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The Great Acting Blog: “How Much Creative Freedom Should Actors Have?”

07.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 18 Comments

Actors cannot go through their career hoping to encounter the perfect director who will provide them with the perfect working conditions they desire. In fact, part of the art of the actor is coping with the demands thrown at him by a myriad of different...

The Great Acting Blog: “Our Remarkable Story”

06.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

The actor's life rarely unfolds in the way we thought it would. We set out with all kinds of ideas in our heads and then we're rudely interrupted by that thing they call reality. It takes a while to make the essential correction, to hold...

The Great Acting Blog: “Unlocking Your Creativity”

05.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Concrete acting technique not only breeds confidence, it is also the catalyst for the actor's creativity. The script is not the catalyst, nor is the director, it is technique. Technique helps the actor to take his attention off himself and focus it on something more compelling....

The Great Acting Blog: “Self-Control Breeds Confidence”

04.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Self-control breeds confidence because it makes us feel capable - if we don't feel in control of ourselves then we don't feel capable of accomplishing our goals. Why? Because when we have self-control we can direct ourselves toward doing the most important tasks and get...

The Great Acting Blog: “Why Charles Laughton Is An Example To All Of Us”

03.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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The Great Acting Blog: “What If?”

02.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

What if you produced one film [or play] per year, that would be enough to sustain you financially? You could write exactly the kind of script you wanted to do, providing yourself with exactly the kind of part you love doing. Your life would be dedicated full-time...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Effective Actor”

01.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The effective actor is focussed on getting the results he wants. The effective actor has stated his goals clearly and simply to himself and has identified the essential tasks which, if done correctly, will help him to accomplish those goals. The effective actor doesn't mistake efficiency...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Ineffective Actress”

31.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Some years ago I was sat on the sidelines during a rehearsal and the actress next to me was pre-occupied by two notebooks. The first contained pages and pages of peoples' names and telephone numbers and the second was blank. She was casually hand writing...

The Great Acting Blog: “A Lesson From Our Creative Work”

30.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Whenever we have a problem focusing on a task, we might, in order to get ourselves back on track, want to reflect on our creative work where there is usually no such problem. When we work on a script, we pick an objective which is exciting...

The Great Acting Blog: “Act On Your Perceptions”

28.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

We learn about the way of the world from each other. We learn from each other hows things are done, or more specifically, we learn how things should be done. This is especially true in acting. But what if it doesn't work for us? What if we...

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