Noirish Project – Coming Soon!
Noirish Project Coming Soon! Meanwhile, check-out a teaser...
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The Great Acting Blog: “Choose Good Habits Of Work And Thought”
Confidence, focus, technique, practical philosophy. They're all a choice. We can choose to have them, or we can choose not to have them as the case may be. Without good habits of work and without good habits of thought though, you won't get very far, the field...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Accept Yourself”
It's comforting to continually question ourselves, to focus on our self-doubt, to focus on our short comings because it can be used as an excuse for inaction. The moment of truth is continually deferred, so we can walk around deluding ourselves that that thing we're...
Read MoreAn Essential Performance – Kati Outinen In The Match Factory Girl | The Great Acting Blog
Kati Outinen is a essential actor in the films of Finnish auteur, Aki Kaurismaki, appearing in no less than ten of them. She is one of the foremost exponents of the peculiar dead pan, minimalist acting found in Kaurismaki's films, where he often prohibits the...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Being Bullet-Proof To Criticism”
If somebody says they hate a piece of work of yours, that doesn't necessarily mean they hate everything you've ever done or will do. It just means that they hated that certain piece of work. Most people would give your work another chance in future....
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “The Purpose Of Struggle”
Oedipus spends his whole time in Sophocles' play trying to figure out what caused the plague on Thebes. Eventually of course, he discovers that he himself is the cause of the plague. The purpose of struggle, is to the reveal the truth. This is true...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Parkinson’s Law – Getting More Important Stuff Done”
I am always trying to find new ways of being more effective,* and this is especially true at the moment because over the next year I will be undertaking several sizeable projects, each of which will take me way out of my comfort zone. I...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Five Great Actors On Acting”
These quotes don't offer any easy inspiration but there is a truth in them, even if that truth is sometimes opaque or requires thinking about over time. What they allow us to infer is important, for example, Delon appears to be saying something personal, and...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “The Precious Few”
There are only a finite number of people who you can collaborate with. Don't think there are innumerable collaborators for you out there. There isn't. There are only a certain number of people who: - can see all that you have to offer and place a high...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “How Much Creative Freedom Should Actors Have?”
Actors cannot go through their career hoping to encounter the perfect director who will provide them with the perfect working conditions they desire. In fact, part of the art of the actor is coping with the demands thrown at him by a myriad of different...
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