably even the dating table! LOL. I was feeling a bit directionless in certain aspects of my life and this is really helping me zero in on who I am. It’s a great «mirror»!
I will be finishing the course up on Monday and I am very glad to have all this valuable information. I know it will fluctuate as I grow, but having someone help me pinpoint things about myself from an outside POV was tantamount. Check out one of his explanation seminars to see what the course entails because I think you’ll have tremendous fun, meet some cool new people, and open up insights from the world on your own character. Having a blast :)

Sam’s the best at what he does. This is not your typical acting class. He helps you discover how the world sees you and what your essence is. I loved his classes and his awesome personality and staff. I highly recommend his classes.

I know that I say this about nearly every class as I take it but it really applies here [or means that I’m working my way to the creamy center of acting classes in LA] but the classes that I’ve taken with Sam, at Sam Christensen Studios, have been among the best that I’ve taken. More specifically, beginning with his Image Process class, Sam helps bring the focus on who the actor is and then, in the ongoing class for example, guides each actor to help make sure that he/​she ‘shows up’ in every scene/​performance. Lastly, Sam’s well-​established Hollywood career coupled with the fact that he knows just about everyone gives hiim a bullshit detector unlike any I’ve ever seen, thus often rendering me effectively speechless.

I can’t believe I am the first to review!
For those of you unfamilar with Sam Christensen, he offers many different classes to help actors and professionals find out how the world sees them. As many of you probably know, the way you see yourself and the way the world sees you are two very different things. This awareness is especially important for actors.
I recently completed a 4 week course for his imaging process. Sam and his teaching assistant, Robyn, were very involved and helpful with each student in the class. His office manager, Ken, was also very helpful. I know Sam Christensen has thousands of students, I have no idea how his staff treats every single one of these students like an old friend!
Sam offeres FREE preview classes regularly.
To be honest, I attended a preview class and still wasn’t sure what he did! I’ve heard so many wonderful things from professional contacts that I knew I had to take class with him.
They also offer easy payment plans.