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The Great Acting Blog: “Accept Yourself”

14.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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...

An Essential Performance – Kati Outinen In The Match Factory Girl | The Great Acting Blog

13.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 4 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “Being Bullet-Proof To Criticism”

12.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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....

The Great Acting Blog: “The Purpose Of Struggle”

11.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “Parkinson’s Law – Getting More Important Stuff Done”

10.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 37 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “Five Great Actors On Acting”

09.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Precious Few”

08.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “How Much Creative Freedom Should Actors Have?”

07.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “Our Remarkable Story”

06.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The actor's life rarely unfolds in the way we thought it would. We set out with all kinds of ideas in our heads and then we're rudely interrupted by that thing they call reality. It takes a while to make the essential correction, to hold...

The Great Acting Blog: “Unlocking Your Creativity”

05.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Concrete acting technique not only breeds confidence, it is also the catalyst for the actor's creativity. The script is not the catalyst, nor is the director, it is technique. Technique helps the actor to take his attention off himself and focus it on something more compelling....