The Great Acting Blog: As we close out the year…
....some of us may reflect and wonder why we didn't accomplish more. Each of us will have our own answer to this question. But next year I'm going to do more. ...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Destroy Career Ambivalence”
The danger for many actors is career ambivalence. This is a situation whereby they beaver away trying to get acting work but none is forthcoming. They end up with the bone-crushing  insanity which comes from being dedicated to craft but without having the opportunity to...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Truly Great Acting”
In yesterday's post I was not defending the use of phones during a performance as some of the messages I received seemed to think. My point was that it's impact is exaggerated and the irascible way that theatres deal with the issue is a symptom...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Theatre Is A Secret Garden No More”
I was at the theatre recently and just before the play was about to start a recorded voice came over the tannoy reminding us to turn our mobile phones off. Now, there's nothing wrong with that in and of itself, but this voice possessed a...
Read MoreRalph Fiennes’ Acting Advice | The Great Acting Blog
Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'KvKw3RRBTlVyM9BI91A1iQ',sig:'OOv_XC5NrAnOO4t33ROB4JbiRZMQULN7UgWzWCcSXIA=',w:'395px',h:'594px',items:'544381638',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })}); Ralph Fiennes is one of the few true artists still working in our commercial cinema. He happens to be a great actor too, with the word "great" being a noun rather than an adjective. I stumbled upon an...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Anyone Can Have A Good Year”
Anyone can have a good year. Anyone can have a good couple of years. Question is: can you keep improving year after year after year? Subscribe to The Great Acting Blog ...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Advancing The Needs Of Artist And Audience”
I often say that we need to promote the things we love in order to create the culture we want to be a part of - this means promoting the actors, films, plays etcetera that we want to see more of. Sometimes though, somebody promotes our...
Read MoreNoirish Project Blog: “Rouzbeh Rashidi Responds To Noirish Project”
Rouzbeh Rashidi is a filmmaker and founder of Experimental Film Society. He recently completed the Arts Council backed feature film, There Is No Escape From The Terrors Of The Mind. Noirish Project, the debut feature film by James Devereaux is a heist movie at first glance...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Crushing Disappointment”
Completion is difficult because completion can cause disappointment. We can sabotage an important project at the crucial moment in order to avoid the disappointment of the finished result being less than we hoped it would be. The moment of truth is never arrived at. It's impossible...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Very Peculiar Haters”
I generally think haters should be ignored. They're usually anonymous or people we don't know, and they usually fling their poison when hidden behind a computer monitor and/or when safely ensconced in another country on the other side of the world. However, there is another kind...
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