Which ever direction you choose, there's almost always a trade-off, you gain one thing but you lose something else. There's rarely a perfect option. That's why it's important to prioritise what you want from your work: what is it that you want? Artistic control? Money?...
Read MoreIf you're going to do the scene, then you need to pick an action that ignites you, that ignites your passion. That's why the director telling you how to play the scene is no good. How can he possibly know that his choice is interesting...
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Mastroianni plays Dr. Bonaccorsi, a psychiatrist whose life is spent working with patients at a hospital in Tuscany - his dream is to eradicate mental illness entirely. He is also a prolific ladies man, and is engaged in affairs with at least three of the...
Read MoreI recently attended a seminar where the speaker delivered his speech in a reasonable fashion - he spoke clearly, with a decent amount of force and seemed to know what he was doing. The only trouble was, he was, well ...
Read MoreThe actor's job is to perform the actions of the character as they have been discerned in the script. That's all the actor needs to worry about. They don't need to worry about the other actor's performance, they don't need to worry about the costumes, or...
Read MoreWhen we play a scene it's crucial that we pick the right action for it. Not only does it need to be in line with the writer's intentions, but it also needs to be an action which we find compelling, which we are excited about...
Read MoreWe've all seen movies which contain scenes where the star actor is playing the piano, and at some point the filmmaker decides to pull back and reveal to us that the actor really is playing the piano, that he's not faking it. It's heartwarming to...
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