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The Great Acting Blog: “Win The Familiar, Internal Struggle”

25.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned" - Seneca Remember that at the point of commitment, at the threshold of change, when you are close to accomplishing something meaningful and important to you, the mind will suddenly focus on the negative and will...

The Great Acting Blog: “Shun Superficiality – Make A Total Commitment To Your Work”

04.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Sometimes I wonder what a lot of actors are trying to achieve. They seem so indifferent, nothing seems to matter to them, and they are so unfocussed, so lacking in intensity, you wonder why they bother. One thing is for sure though: superficiality is boring,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Bail On The Scene – The True Art Of The Actor”

25.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"Oh I'm sorry my lines went" - and so the scene ends and we have to try it again. The truth is though, your lines didn't go, the truth is you got scared. Something in the scene created a movement within you, a movement that wasn't...

The Great Acting Blog: “Delusional Actors Are Scared”

29.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 33 Comments

Believe or not, there are actors out there too scared to make a proper commitment to the craft of acting and all of it's demands. They're just too scared to cross that threshold and give themselves fully to it. This kind of person describes themselves as...

The Great Acting Blog: “If Discipline Is A Problem….”

19.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

All endeavours contain drudgery and arduous periods. Acting itself contains aspects which are hardly thrilling, but need to be done well if the performance is to be any good - like learning lines for example. And yes, there are times when you need to take a break...

The Great Acting Blog: “Commitment Creates Energy”

08.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

By committing to a task we are telling ourselves that it is important, and consequently, our mind and body are energised. If you think about acting in a scene, whenever we are not properly committed to our action, our performance is unfocussed, it lacks precision and our intensity is...

The Great Actin Blog: “Fear Of Failure”

20.02.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Commitment is a tricky thing. At the moment just before we need to commit, our minds suggest all kinds of alternatives as preferable to the thing we are about to commit to. One of the reasons commitment is so hard, is because we are putting...

The Great Acting Blog: “Fear Of Failure”

20.02.2013 , Uncategorized , 1 Comment

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Commitment is a tricky thing. At the moment just before we need to commit, our minds suggest all kinds of alternatives as preferable to the thing we are about to commit to. One of the reasons commitment is so hard, is because we...

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