Why I like jorge huerta
i didn’t know him very well really. i was just another beginning acting student in a class he was teaching at UCSD at the time. the other beginning acting class i took before his was also excellent. both classes were inspiring. actually all the acting courses i’ve taken were thrilling, exciting opportunities to delve and experience. Jorge was amazing because, no doubt, not only of his own abilities and strengths as a human being and an actor but because his standards were/are exceptionally high. and yet you never felt, or at least i never felt he did anything that was not because he didn’t LOVE and respect theater, performance, acting and its players. in class he chewed me out for not knowing a rather hefty portion of my lines (because i’d grown lazy) and he called me on it. everyone else in the class (bless their little hearts) wanted to hug me (because i was an emotional wreck by the time he got to me) and make excuses. Jorge basically said, “No, don’t pity her. She was wrong and she knows it.” It was the best thing i could’ve heard then and there. Because if you’re going to do something, do it well, you know? yes. and he was/is, to me, a truly amazing teacher, one that i will never forget. i wish i had known him better or formed a more lasting student/mentor relationship because he put virchis to absolute shame (no-offense to one of my first theater instructors). i treasure the experience i had in that class lo these many years. thanks, Jorge! you truly made a lasting and significant impression.
