"If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about the solution." - Albert Einstein The point is that we cannot determine a solution until we have correctly defined the problem. And that is why...
Read More... This will enable you to organise your mind and your energy, and focus entirely on the task ahead, ensuring that everything you do works for your performance. This is all part of having a controllable technique that stands up under pressure and enables you to...
Read MoreFor those who are worried that producing work would cost them their relentless focus on acting, that they would be spreading themselves too thin - here's some words of wisdom from one of the greatest actor-producers of them all, John Cassavetes. For those who don't...
Read More"In front of camera, I feel solid, satisfied. Away from it I am empty, confused." - Marcello Mastroianni It's an interesting statement from Mastroianni. Many actors feel this way though, they are more at ease when performing than when not. It's curious because most people are...
Read More... "Your chances of making a living or making a better living are increased by writing something that you would want to write badly enough that you would actually go out and raise the money to direct it. You’re much better to do that because...
Read Morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXyuNBoNGBs&list=UUIY6Uk_5rRlISfH8Hyky3_w Jeremy Isaacs’ 1998 “Face To Face” interview with Mamet, where he discusses acting, playwriting, theatre, plus his life and career. It’s 37 minutes long but well worth the time. I’ve pasted some nuggets from it below...
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Mastroianni plays Dr. Bonaccorsi, a psychiatrist whose life is spent working with patients at a hospital in Tuscany - his dream is to eradicate mental illness entirely. He is also a prolific ladies man, and is engaged in affairs with at least three of the...
Read MoreThink for yourself, have the strength to draw your own conclusions, maintain your independence in a world which increasingly tries to tame us. Stand your ground, never compromise, act with integrity. “The audience will teach you how to act and the audience will teach you how...
Read More"That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned" - Seneca Remember that at the point of commitment, at the threshold of change, when you are close to accomplishing something meaningful and important to you, the mind will suddenly focus on the negative and will...
Read MoreFollowing on from yesterday's post about standing for something… It's true that you cannot control what people think of your work. It can't appeal to everyone, and in fact, most people are probably not going to be interested in what you do. But standing for something...
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