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The Great Acting Blog: “We Can See You”

12.06.2013 , Uncategorized , 5 Comments

You work will only be what you are. What you are everyday is what you will be on stage or infront of camera. Actors don't magically transform into somebody else when performing, and those who tell you that they do are taking liberties. We cannot hide...

The Great Acting Blog: “Blue Hair Actors And The Man With The Bloody Arm”

11.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 6 Comments

I was sitting on a step eating my sandwich, when a man approached me. He was clearly in distress, clutching his arm which had blood pouring from a gash. He asked me if I could spare any money to help him get a taxi to...

The Great Acting Blog: “Become The Expert”

10.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 7 Comments

Too many actors complain about their life, they complain that they aren't being treated fairly, that they aren't getting enough work, that they aren't getting enough opportunities to get work, that the work they do get doesn't interest them (the script's garbage, the director's an...

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Be A Me-Me-Me Artist”

09.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 3 Comments

The British Film institute are currently screening a series of rarely seen films from from the heyday of the Japanese Nikkatsu Studio. I had the good fortune to catch Koreyoshi Kurahara's The Woman From The Sea, about a young man in a fishing village, who meets...

The Great Acting Blog: “What Can You Do?”

08.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 39 Comments

We're living in an extraordinary time. Technology and the internet have developed in such a way that people can achieve remarkable things without a budget, and without permission. What does this mean? Writers can publish an e-book, filmmakers can make and distribute their film, entrepreneurs can start...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Actor Is An Individual Creative Artist, Not An Employee”

07.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 3 Comments

I've updated The Great Acting Blog's About page...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Story Of The Tragic Actor”

06.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

I once got talking an actor who told me that he had landed the part of Mercutio in a touring production of Romeo and Juliet. I congratulated him, but he didn't seem excited about playing the part at all, he only groaned; "but I've got...

The Great Acting Blog: “What Are You Trying To Achieve?”

05.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 3 Comments

Somebody said we should measure improvement by the increase in volume of work we put out - ergo, if our volume is getting less and less then we are declining. Others have said that they don't measure improvement at all, that for them, acting isn't...

The Great Acting Blog: “What’s Great About Your Work?”

04.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Actors are a peaceful oasis in the screaming cacophony that is the modern world. We are living in a world where we're constantly being harassed into bending to the will of others, where others want to control what we do - multinational superstores expect us to...

The Great Acting Blog: “How Do You Measure Improvement?”

03.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

We've all had a colleague who made a major breakthrough early in their career, but then they failed to kick on, instead they dropped away, like a star which shines brightest just before it disappears. We've also known vast numbers of colleagues who have quit...