Mastroianni plays Dr. Bonaccorsi, a psychiatrist whose life is spent working with patients at a hospital in Tuscany - his dream is to eradicate mental illness entirely. He is also a prolific ladies man, and is engaged in affairs with at least three of the...
Read MoreThink for yourself, have the strength to draw your own conclusions, maintain your independence in a world which increasingly tries to tame us. Stand your ground, never compromise, act with integrity. “The audience will teach you how to act and the audience will teach you how...
Read More"That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned" - Seneca Remember that at the point of commitment, at the threshold of change, when you are close to accomplishing something meaningful and important to you, the mind will suddenly focus on the negative and will...
Read MoreFollowing on from yesterday's post about standing for something… It's true that you cannot control what people think of your work. It can't appeal to everyone, and in fact, most people are probably not going to be interested in what you do. But standing for something...
Read MoreWhat do you stand for? Or what do you want to stand for? And how do you come to stand for it? When people look at you or your work, what does it mean to them? What do they associate with it? When I look at...
Read Morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vNKU8Jf3eEA I backed Hal Hartley's new film, Ned Rifle, on Kickstarter. Glad I did because the first trailer looks really wonderful. I wrote about Hal Hartley, here....
Read MoreSomebody once said that we should continually climb new peaks, increasing in height each time, because then our view of the world will stretch farther and farther. We need to take action in order to see new possibilities and open up new opportunities. If we shy...
Read MoreAs I've said before, it's never been easier to for us actors to control our own work, it's never been easier for us to decide when we work and what sort of work we do. After all, it's now possible to make a world class...
Read MoreJannings plays Immanuel Rath, a strict, austere professor at the local prep school. Some of his pupils have been frequenting a sleazy cabaret, so he goes along hoping to catch them out. While there, he meets Lola (played by Marlene Dietrich), the headline act. Jannings...
Read MoreIn the spirit of creating your own mentor, the following are comments and insights by notable directors have been put together to inspire and open the mind, as it is a curse to become locked into the same routine way of thinking, leading to the...
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