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The Great Acting Blog: “There Is No Such Thing As A Transformational Actor”

24.06.2020 , The Great Acting Blog , 11,769 Comments

“There is no difference between what I experienced, and what is on screen”. Emmanuelle Beart on her work in L'Histoire De Marie Et Julien. Emmanuelle Beart has long been one of my favourite actors – if she's in something, then I'll watch it – infa... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “The Desire To Be Great”

19.01.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Chuck Bowen, in a recent piece in Keyframe Daily, said that Leonardo Di Caprio, despite his strivings in recent years, was someone “auditioning for the role of Great Actor”, he was “not quite” there. Although I haven’t seen The Wolf Of Wall Street yet, I... Read More

I Know What To Do, So Why Don’t I Do It?

20.08.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 26 Comments

My quest to better understand the workings of the human mind, has brought me to the superb book by psychoneuroimmunologist Nick Hall; I Know What To Do, So Why Don’t I Do It?. I actually listened to the audiobook which takes the form of a... Read More

The Cinephile Actor – Tilda Swinton | The Great Acting Blog

15.01.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 20 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... Read More

“Pierre Etaix’s Rupture”

21.07.2013 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog, The Great Acting Blog , 11 Comments

  “Pierre Etaix is one of the few comic author-director-actor film-makers practicing today.” – From Variety, April 1969   I recently discovered the work of actor-filmmaker Pierre Etaix, a clown and comedian who was dubbed the “French Buster Keaton”. He had been a gag writer for Jacques Tati,... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Character Work: Letting The Character Lead” By Emmanuelle Chaulet

12.11.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 3 Comments

Emmanuelle studied acting and the Michael Chekhov technique with Robert Cordier in Paris, France and with Mala Powers of the International Chekhov Institute USA. A Fulbright Scholar at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York, she is a thea... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Concealing And Revealing” by Mel Churcher

14.09.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 87 Comments

Mel is a leading acting and voice coach. She also coaches a wide range of professionals from budding newcomers to top film stars like Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie, Keira Knightley and Jet Li; from presenters like Raymond Blanc and Goldie to singer... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “There Is No Escape From The Terrors Of The Mind”

07.11.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

This week, I journeyed to Cork City, to attend a screening of HE (the new feature film by Rouzbeh Rashidi, and where I play the lead role), which was wonderfully hosted by The Guesthouse. Rouzbeh and I participated in a Q & A session after the scr... Read More

Magnified Cinema | Top 10 Film List

20.05.2018 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 25 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm Alfred Hitchcock Presents “Decoy” (1959, directed by Arnold Levan). Nominated by @Bakerdave76, @lintlevieno and @12pt9. Chungking Express (Kar-Wai Wong, 1994). Thanks to @12pt9. The Defector (Raoul Levy, 1966). And thanks @SkotArmstrong. Mr Arkadin (Orson Welles, 1955). And thanks to @AllanHolloway for this.... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Truth In Art And Politics”

19.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

This week I was invited to the wonderfully intimate Jermyn Street Theatre, to see David Pinner’s The Potsdam Quartet. I have written my response below.  In 1945, the “Big Four” of Stalin, Truman, Churchill and Atlee met at Potsdam where they decided how the world... Read More