Beware the flamboyant chest beater, all cocky bravado and big mouth. These people behave this way simply to masque their fears, to conceal the fact that they don't know what they're doing. They fake confidence by displaying bullishness but the fact is they are insecure...
Read More"Remember that it is not he who reviles you or strikes you, who insults you, but it is your opinion about these things as being insulting. When then a man irritates you, you must know that it is your own opinion which has irritated...
Read MoreNever allow yourself to become distracted by petty concerns, concerns that have little or nothing to do with your big goals. Allowing silly minutae to become the object of your attention will only serve to wear you down, depleting your mind, energy and will, making your...
Read MoreThink about those actors who inspired you to go into the profession in the first place. Think of the joy they bring, think about how they fascinate, how they excite you, think about the awe they can arouse. Think about how they show us...
Read More[caption id="attachment_175658031" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Matti Pellonpää with Kati Outinen in Aki Kaurismaki's Take Care Of Your Scarf Tatiana.[/caption] Matti Pellonpää is most closely associated with the filmmaking brothers Kaurismaki, Aki and Mika, acting in eighteen of their pictures. Some even said he was Aki's on-screen alter-ego....
Read MoreWithout honest examination and reflection on ourselves and on our work, there can be no change, no growth, no improvement, no progression. Why? Because without that honesty we can never know what needs to be worked on, what needs to be discarded and what needs...
Read MoreThe following are basically diverse statements, which suggest that, yes, the imagination is the source of our creativity, of creating something entirely new, but that it also affects how we perceive what is already in existence: those who work on their imaginations may perceive more...
Read MoreLaziness is to do with the importance of the task you are undertaking, not the volume of your activity. If you're hyper-busy doing work that doesn't matter, then that is a form of laziness. Being hard-working isn't necessarily about doing a million hours a week. It's about...
Read MoreOn stage, in front of camera, in life, allow nothing to sway you from accomplishing your goals. Ignore the various siren calls around you, ignore the distractions. Remember why you started out on this journey in the first place. Remind yourself of what you set out...
Read MoreI long to see the old fashioned kind of actor, the ones you read about from a by-gone era. They're passionate and dominant, they thrust themselves forward: this is who I am they say, and this is what I think about the whole thing, and I...
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