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The Great Acting Blog: “Create Meaning, Purpose And Fulfilment”

07.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

If you only want to turn-out humdrum work, you'll have to scream louder to make yourself heard amid the cacophony, but every so often you will get what you want. It's easy in one sense because you're dishing out something you don't care about, the stakes...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Second Mistake Rule”

06.12.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 28 Comments

The Second Mistake Rule is something I picked up from watching professional sport. Basically, what happens is that when a player makes a mistake, they become eager to make up for it quickly. In their eagerness however, they end up making a second mistake rather...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Independent Actor”

21.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 27 Comments

One of the key points for actors in John Cleese's lecture on creativity is the notion that we cannot be creative if we fear making mistakes. I believe this to be true, our creative juices just dry up in such situations. It's especially poignant for...

The Great Acting Blog: “Overcoming The Dips – Fulfilment Through Art”

31.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 34 Comments

Too many actors are down about their careers. They're down that they're not getting the volume of work they should, that they're not getting the quality of work they should or they're not getting any work at all. As time passes and they get a...

The Great Acting Blog: “Own Your Work”

05.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 3 Comments

"what chance has made yours is not really yours" - Seneca If you follow the industrial model of acting then you can survive by being merely competent. That is the lure of it. It's reassuring, it's safe, there's no pressure to be extraordinary, it's just a...

The Great Acting Blog: “Take A Point Of View And Act On It”

29.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 4 Comments

Take a point of view on everything you do. If you don't like the way something is done, don't just accept it, make a note of it, work-out how it can be done better, and do it in the new way. Perhaps you don't like the way...

The Great Acting Blog: “Being Adaptable”

09.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

One of the key lessons learned while making Noirish Project has been adaptability, adjusting our plan to deal with the actual situation in front of us. This was especially true of locations, where very often the actual location used was very different to what was in...

The Great Acting Blog: “Work For Your Own Satisfaction”

01.12.2010 , The Great Acting Blog , 38 Comments

It is true that going on rounds and rounds of auditions is not necessarily the most productive use of the actor's time, however, the actor must accept auditioning as part of the actors' life (unless he forms his own theatre company that is). The a...

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