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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: “True Dedication Not A Fraudulent Pose”

08.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

True dedication is about being properly focussed on the work as oppose to merely shrugging. It's respecting the craft and the effort of your colleagues. True dedication springs from love. Pretenders love nothing but themselves and are dedicated only to their need to have. Part...

The Great Acting: “A Positive Struggle”

06.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials." - Seneca Actors face rejection all the time, it's par for the course. This is well documented. It requires a combative spirit to be an actor, a spirit which, frankly, most people don't...

The Great Acting Blog: “What’s The Story?”

06.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

We don't like talking about ourselves because we're not satisfied with our accomplishments and we're afraid of what we think of ourselves. This is especially true when we hear that hideous question; "so, are you working at the moment?" We are acutely aware of the enormity...

The Great Acting Blog: “Extraordinary Is Easier Than Mediocre”

05.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

Most actors don't believe they are or can be great actors. Certainly few possess the drive and creative ambition of, say, an Al Pacino or a Laurence Olivier. Most actors think such an aim is preposterous. In consequence, they accept themselves as mediocre, happy just...

The Great Acting Blog: “Concentrate On Now”

04.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 16 Comments

The life of an actor can be full of stress and pressure. So much of it seems to be out of our control. Things don't move fast enough, we're not where we want to be in our career, we haven't accomplished the things within the timeframe...

The Great Acting Blog: “Make Yourself Indispensable”

19.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 4 Comments

How can an actor distinguish himself from the pack (and dying your hair blue, doesn't count)? How can we add value to a production? How can we make ourselves indispensable within a production? How can we make it so that a director would have to include us...

The Great Acting Blog: “Improve The Little One Percenters”

18.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 4 Comments

One time, I was on my way to an audition but I hadn't provided myself with a drink for the journey. It was a hot day, I was riding the tube. I started feeling dizzy and decidedly nauseous, and I began to sweat heavily, so...

The Great Acting Blog: “What Mediocrity Teaches Us”

14.06.2013 , Uncategorized , 38 Comments

For all the moaning and frustration, truth is, many actors are happy being mediocre, coasting along, auditioning occasionally, working every now and then. You can get by being mediocre, you probably won't have a lot of fun doing it, but you can get by. Most employers...

The Great Acting Blog: “Achieve Something Extraordinary”

13.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 28 Comments

If you have no conception of yourself as an artist, if you have no vision of the results you want, if you're not working to please yourself, then you must be unhappy. You're whole life is about trying to satisfy other people in order to...

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