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Andre Tenerelli is working diligently to establish himself as an up and coming actor. In life, he draws great inspiration from his idol--Walter Payton--who mastered his profession, and did it with a level of humility and righteousness that is rare among those who achieve great fame and success, in any area of life.

 

Deeply moved by the works of Jack Lemmon, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel-Day Lewis, Ed Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Ralph Fiennes and a young Al Pacino, Andre hopes to live up to Konstantin Stanislavski's expectations of the ideal actor as one who on the screen and stage has perfected the ability to "create the life of a human soul." Andre wants to move people, with his works--bottom line.

Having come to terms with the fact that he will never get to study with the masters of the old generation--Adler, Stanislavski, Meisner or Hagen, he hopes to seek out and study with the premier acting coaches of this era. After years of acting in the theater as a child, Andre has only recently gotten back to his roots in the dramatic arts with a great passion for the power of Film. He believes to be pursuing his destiny as an actor, after having an epiphany in November 2008, while witnessing the success of a short film he was a part of, at the 2008 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Grateful to have his wonderful fiancé by his side, Andre is proud to be getting into the industry at 29 years of age. He hopes that his open mind and years of life experience will help him become an actor not to be forgotten.

Andre hopes to have the incredible opportunity to work with Michael Mann, to whom he credits his awe for the emotional power of film and for the desire to put in the work necessary to create vivid lasting cinematic memories.

In life, Andre is driven by the following words of Bruce Lee--"Absorb what is useful, discard what is not and add what is uniquely your own."

Andre hopes, one day, to have the incredible opportunity to work with Michael Mann, to whom he credits his awe for the emotional power of film and for the desire to put in the work necessary to create vivid lasting cinematic memories.