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The Great Acting Blog: “Think About The People Who Make You Strong”

22.01.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

How can we refine our thinking about our work in such a way that it inspires us to take action? Afterall, our thinking needs to be in good order because what we think eventually becomes what we do. Make a list of people who you would...

The Cinephile Actor – Tilda Swinton | The Great Acting Blog

15.01.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 42 Comments

"When asked to describe his enduring collaboration with Swinton over the years, Guadagnino pauses. “Tilda is a filmmaker, not just an actress. She has a great knowledge of the machine of the making of a movie and this is very profound, because it’s like working...

The Great Acting Blog: “Peter Brook On Acting”

12.01.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"Acting is in many ways unique in it's difficulties because the artist has to use the treacherous, changeable and mysterious material of himself as his medium" - Peter Brook, The Act Of Possession...

The Great Acting Blog: “Do Want You Want To Do”

05.01.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Are you afraid of what people will think? People will guess at what you're doing and they will guess wrongly, so you might as well do what you want anyway. Flip-side; you cannot know what other people are thinking, so don't worry about it. Do what you...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Piccoli Strategy”

17.12.2018 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"the only thing that is important is to work with directors of talent" - Michel Piccoli Michel Piccoli is one of the greatest actors of all time. His body of work is remarkable. It starts in 1949 and continues until today, and includes over 200 films. He has...

The Great Acting Blog “Michel Piccoli On His Work, Directors And How He Chooses Projects”

15.12.2018 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="805"] Michel Piccoli with Manoel de Oliveira[/caption] Originally published in The Guardian in May 2002 By Peter Lennon It is probably unwise to suggest to one of France's leading film stars that actors are little more than marionettes. But Michel Piccoli, who has 170 films...

4 Ways To Maintain Your Artistic Energy | The Great Acting Blog

12.08.2018 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Only Do That Which Inspires Commitment And Purpose In You Because this means we're doing what we really want to do, we're doing what's meaningful to us, and we feel strong. Alternatively, we function much less effectively when we undertake work that does not inspire us. Think...

Audrey Hepburn In Love In The Afternoon – Performance Is Personality

29.07.2018 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Subscribe | @GreatActingBlog Hepburn plays Arianne Chavasse, the daughter of a private detective who specialises in creating dossiers on illicit affairs for cheated spouses. Hepburn takes an unnatural interest in her father's work, delving into his filing cabinet and hungrily reading up on his juiciest cases....

The Great Acting Blog: “How To Play Weak”

12.07.2018 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

We don’t like showing we are in a weak position, we don’t like showing that we need something. We don’t like revealing a vulnerability - it’s degrading, it’s embarrassing, it may even be humiliating, and we leave ourselves wide open to being damaged. This is...

The Great Acting Blog: “David Mamet Discusses His New Play”

12.05.2018 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/the-economist-asks-what-is Davis Mamet on terrific form discussing his new play, Bitter Wheat, inspired by an interchange he had with an actress, #metoo and Harvey Weinstein. Here's an excerpt from the interview...