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The Great Acting Blog: “What Kind Of Effect Do You Have On Your Colleagues?”

07.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Do you let your fears and insecurities get the better of you and grind people down with your negative attitude? Do you see the world only through your own eyes, viewing everyone as a potential threat? Does your cynicism mean that you suck the creativity out...

The Great Acting Blog: “Dreaming Of A Rigorous Creative Task”

28.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Harold Pinter's The Homecoming is one of my favourite plays and I have longed to play the part of Lenny and have a crack at his magnificent speeches. Last night however, I had a dream in which I was to stage the play. But I...

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: “True Creativity Contains Boldness And Excitement”

21.05.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

True creativity is when a creative decision we make feels bold and exciting. True creativity takes us out of our comfort zone, it brings into the world something that did not exist before. In so doing, we charter new waters, we go out on a limb,...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Magic Of The Artistic Life”

28.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears." -- Rumi I love this quote from Rumi because it reminds me of the magic of the artistic life, which is that we get to continually re-invent what it is. Whenever we begin the next...

The Great Acting Blog: “Knowing What You’re Doing Means True Creativity”

22.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Fear of having your work examined, not being able to cope with questions, panicking when given a note are all signs of personal worthlessness. It is brought about when the actor* doesn't know what he is doing, and is terrified of being found out. The remedy...

The Great Acting Blog: “Habits Help Us Cope With Pressure”

26.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Knowing that we can hold up under pressure enables us to seek out greater challenges and accomplish more. It empowers us to be more creative because our attention is off ourself, we're not worried about ourselves and this lack of self-consciousness enables creativity to flourish. Whether...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors Can Show The Magic Of Life”

17.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Never forget why you became an actor. That sense of play, the joy of creation, that longing to give expression to the art you felt within yourself. Never let the stresses and strains of the life grind you down so that you fall into a casual...

The Great Acting Blog: “A Culture Of Generosity And Creativity”

06.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Those in the cast who play politics and try to drag the people around them down in order to puff themselves up, are despicable, but unfortunately they are real. They can be handled however, if prepared. The trick is not to let these situations divert...

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Wait – Do The Work You Love Today”

17.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Actors are told that they must do what they're told, that they need to do years of work they hate before turning their attention to the work they really want to do. Like many rules in our culture, it's completely non-sensical, unfounded, and is designed...

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