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The Great Acting Blog: “Question Popular Assumptions”

18.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 28 Comments

How much is it costing us to believe in sacred cows which are a lie? How much is that holding us back? To what extent does it hamper our ability to accomplish our career objectives? To use the smoking example, many smokers may not even begin...

The Great Acting Blog: “Simplify The Task With An End Date”

15.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Putting an end date on a goal avoids overwhelm - it gives clarity and focus and enables us to relax and function better. Why? Because by the assigned date we will have accomplished our goal or not, there are no vagaries, if we do accomplish...

The Great Acting Blog: “Extraordinary Is Easier Than Mediocre”

05.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

Most actors don't believe they are or can be great actors. Certainly few possess the drive and creative ambition of, say, an Al Pacino or a Laurence Olivier. Most actors think such an aim is preposterous. In consequence, they accept themselves as mediocre, happy just...

The Great Acting Blog: “With And Without Object”

20.02.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

A large part of our work in Cork took place in a empty office block, which had an endless number of rooms, some of them empty, some of them littered with old paperwork and decaying furniture. The whole place had a weird, eerie psycho-geography, ju...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors Are Gamblers Who Live Out Many Lives, Intensely”

19.10.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 1,696 Comments

“The more success an actor has, the more he acquires the look of wax fruit; he is no longer devoured by life”. - Elia Kazan. Much of the actor's life can be, in turn, wretched, absurd, soul-destroying, exhilarating, humiliating, glorious, and he c...

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The Great Acting Blog: “Question Popular Assumptions”

The Great Acting Blog: “Simplify The Task With An End Date”

The Great Acting Blog: “Extraordinary Is Easier Than Mediocre”

The Great Acting Blog: “With And Without Object”

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors Are Gamblers Who Live Out Many Lives, Intensely”