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The Great Acting Blog: “Jack Nicholson’s Retirement”

05.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"When I watch my own work, I'm always watching him, I'm never watching me. That separation is a part of the trade as well". - Jack Nicholson When Jack Nicholson announced he was retiring from acting, I was completely bowled over. The strength of my response...

The Great Acting Blog : “The True Actor”

04.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"there is a difference between mere brightness and real light; the latter has a definite source within itself, the other borrows it's radiance; the one is called forth by an illumination coming from the outside, and anyone who stands between the source and the object...

The Great Acting Blog: “Tell Your Story Today”

03.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Education is the best way to improve the actor's lot. Explaining what great acting is, pointing it out when we see it, explaining why a performance was great, this is educating. Mainstream media concentrates on the lifestyles of movie stars and consequently the public (and...

The Impact Of Grace Kelly | The Great Acting Blog

02.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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: - "...

The Great Acting Blog: “How Vision Creates A Sustainable Career Path”

01.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Overcoming The Dips – Fulfilment Through Art”

31.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “How Can Great Acting Win?”

30.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “Define Your Goals Precisely”

29.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “Paranoid Actors Should Quit”

28.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “Security Breeds Selflessness?”

27.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"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...

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