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...
Read MoreActors 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...
Read MoreWe'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...
Read Morehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6mamLdYraU Geraldine Chaplin plays Emily, who is released from prison after 12 years, and starts a new life working the check-out at a supermarket. Soon however, she begins to stalk a construction worker (Anthony Perkins), and we gradually learn that she was married to him before she...
Read MoreFailure to back yourself will badly limit what you can accomplish, it'll badly limit your ambition. I'm not just talking about career ambition, or the desire to be rich, I'm also talking about ambition in terms of the choices we make within our work. It's...
Read MoreWhenever we make a big decision in life, it is always a gamble because we are not in full possession of the facts when we make that decision. It doesn't matter how much planning and researching we do, or how much experience we have, we...
Read MoreThere Is No Escape From The Terrors Of The Mind, which I appear in, is now complete. Shot in Ireland, Iran, Oman and UK, this two hour hypnotic experimental feature film was kindly funded by The Arts Council of Ireland, generously supported by The Guest House and Cork Film Centre and produced...
Read MoreI went to pay for my groceries at the store, and as the salesperson was bleeping my stuff through, she asked me if I wanted two bags or one. I was nonplussed. I didn't think the number of bags was determined by my preference, but...
Read Morehttps://vimeo.com/37311936 View the official trailer for "HE". HE will screen at the Laura Mars Gallery in Berlin, on the 19th May. Details can be found here Synopsis: HE, the latest work in the ongoing collaboration between Rouzbeh Rashidi and actor James Devereaux, is a troubling and mysterious portrait...
Read MoreWhen the accomplishment of an important objective is in sight, we become energised, positive, we gladly exercise self-control, and the thought of a successful completion of the objective creates a sense of happiness and ambition, we feel capable.In this situation it's likely that we chose to strive...
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