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The Great Acting Blog: “Who I Want To Make Work For”

20.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

A strange dream recently, made me realise something. In the dream, a friend of mine was sat in an old, dilapidated lorry. The wheels were shredded, it was falling apart. My friend was in the cab with a big smile on his face - he was...

The Great Acting Blog: “What The Audience Wants”

19.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The audience comes to the play or the film because of what's in it for them. They might want entertainment, distraction, self-knowledge, cultural validation, connection, delight, relief, communion, or to fix something. Whatever the reason, they come to please themselves, not to admire the artist...

The Great Acting Blog: “How Can You Trust Someone Who Agrees With You All The Time?”

18.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

How can you trust somebody who agrees with you all the time? Isn't their ultra-agreeable nature just an over-compensation to masque the fact that they are disagreeable? Or perhaps they are trying to exhort you in some way, like the flattering salesman? Surely agreeing with...

The Great Acting Blog: “Do Something Scary”

17.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

If your emotional energy is low, if you're struggling for focus and motivation and creativity, pick a new goal which gets your blood up, something which spooks you. It might just get you moving again. Subscribe...

Inspiration Vs Influences

16.06.2014 , Noirish Project, The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

When asked about what influenced Noir-ish Project, I find it almost impossible to say. Influences are nebulous. They can come from all sorts of places, we may not even be aware of what they are until after we have made our creative decisions. Often, we...

The Great Acting Blog: “Have The Strength To Go Your Own Way”

15.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Having an unconventional nature means you might not be suited to the conventional path, the path that everyone else takes. Find the one that suits your nature, and if you can't find it, create it. Different actors want different things. There is no one thing you're supposed...

The Great Acting Blog: “Your True Intention”

14.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 35 Comments

You cannot hide your true intention. Doesn't matter how you cloak it, it cannot be hidden - not from those people in your life, not from those you work with and mostly certainly not from the audience. Best to keep your intentions pure then. How to do...

The Great Acting Blog: “Avoid Career Sabotage”

13.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

When we are poised to better ourselves, the voices in our head try to sabotage us, suggesting all possible, safer alternatives, or they tell us we're no good, we're fooling ourselves, we should quit and do something mundane and meaningless. The voices are at their...

The Great Acting Blog: “Be A Serious Actor”

12.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 27 Comments

"No matter how good a phrase or a simile he may have if he puts it in where it is not absolutely necessary and irreplaceable he is spoiling his work for egotism" - Ernest Hemingway Hemingway on writing there. But the words could just as easily...

The Great Acting Blog: “Problem Directors”

11.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

What happens when you have a problem with the director? He over-directs you , not giving you a chance to develop anything. He leaps on to anything you try and bombards you with notes. He blocks your creativity, putting you in misery, you dread even...