"When you are going to any of those in great power, place before yourself that you will not find the man at home, that you will be excluded, that the door will not be opened to you, that the man will not care about you. And...
Read MoreSometimes it seems, a role is too well cast. The actor fits the character too perfectly. After doing a thorough analysis, the director has a very specific and precisely articulated idea about what he wants the character to be. So he searches for an actor...
Read MoreI entered the theatre with some trepidation. I was worried it was going to be another one of those American movies about twenty-somethings moaning about non-problems, or a second rate episode of Friends shot in black and white. I hadn’t liked The Squid And The...
Read MoreYesterday's post was about setting goals high enough so that accomplishing them creates stress, and coming through this stress then helps us to grow. However, we don't need to dive into the stress from the word go. Oftentimes we need to gently ease ourselves into...
Read MoreThe higher you set the bar, the more difficult you set the objective, the more you are activated and so the more you will accomplish. It's up to you to decide how high the bar will be set and how you prepare yourself for overcoming it....
Read MoreActing is a never ending process, it isn't a job, it's a way of life, every moment of our lives is about growing as an artist, it's not about working to a clock. That's why sometimes when we engage in a project that takes us away...
Read MoreActors are dreamers and as such we have a propensity for flights of fancy. We want to believe, make believe that is. This imaginative energy is the motor for our work, it's important to us. The downside to this however, is the tendency to not face...
Read MoreCriticism of acting is a major problem. In my experience, critics have absolutely no clue about the aesthetics of acting. They have no proper way of assessing an actor's performance. Consequently, they latch on to anything the actor did in preparation or anything obvious in...
Read MoreGet away from people who are not supporting you, get away from people who are not having a positive impact on what you're trying to do. This advice may seem harsh because they may have some good qualities, but if you're trying to accomplish something...
Read MoreWhether your career will be brilliant or not is not under your control. Whether you will be rich and famous isn't either. But being dedicated to craft is. If you come to acting just to take, this dedication will seem incomprehensible to you. You will...
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