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The Great Acting Blog: “Great Artists Dare Not Primp And Preen”

Those who strut and preen after even the most meagre artistic accomplishment, are clearly not aiming high enough. Their arrogance and excessive pride are evidence that they're operating in a comfort zone and not doing anything truly interesting, which is to say that they're not...

The Great Acting Blog: “In Life, Facing The Truth Is A Choice”

13.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

On stage or in front of camera we take action. We make that commitment to got for it and we just deal with whatever is thrown at us thereafter. In life away from performance however, we hesitate, we relentlessly go over our plans to the extent...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Toil And Glory Of The Right Road”

26.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

Mediocrity is comfortable. It's cosy and popular because it enables us to maintain that pleasant feeling of complacency. Mediocrity is safe, it's blameless, it's nice and quiet. Mediocrity means we never break into a sweat, it makes us seem as though we are in control,...

Creative Impulse, Acting And Ambivalence | The Great Acting Blog

11.01.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 39 Comments

In Marco Ferreri's Tales Of Ordinary Madness, Ben Gazzara plays Charles Serking, an incarnation of Charles Bukowski, upon whose work and life the film is based. Those already familiar with Bukowski, will not be surprised to learn that Gazzara spen...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors Are Gamblers Who Live Out Many Lives, Intensely”

19.10.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

“The more success an actor has, the more he acquires the look of wax fruit; he is no longer devoured by life”. - Elia Kazan. Much of the actor's life can be, in turn, wretched, absurd, soul-destroying, exhilarating, humiliating, glorious, and he c...