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The Great Acting Blog: “There Is No Such Thing As A Transformational Actor”

24.06.2020 , The Great Acting Blog , 3 Comments

“There is no difference between what I experienced, and what is on screen”. Emmanuelle Beart on her work in L'Histoire De Marie Et Julien. Emmanuelle Beart has long been one of my favourite actors – if she's in something, then I'll watch it – infa...

The Great Acting Blog: “Your True Intention”

14.06.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 35 Comments

You cannot hide your true intention. Doesn't matter how you cloak it, it cannot be hidden - not from those people in your life, not from those you work with and mostly certainly not from the audience. Best to keep your intentions pure then. How to do...

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: “In Life, Facing The Truth Is A Choice”

13.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

On stage or in front of camera we take action. We make that commitment to got for it and we just deal with whatever is thrown at us thereafter. In life away from performance however, we hesitate, we relentlessly go over our plans to the extent...

The Great Acting Blog: “Fear Of Truth”

15.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

There is a certain kind of actor who'll do absolutely anything apart from actually act the scene. They are full of chatter about it, they ask too many questions about it, you can't get through the scene in rehearsal without them breaking off to speak...

truth of the moment Tag

The Great Acting Blog: “There Is No Such Thing As A Transformational Actor”

The Great Acting Blog: “Your True Intention”

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Bail On The Scene – The True Art Of The Actor”

The Great Acting Blog: “In Life, Facing The Truth Is A Choice”

The Great Acting Blog: “Fear Of Truth”

The Great Acting Blog: “False And Dull Or Thrilling And True?”

The Great Acting Blog: “Filmmakers’ Artifice, Actors’ Truth”

The Great Acting Blog: “The Beautiful, Thrilling, Provocative Truth”