Some days you break your heart working as hard as you can but seem to accomplish nothing. Other days, you put your feet up and all you do is drink coffee but something wonderful falls into your lap. What does this mean? Is it luck? No, the...
Read MoreThe strange thing about driving instructors is that the object of their work is to effectively make themselves redundant. They teach us the driving skills necessary for us to pass our test, and if we do pass, then we will no longer require their services,...
Read MoreWe become actors partly because of the mythology of our favourite actors, it inspired us, it intoxicated us. The stories told about them, their rise, their epic deeds, their important work, it awakened our belief. We wanted to emulate them, to be like them ...
Read MoreIt's a very strange experience when you haven't seen an actor's work for a number years, and then suddenly you do, and it's obvious how much they've declined. Their old intensity and drive is replaced by a weariness, they are clearly not as focussed as...
Read MoreGive the craft of acting the respect it deserves. Don't just be another taker who shows up because they can walk and talk charmingly, and hope to get lucky. Master a practical technique of acting which will hold up under pressure. Perfect your voice and diction. Don't...
Read MoreKnow this: Your acting career will not unfold how you thought it would. It will not fit the image you had in your mind. It will not move along as quickly as you would like. Your impact will not be as potent as you would have hoped. The world will...
Read MoreChuck Bowen, in a recent piece in Keyframe Daily, said that Leonardo Di Caprio, despite his strivings in recent years, was someone "auditioning for the role of Great Actor", he was "not quite" there. Although I haven't seen The Wolf Of Wall Street yet, I...
Read MoreMeasuring out progress as a number is not an unreasonable thing to do. We take pride in adding another line to the CV at the end of a job, and clocking up the auditions makes us feel as though we are progressing towards our goal....
Read MoreHere are some more words forwarded to me by readers. Can't say I agree with all of them but hopefully they can help to shape our thinking. effective realistic artistic playful convincing emotive passionate risky scary universal unique ethereal transformative evocative empathetic electric eclectic inclusive ...
Read MoreEmail and the proliferation of social media has meant that we now have easier access to each other than ever before. The downside to this however, is that we can feel bombarded with requests for help from people we don't know. It's easy to be...
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