"Remember that it is not he who reviles 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 you. Therefore, try not...
Those in the cast who play politics and try to drag the people around them down in order to puff themselves up, are despicable, but unfortunately they are real. They can be handled however, if prepared. The trick is not to let these situations divert...
Few professions take their toll on the self-esteem in the way that acting does. Afterall, everytime an actor is rejected (i.e. - not getting the role, signing with the agent, or meeting a casting director etc) it is their face, their body, their personality that...
Perhaps a project you tried to get off the ground fell apart, or you're not yet capable of delivering the kind of work you would like to. Perhaps it all seems so far away that it overwhelms you.
If you attempt something and it breaks, it's...
We return once more to our friend, Epictetus:
"When you are going to take in hand any act, remind yourself what kind of an act it is. If you are going to bathe, place before yourself what happens in the bath: some splashing the water, others...
Staying fixed on our big goals, on our dreams (to make a movie, or sign with that top agent, or to play King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company) relieves pressure.
Perhaps the reality is that we will not be able to accomplish them for many...
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I clicked on the link for "The Many Deaths of John Hurt", expecting a fun couple of minutes watching Hurt expire in a number of his films, but ended up being struck by the resonance of a great actor's life. The clips seem capture the...
In order to progress in our work we must be able to learn from experience, that is; we do something, then we look at what we've done, keep what we like, get rid of what we don't like, and make the necessary changes for next...
I've known actors over the years who convinced themselves that they were going to be big stars. In order to maintain this self-delusion, they would strut around the place as though they were special, treating their colleagues like second class citizens. They saw the production...
