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5 Great Actors Describe Great Acting

30.03.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 21 Comments

Isabelle Huppert, Michael Redgrave, Charles Laughton, Charlie Chaplin and Michel Piccoli - insight here from five of the greatest actors, each with a mighty body of work, and who reached [and continue to reach] a level of craft one can only aspire to. These quotes...

Advice To Actors From 10 True Greats | The Great Acting Blog

05.07.2017 , The Great Acting Blog , 36 Comments

Despite our good intentions, despite our best endevours, despite our best laid plans, sometimes our attempts to achieve our most important goals become so convoluted, so mangled by the stresses and strains of day-to-day living, that we lose sight of the vision that inspired us...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Trademarks Of 12 Famous Actors According To IMDB”

23.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Some of these are sweetly naive, and their bluntness renders them somewhat absurd, but nonetheless they offer a fascinating distillation of the actors themselves. The trade-marks are as much to do with the actor's own nature and what they bring to each role, as they are...

The Great Acting Blog: “Be Like Your Heroes”

03.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

I had a couple of hours to kill before my appointment, so I thought I'd duck into the movie theatre, a little local art-house, and catch a flick. I saw something I fancied but I wanted to know how long it was to make...

The Great Acting Blog: “Teaser For My Videoessay on Brigitte Bardot”

10.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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The Great Acting Blog: “A Celebration Of The Theatrical Tendency”

09.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkguPIbbXUw Spitting Image was a British TV show running through the 1980s and 1990s. It used puppets to create grotesque caricature of public figures, primarily politicians but also artists and celebrities. The humour essentially came from taking the unique essence of an individual (or at least,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Four Classic Actors On Acting”

08.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The view of four great figures from the history of acting ...

Great Actors On Acting | The Great Acting Blog

05.01.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1,399 Comments

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Jean Gabin in Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leve[/caption] Insight, interest and inspiration...

5 Must-See Screen Performances | The Great Acting Blog

07.12.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 5,578 Comments

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1278"] *Per Oscarsson in Sult [Hunger].[/caption] I chose this five because I believe that watching them invites us to question our self-imposed limitations of what acting can be, and inspire us to re-draw those limitations. Each performance shows that, through acting, we can...

The Great Acting Blog: “Great Actors Are Excited By Great Acting”

04.12.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

When we work towards a goal that excites us, that we absolutely want to accomplish, then discipline ceases to be an issue, we do what needs to be done. I am always stunned by actors who find line learning to be a chore. Sure it's not...

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