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The Great Acting Blog: “Follow The Truth Within Yourself”

03.12.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

An actor’s greatest gift is their sense of truth because it will guide him toward his highest goal, that is a truthful performance. This sense will create pangs of tension within him whenever his work becomes false, however it is up to the actor himself to... Read More

Distracted Is Now Complete

11.06.2018 , Distracted , 0 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm preparing on set   Dear friends, I am delighted to inform you that Distracted is now complete. Distracted has been more complex than any other project we’ve undertaken. As such, it’s been a long and winding road, with wrong turns, dead ends... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “5 Qualities Of Real Actors”

13.12.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

There is such a difference between those who have developed skills which they own, skills which have held up under pressure, and those who fake it with hubris and pretence, who believe that acting is a fluke or a trick. People in the first group... Read More

Noirish Project – Humble And Innocent Cinema

03.07.2016 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

I want the audience to have a peaceful, poetic experience when watching Noirish Project. The film rejects the bombast of so much contemporary cinema, the bombast of content and style, the bombast that seeks to control what we think. I don’t want the film to... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Man In A Box”

23.02.2011 , Uncategorized , 1 Comment

This is what I've been doing all week: improvising in this 4 foot high box for a new installation by artist Gail Pickering, which will play at the Purcell Room on March 3rd, and then tour. For my part in the installation, I will be placed in an at... Read More

Noirish Project – Paris Screening – Full Details Announced!

10.02.2015 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

Thrilled to announce details of Noirish Project’s Paris screening: Working in association with Paris-based Radical Cinema: Friday, March 6th 2015, 8pm. Ateliers Varan, 6 Impasse Mont-Louis, 75011 Paris. Entry is free A live Q & A with the filmmaker will follow the screening Sign-up to our... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “How The Director Sets The Actor Free”

26.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

To follow on from yesterday’s post, I wanted to expand a little bit on the notion of giving the actor space to create. As a general rule, I believe the primary task of the director is to assist the actors in expressing the writer’s intentions*,... Read More

Be Comfortable Not Knowing | The Great Acting Blog

01.01.2020 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

“It is not a sign of ignorance not to know the answers. But there is great merit in facing the questions” – David Mamet, True and False Much of our lives as artists is not within our control. Often, we must wait for our imagination... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “The Extraordinary Quality Of Big Goals”

26.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Constantly remind yourself of the big goals you’re pursuing, remind yourself of the end product you’re aiming for, especially when the goal is going to take a little bit of time to accomplish. Why? Because this will help to prevent you from being sucked in,... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Knowing What You’re Doing Means True Creativity”

22.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Fear of having your work examined, not being able to cope with questions, panicking when given a note are all signs of personal worthlessness. It is brought about when the actor* doesn’t know what he is doing, and is terrified of being found out. The... Read More