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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...

Technique Beats Fear | The Great Acting Blog

16.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Acting requires courage because it means dropping your guard and making yourself vulnerable, revealing aspects of your personality you may not want to reveal. You are offering something personal and it may be rejected or criticised. If it goes wrong, it does so publicly. Further,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Struggling Does Not Mean You Are Useless”

13.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Struggling in your career does not mean you are useless. No, it means that you're trying to attain a goal which is genuinely challenging to you. It takes you out of your comfort zone and reveals your weaknesses. If you're struggling, don't lose your confidence...

The Great Acting Blog: “Fear Of Truth”

15.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

There is a certain kind of actor who'll do absolutely anything apart from actually act the scene. They are full of chatter about it, they ask too many questions about it, you can't get through the scene in rehearsal without them breaking off to speak...

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

Technique Beats Fear | The Great Acting Blog

The Great Acting Blog: “Struggling Does Not Mean You Are Useless”

The Great Acting Blog: “Fear Of Truth”

The Great Acting Blog: “Fear Of Failure”