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The Great Acting Blog: “The Movie That Never Was”

07.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

I once knew an actor who, every time I ran into him, kept telling me that he was going to make a feature film and that there was a part in it for me. The first time he told me this, I thought "oh wow"...

Why I’m Screening Down By Law To Mark The Completion Of Noirish Project

06.09.2013 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

I discovered Down By Law while I was teenager living in a bleak and obscure South Wales coastal town during the mid-1990s. Flipping channels on the TV one night at about 2am, I stumbled upon Ellen Barkin and Tom Waits having an almighty bust-up in...

The Great Acting Blog: “In Praise Of Pretentiousness”

06.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Pretentiousness in anyone over the age of 20 is hideous and loathsome. Pretentiousness in anyone under that age however, can be a good thing. For what is pretentiousness in a young person? Well, very often it is creative energy which has been poorly allocated. It is...

The Great Acting Blog: “Jack Nicholson’s Retirement”

05.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"When I watch my own work, I'm always watching him, I'm never watching me. That separation is a part of the trade as well". - Jack Nicholson When Jack Nicholson announced he was retiring from acting, I was completely bowled over. The strength of my response...

The Great Acting Blog : “The True Actor”

04.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"there is a difference between mere brightness and real light; the latter has a definite source within itself, the other borrows it's radiance; the one is called forth by an illumination coming from the outside, and anyone who stands between the source and the object...

The Great Acting Blog: “Tell Your Story Today”

03.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Education is the best way to improve the actor's lot. Explaining what great acting is, pointing it out when we see it, explaining why a performance was great, this is educating. Mainstream media concentrates on the lifestyles of movie stars and consequently the public (and...

The Impact Of Grace Kelly | The Great Acting Blog

02.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 38 Comments

An article appeared in The Independent recently, complaining that Grace Kelly doesn't deserve to be hailed as a great movie star because of the brevity of her career: - "...

The Great Acting Blog: “How Vision Creates A Sustainable Career Path”

01.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 21 Comments

If you don't have some sense of where you want to end up as an actor, if you don't have a vision for your work, then you are placing yourself at a huge disadvantage to those actors who do. There are innumerable opportunities in the acting world,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Overcoming The Dips – Fulfilment Through Art”

31.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 25 Comments

Too many actors are down about their careers. They're down that they're not getting the volume of work they should, that they're not getting the quality of work they should or they're not getting any work at all. As time passes and they get a...

The Great Acting Blog: “How Can Great Acting Win?”

30.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

One of the major problems is that many theatres and many filmmakers are not looking to acting in order to make their name. That is, they are not concerned with being known as having great acting in their productions. Decent, competent acting will do for...