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The Great Acting Blog: “Discover Extraordinary Riches For Your Work”

14.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Much of the actor's career is out of his control, but plenty of it is within his control too. It's within his control to practice a concrete technique of acting so intensely that it becomes internalised, so that it can be called upon at...

The Great Acting Blog: “Struggling Does Not Mean You Are Useless”

13.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Struggling in your career does not mean you are useless. No, it means that you're trying to attain a goal which is genuinely challenging to you. It takes you out of your comfort zone and reveals your weaknesses. If you're struggling, don't lose your confidence...

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Quit In Order To Conform”

12.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Perhaps you're not making any money, or you're not achieving all that you want to, or you don't yet fully understand what it is you're trying to do. It doesn't matter, keep going, don't quit. The artist's life is a precarious one. It's natural for...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Desire To Master Acting Comes From Within”

11.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The desire to master acting, stems from a passion for it, an obsessiveness, from a longing to give your all, to be truly dedicated, to go further and give something extra. This however, will not be shared by many of those who you meet...

The Great Acting Blog: “Choose To Love Your Work”

10.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The purpose of continual improvement, of getting better, is to enable us to accomplish ever greater goals. Getting better at what we do means removing the obstacles to our advancement. But it's also true that the process of improving is pleasurable within itself. Seeing and feeling...

The Great Acting Blog: “Slaves And Fools”

09.05.2014 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

It used to be the case that if an actor was rejected by the status quo, there wasn't much they could do about it. Either they kept on trying to appeal to a system which didn't really need them or they could find something else...

An Actor’s Story About Fear | The Great Acting Blog

08.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

I once knew an actor who was very inspiring. He was the first actor I ever met who seemed properly dedicated. He was intensely focussed on his work, read avidly, and he was exciting to be around because you wanted to see what he was...

The Great Acting Blog: “There’s Always Next Year”

07.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Ronnie O'Sullivan is, by common consent, the greatest snooker player ever to have played the game. He has a natural gift, he practices far less than other players, and plays the game faster than anyone ever has. He is a genius. Now, I appreciate...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Ambitious Actor”

06.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog, Uncategorized , 0 Comments

Many lack basic professional disciplines even though they are so important. Time-keeping, learning lines, being focussed, energised and prepared creates trust among those we work with. It's a question of treating our work and our colleagues with respect, and this in turn has a reassuring...

The Great Acting Blog: “Create And Distribute Your Own Work”

05.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Those that bury their head in the sand, those that refuse to look at the world around them as it really is, those who want to still believe in the old mythologies, those who refuse to accept that the world is changing (for example...