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The Great Acting Blog: “Honesty Creates Confidence”

02.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Remember that bold creative choices can easily turn into reckless creative choices and loss of control. When this happens we are liable to become unhinged when we're later faced with a less than enthusiastic audience. Why? Because our recklessness is a symptom of our disingenuousness...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actions Banish Boredom”

01.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

I recently attended a seminar where the speaker delivered his speech in a reasonable fashion - he spoke clearly, with a decent amount of force and seemed to know what he was doing. The only trouble was, he was, well ...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Perfect Storm Of Meaninglessness”

31.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

There can be myriad responses to our work, good and bad and indifferent. We cannot then, be swayed by each one we encounter, we cannot strive to meet each response. If we did, we would betray our work during the ensuing flux, we would forget...

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Try And Change Them, Work With Them”

30.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

It's almost impossible to change who people are. To try is to make our lives joyless and waste enormous amounts of energy, losing focus on our important goals in the process. As the saying goes, it's better to see people for who they really are...

The Great Acting Blog: “Our Secret Self”

29.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” - Jean-Luc Godard If, in your work, you're trying to move people, if you're trying to end their isolation by creating connection with them, trying to unite audience member with audience member by revealing...

The Great Acting Blog: “Dreaming Of A Rigorous Creative Task”

28.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Harold Pinter's The Homecoming is one of my favourite plays and I have longed to play the part of Lenny and have a crack at his magnificent speeches. Last night however, I had a dream in which I was to stage the play. But I...

The Great Acting Blog: “There Are Too Many Mediocre Actors”

27.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

It's curious that so many actors seem to settle for mediocrity, and show no desire to strive for anything more. Few seem to work at their craft or demonstrate dedication. What can be the reasons for this? Perhaps they are simply not ambitious. Perhaps they only intend...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Talent For Being Happy”

26.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Sometimes, something reminds us about the alternative paths we could have taken in our lives. A flash of resentment blinds us for a moment, because the grass is always greener. However, we regain our clarity just as quickly as we lose it. It's worth reminding ourselves...

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Bail On The Scene – The True Art Of The Actor”

25.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"Oh I'm sorry my lines went" - and so the scene ends and we have to try it again. The truth is though, your lines didn't go, the truth is you got scared. Something in the scene created a movement within you, a movement that wasn't...

Ignore Those Who Don’t Respect Your Effort | The Great Acting Blog

24.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

If the director (or agent etc) doesn't respect acting or actors (and there are plenty who don't), it doesn't matter how good or how dedicated you are, they will never care about what you have to offer. Seek out then, those who do want to benefit...