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Creativity And Daydreaming | The Great Acting Blog

14.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 27 Comments

“Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other 22 in dreams.” - Luis Bunuel. If you, like me, were bored out of your skull when you were at school, especially during double geography on a Friday afternoon, then you probably spent...

The Great Acting Blog: “Creativity Mistakes Help Us Grow”

28.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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The Great Acting Blog: “Security Breeds Selflessness?”

27.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 5 Comments

"Security breeds selflessness". I heard this recently via the sporting world and wondered how this might apply to the acting world, which is of course famous for it's insecurities. Security derives from trust, trusting and being trusted by those around you. Selflessness is generosity. When an...

The Great Acting Blog: “Do Your Own Thing”

07.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

I've often written on this blog that actors should take full responsibility for their work and not wait around for directors to give them instructions. The lack of responsibility has grown up precisely because of the directorial dominance of the actor which has emerged in...

The Great Acting Blog: “Creative Capacity”

11.07.2013 , Uncategorized , 81 Comments

I used to hold the egalitarian view that everyone had more or less the same capacity for creativity. This was based on the idea that creativity stems from the imagination and everyone has an imagination. I believed that some people simply chose to pay more...

The Great Acting Blog: “Creative Capacity”

11.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The Great Acting Blog: “In Movies, Not In Front Of Them”

10.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

I am always dumbfounded whenever I come across an actor who has failed to prepare properly for a scene. It's astonishing because it denotes a lack of interest in the project at hand and in acting generally. What else are we to conclude when you...

The Great Acting Blog: “Perfectionism Kills Creativity”

16.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 6 Comments

Striving for excellence is a good thing, striving for greatness is even better. We all have a notion of what the perfect work we want to do is, and measure our own efforts against it. But perfectionism, tames us, it blocks us from ever going for...

The Great Acting Blog: “Vital Actors And Directorial Limitations”

15.05.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 4 Comments

When the accomplishment of an important objective is in sight, we become energised, positive, we gladly exercise self-control, and the thought of a successful completion of the objective creates a sense of happiness and ambition, we feel capable.In this situation it's likely that we chose to strive...

Kati Outinen On Aki Kaurismaki – Actors’ Creativity | The Great Acting Blog

12.12.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 3,792 Comments

Kati Outinen is probably best known for her work with Finnish filmmaker, Aki Kaurismaki, having appeared in many, many of his films, including Match Factory Girl, Take Care Of Your Scarf Tatiana, and most recently, Le Havre. For those unfamiliar w...

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Creativity And Daydreaming | The Great Acting Blog

The Great Acting Blog: “Creativity Mistakes Help Us Grow”

The Great Acting Blog: “Security Breeds Selflessness?”

The Great Acting Blog: “Do Your Own Thing”

The Great Acting Blog: “Creative Capacity”

The Great Acting Blog: “Creative Capacity”

The Great Acting Blog: “In Movies, Not In Front Of Them”

The Great Acting Blog: “Perfectionism Kills Creativity”

The Great Acting Blog: “Vital Actors And Directorial Limitations”

Kati Outinen On Aki Kaurismaki – Actors’ Creativity | The Great Acting Blog