The Impact Of Grace Kelly | The Great Acting Blog
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: - "...
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The Great Acting Blog: “How Vision Creates A Sustainable Career Path”
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,...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Overcoming The Dips – Fulfilment Through Art”
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...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “How Can Great Acting Win?”
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...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Define Your Goals Precisely”
So many actors fail because they don't define their objectives properly. A lot of actors grumble and complain because they don't feel they have any direction, they're not going anywhere. In the end, many walk away entirely because, frankly, their lack of direction leads to...
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The Great Acting Blog: “Paranoid Actors Should Quit”
A sort of companion piece to yesterday's post. Creating an environment where everyone is secure in their position is only one side of the coin. The flip side is that actors need to control themselves and their insecurities. We all have fears but we mustn't allow them...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Security Breeds Selflessness?”
"Security breeds selflessness". I heard this recently via the sporting world and wondered how this might apply to the acting world, which is of course famous for it's insecurities. Security derives from trust, trusting and being trusted by those around you. Selflessness is generosity. When an...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Keep The Fire Burning”
What do you want to be known for? What kind of actor do you want to be known as? You can’t chase everything. Film, television, theatre, radio, (web?) whichever one you focus your time, energy and resources on, means less for the others. If you...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Contacting Powerful People”
"When you are going to any of those in great power, place before yourself that you will not find the man at home, that you will be excluded, that the door will not be opened to you, that the man will not care about you. And...
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