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The Great Acting Blog: “Keep Fighting”

25.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

In David Mamet's 2009 film, Redbelt, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a jiu-jitsu instructor who runs a self-defence school and lives by a samurai's code. He refuses to participate in prize fights, until he is forced into a big, gaudy tournament for television, in order to pay...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors Need A Good Name”

24.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

"Build a good name — because a name is not to get famous. He wasn’t talking about celebrity — he was talking about let your name radiate your self, magnify who you are, your good deeds, your code of honor. Build your name and as you go...

The Great Acting Blog: “Be Someone Exciting To Work With”

23.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 12 Comments

Become someone exciting to work with. Ensure that what you offer, what you can bring, your accomplishments, what you represent, your skills, are exciting to those you want to work with. This means knowing the kind of work you want to do and the kind of...

The Great Acting Blog: “Knowing What You’re Doing Means True Creativity”

22.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Fear of having your work examined, not being able to cope with questions, panicking when given a note are all signs of personal worthlessness. It is brought about when the actor* doesn't know what he is doing, and is terrified of being found out. The remedy...

The Great Acting Blog: “Define Your Fears”

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Sometimes we turn away from a project because we think we lack the tools to make it happen, or we think that if it failed it would take us down permanently. We don't feel ready. Occasionally, we go away and get the skills and confidence and...

The Great Acting Blog: “Tilda Swinton Has Never Auditioned For A Role”

20.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Apart from for the Royal Shakespeare Company when she was first starting out, Tilda Swinton has never auditioned for a role. Never. All of those wonderful films for artists such as Derek Jarman, Bela Tarr and Jim Jarmusch, and she never auditioned. On her...

The Great Acting Blog: “If Discipline Is A Problem….”

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All endeavours contain drudgery and arduous periods. Acting itself contains aspects which are hardly thrilling, but need to be done well if the performance is to be any good - like learning lines for example. And yes, there are times when you need to take a break...

Drifting Clouds Cinema Logo Has Been Updated….

18.04.2014 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 0 Comments

Update by Rouzbeh Rashidi...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Actor’s Performance Is A Gift”

18.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

If you are the recipient of another's generosity, then you should be grateful. Too many mistake generosity for stupidity, and try to take more and more, as much as they can get in fact. In consequence, the generosity recedes as the giver senses, quite rightly,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Follow Your Heart Not What You Think People Want”

17.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"What the public criticise in you, cultivate. It is you." - Jean Cocteau The problem with striving to please others, is that it creates a tendency to erase that which makes each actor interesting, namely his individuality, or, put another way, his art. When trying to win...

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