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The Great Acting Blog: “Dare To Keep On Dreaming”

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Many are chastened by the disappointments of the actor's life, so much so in fact, that in order to protect themselves from the pain, they no longer dare to dream. Know that safety today, will result in mediocrity tommorow. Subscribe to The Great Acting Blog...

The Great Acting Blog: “Stop Judging Experience And Expand Your Mind”

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As the Stoics said, nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so - in other words, we decide whether what happens to us, or whether what might happen to us, is good or bad. This need to judge, this need to affix a label...

Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog: “Q & A With Sanna Peden On Aki Kaurismaki”

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Sanna Peden is currently Assistant Professor of European Studies at the University of Western Australia. Her key research interests are cinema, memory, nostalgia and place within the broad context of contemporary European identities. She has written extensively on the work of Aki Kaurismaki. Her essays: “Aki Kaurismäki”,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors Can Show The Magic Of Life”

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Never forget why you became an actor. That sense of play, the joy of creation, that longing to give expression to the art you felt within yourself. Never let the stresses and strains of the life grind you down so that you fall into a casual...

The Great Acting Blog: “Acting Is All They Want To Do”

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Many start out on the path of the actor, but find out, along the way that it was not what they wanted after all. There comes a point where they no longer want the stresses which accompany the life, and do something else less challenging. Those...

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Think. Do.”

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Don't think. Do. Our minds become flooded with images and voices and excuses and complications, all of which serve as a barrier to accomplishing all that we need to. This mental clutter can be dismissed in a moment though, if we so choose. Know that this clutter...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Actor’s Life Will Reveal What You Truly Value”

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Acting always reveals the truth of who you are. And I'm not just talking about the performances, but the life itself. It's just too demanding, the challenges are unrelenting, eventually there can be no place to hide. Whatever you really want, whether that's fame, or...

The Great Acting Blog: “Focus On Action Not Emotion”

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Focussing on emotions in the scene really only succeeds in making us feel self-conscious. If the desired emotion is not present, then we engage in neurotic efforts to "produce" it. And when the magic emotion does appear, we remain self-conscious while we try to maintain...

The Great Acting Blog: “Acting Is Like Extreme Sports”

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Extreme sports. People brake their bones, but, as soon as they've healed, they're back doing them. Acting is like that, but it's emotions which are at stake rather than bones. The point is to experience the intensity. That is the trade-off of the downsides. Subscribe to The Great...

The Great Acting Blog: “Why Passion Helps Us”

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The war against our inner fears must be waged on a daily basis, it never goes away, and passion is essential to this undertaking. Passion awakens our boldness and our drive, it helps us to operate from a position of love and generosity, and so...

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