mediocrity Tag

The Great Acting Blog: “Deliver Special Work – A Lesson From A Spotify Gimmick”

13.09.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

As I was walking by Shoreditch High Street station, I was stopped by a representative from Spotify, asking me if I'd like to "recommend-a-song". They had a musician stationed on the pavement with a big Spotify sign behind him, and he was playing songs requested...

The Great Acting Blog: “Ignore The Siren Of Mediocrity – Keep Striving For Great Work”

30.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

We see incompetent actors doing well. We see mediocre actors being feted. We see actors we don’t rate being praised to the roof-tops by the critics. We see actors we don’t respect, earning a fortune. That is not a cue to join their ranks. That is not a sign telling...

The Great Acting Blog: “Be Someone Exciting To Work With”

23.04.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 31 Comments

Become someone exciting to work with. Ensure that what you offer, what you can bring, your accomplishments, what you represent, your skills, are exciting to those you want to work with. This means knowing the kind of work you want to do and the kind of...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Toil And Glory Of The Right Road”

26.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

Mediocrity is comfortable. It's cosy and popular because it enables us to maintain that pleasant feeling of complacency. Mediocrity is safe, it's blameless, it's nice and quiet. Mediocrity means we never break into a sweat, it makes us seem as though we are in control,...

The Great Acting Blog: “What Mediocrity Teaches Us”

14.06.2013 , Uncategorized , 6 Comments

For all the moaning and frustration, truth is, many actors are happy being mediocre, coasting along, auditioning occasionally, working every now and then. You can get by being mediocre, you probably won't have a lot of fun doing it, but you can get by. Most employers...

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