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The Great Acting Blog: “Take Action And See Your World Expand”

22.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Somebody once said that we should continually climb new peaks, increasing in height each time, because then our view of the world will stretch farther and farther. We need to take action in order to see new possibilities and open up new opportunities. If we shy...

The Great Acting Blog: “Bringing Your Film To The World Just Got Easier”

21.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

As I've said before, it's never been easier to for us actors to control our own work, it's never been easier for us to decide when we work and what sort of work we do. After all, it's now possible to make a world class...

The Great Acting Blog: “Minimum Effective Dose – Emil Jannings In The Blue Angel”

20.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Jannings plays Immanuel Rath, a strict, austere professor at the local prep school. Some of his pupils have been frequenting a sleazy cabaret, so he goes along hoping to catch them out. While there, he meets Lola (played by Marlene Dietrich), the headline act. Jannings...

The Great Acting Blog: “Let Your Work Speak For You”

18.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Beware the flamboyant chest beater, all cocky bravado and big mouth. These people behave this way simply to masque their fears, to conceal the fact that they don't know what they're doing. They fake confidence by displaying bullishness but the fact is they are insecure...

The Great Acting Blog: “Responding To Adversity”

17.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

"Remember that it is not he who reviles you or strikes you, who insults you, but it is your opinion about these things as being insulting. When then a man irritates you, you must know that it is your own opinion which has irritated...

The Great Acting Blog: “Ignore Petty Distractions – Stay Focussed On Big Goals”

16.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Never allow yourself to become distracted by petty concerns, concerns that have little or nothing to do with your big goals. Allowing silly minutae to become the object of your attention will only serve to wear you down, depleting your mind, energy and will, making your...

Why Acting Is Important | The Great Acting Blog

15.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Think about those actors who inspired you to go into the profession in the first place. Think of the joy they bring, think about how they fascinate, how they excite you, think about the awe they can arouse. Think about how they show us...

Matti Pellonpää – The Deliciously Subtle Ironist | The Great Acting Blog

13.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 18 Comments

[caption id="attachment_175658031" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Matti Pellonpää with Kati Outinen in Aki Kaurismaki's Take Care Of Your Scarf Tatiana.[/caption] Matti Pellonpää is most closely associated with the filmmaking brothers Kaurismaki, Aki and Mika, acting in eighteen of their pictures. Some even said he was Aki's on-screen alter-ego....

The Great Acting Blog: “Honesty Creates Progress”

13.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

Without honest examination and reflection on ourselves and on our work, there can be no change, no growth, no improvement, no progression. Why? Because without that honesty we can never know what needs to be worked on, what needs to be discarded and what needs...

The Great Acting Blog: “A Celebration Of The Imagination”

12.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The following are basically diverse statements, which suggest that, yes, the imagination is the source of our creativity, of creating something entirely new, but that it also affects how we perceive what is already in existence: those who work on their imaginations may perceive more...

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