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The Great Acting Blog: “Focus On Action Not Emotion”

13.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Focussing on emotions in the scene really only succeeds in making us feel self-conscious. If the desired emotion is not present, then we engage in neurotic efforts to "produce" it. And when the magic emotion does appear, we remain self-conscious while we try to maintain...

The Great Acting Blog: “Acting Is Like Extreme Sports”

12.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Extreme sports. People brake their bones, but, as soon as they've healed, they're back doing them. Acting is like that, but it's emotions which are at stake rather than bones. The point is to experience the intensity. That is the trade-off of the downsides. Subscribe to The Great...

The Great Acting Blog: “Why Passion Helps Us”

11.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

The war against our inner fears must be waged on a daily basis, it never goes away, and passion is essential to this undertaking. Passion awakens our boldness and our drive, it helps us to operate from a position of love and generosity, and so...

The Great Acting Blog: “Rebooting Your Connection To Your Work”

10.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Sometimes we become jaded with our work. We seem to lose our drive, our hunger, our energy, our focus. There doesn't seem to be any specific problem, it's more a general disposition, a mindset and a feeling. Our inspiration for starting down the path of...

The Great Acting Blog: “A Celebration Of The Theatrical Tendency”

09.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkguPIbbXUw Spitting Image was a British TV show running through the 1980s and 1990s. It used puppets to create grotesque caricature of public figures, primarily politicians but also artists and celebrities. The humour essentially came from taking the unique essence of an individual (or at least,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Four Classic Actors On Acting”

08.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The view of four great figures from the history of acting ...

The Great Acting Blog: “Just Accept What Happens”

07.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

"Remember that it is not he who reviles you, who insults you, but it is your opinion about these things as being insulting. When then a man irritates you, you must know that it is your own opinion which has irritated you. Therefore, try not...

The Great Acting Blog: “A Culture Of Generosity And Creativity”

06.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Those in the cast who play politics and try to drag the people around them down in order to puff themselves up, are despicable, but unfortunately they are real. They can be handled however, if prepared. The trick is not to let these situations divert...

The Great Acting Blog: “Professional Jealousy”

05.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Few professions take their toll on the self-esteem in the way that acting does. Afterall, everytime an actor is rejected (i.e. - not getting the role, signing with the agent, or meeting a casting director etc) it is their face, their body, their personality that...

The Great Acting Blog: “Become The Artist You Need To Be”

04.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Perhaps a project you tried to get off the ground fell apart, or you're not yet capable of delivering the kind of work you would like to. Perhaps it all seems so far away that it overwhelms you. If you attempt something and it breaks, it's...

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