Being An Actor Tag

Being An Actor By 5 Greats | The Great Acting Blog

06.05.2020 , The Great Acting Blog , 35 Comments

Subscribe | @GreatActingBlog Being an actor is, at times, complex. Often it is difficult to make sense of our experiences, to give them articulation, because they are too acute. We are working with our emotions, our bodies, our personalities, with our inner creative impulses - it...

The Great Acting Blog: “Define An Aesthetic”

08.09.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

If you fail to take responsibility for your work, if you allow your future to be decided by agents and casting people and directors, then other people are deciding what kind of an actor you're going to be. If you're happy with that, don't complain about...

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Use Judgement Calls As An Excuse For Inaction”

24.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Sometimes, we need to make judgement calls. We use our experience, our point of view and the facts presented to us in order to decide. Sometimes we get it right, other times we get it wrong. All too often however, judgement calls are not judgement calls...

The Great Acting Blog: “Get Rid Of The Excuses – Be An Artist”

24.01.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The strange thing about driving instructors is that the object of their work is to effectively make themselves redundant. They teach us the driving skills necessary for us to pass our test, and if we do pass, then we will no longer require their services,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Do Something Really Special”

21.01.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Give the craft of acting the respect it deserves. Don't just be another taker who shows up because they can walk and talk charmingly, and hope to get lucky. Master a practical technique of acting which will hold up under pressure. Perfect your voice and diction. Don't...

The Great Acting Blog: “What Acting Could Be – I Review My Life In Pieces By Simon Callow”

19.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 17 Comments

I stumbled, some years ago, upon Simon Callow's Being An Actor, an autobiography of his first nine years as a professional actor. It revolutionised how I understood my own experience as an actor, leading to a comprehensive re-think about my approach to building a body...