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The Great Acting Blog: “Remain Fixed On Your Big Goal(s)”

02.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Staying fixed on our big goals, on our dreams (to make a movie, or sign with that top agent, or to play King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company) relieves pressure. Perhaps the reality is that we will not be able to accomplish them for many...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Many Deaths Of John Hurt”

01.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 13 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk-ooDV2HE I clicked on the link for "The Many Deaths of John Hurt", expecting a fun couple of minutes watching Hurt expire in a number of his films, but ended up being struck by the resonance of a great actor's life. The clips seem capture the...

The Great Acting Blog: “Honesty + Clarity = Learning And Progress”

28.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

In order to progress in our work we must be able to learn from experience, that is; we do something, then we look at what we've done, keep what we like, get rid of what we don't like, and make the necessary changes for next...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Delusional Actor”

27.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 27 Comments

I've known actors over the years who convinced themselves that they were going to be big stars. In order to maintain this self-delusion, they would strut around the place as though they were special, treating their colleagues like second class citizens. They saw the production...

The Great Acting Blog: “Why Criticism Is Positive”

26.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 13 Comments

If a production was insipid or the actors incompetent, why pretend otherwise? We live in an age where we're supposed to be "positive", and criticism is seen as snarky and negative. But I see nothing wrong with intelligent, precise and genuine criticism. Infact, it is a...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Good Director”

25.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The good director understands that his idea of the way a certain moment in a scene should be played, is only one person's view, and that it may not even be the strongest. He knows instinctively when to back off an actor's performance. If an actor...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Future Belongs To The Actor-Auteur”

22.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

It used to be common for actors to head their own companies. They would produce a play, and cast themselves in the lead role. Sir John Gielgud, at the age of 25, directed a production of King Lear, playing the title role himself. At some point...

All Of The Last Week’s Posts On The Great Acting Blog

21.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Self-Contol Beats Big Problems What Kind Of Work Do You Want To Put Into The World? An Evocative Performance Discover The Right Path By Taking Action Don't Wait - Do The Work You Love Today Out Heroes Connect Us To Our Important Work Knowing What You Know Now Subscribe to The Great...

The Great Acting Blog: “Self-Control Beats Big Problems”

21.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

*Big projects are difficult because they take time to do and usually involve many pieces, and so there is plenty of scope for bad days and for things to go wrong. These difficulties however, are more often than not just bumps in the road, and...

The Great Acting Blog: “What Kind Of Work Do You Want To Put Into The World?”

20.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

If you put out true work, work which strives to make a genuine connection, work which is made lovingly and with care, then it will be of interest to an audience who wants all of those things. The reason great artists, who produce extraordinary work,...

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