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The Great Acting Blog: “Dealing With Obnoxious Colleagues”

30.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 36 Comments

Somebody once said that obnoxious behaviour was really a cry for help. Fear manifests itself in strange ways. A colleague's actions may appear to be incomprehensible to you - they suddenly become rude, obstreperous or arrogant - your hitherto good working relationship deteriorates for no...

The Great Acting Blog: “Reverse Bad Habits”

25.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 4 Comments

Someone asked me recently if there was a shortcut to learning lines. There isn't one, or if there is, then I don't know about it (if you do have one, I'm sure you could probably make a fortune with it). For me, line learning is...

The Great Acting Blog: “Why Bad Work Succeeds”

21.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 6 Comments

People who only care about numbers, don't really care about what they do, it's just a mechanism for making money. This person is only concerned with box office stats, Youtube hits, creating empty mass media* to appeal to everyone (which is of course nobody), and...

The Great Acting Blog: “Fear Of Truth”

15.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

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...

The Great Acting Blog: “Achieve Something Extraordinary”

13.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 28 Comments

If you have no conception of yourself as an artist, if you have no vision of the results you want, if you're not working to please yourself, then you must be unhappy. You're whole life is about trying to satisfy other people in order to...

The Great Acting Blog: “Notes On A New Theatre”

13.05.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

This week I went to look at a venue which I may be able to turn into a theatre. I have been thinking about starting my own theatre for many years, but the stars had needed to be in a certain alignment for it to...

The Great Acting Blog: “Notes On A New Theatre”

01.05.2013 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] This week I went to look at a venue which I may be able to turn into a theatre. I have been thinking about starting my own theatre for many years, but the stars had needed to be in a certain alignment for...

Noirish Project Blog: “3 Things Needed In Order To Do Great Work”

03.03.2013 , Noirish Project , 1 Comment

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Today’s shoot went really, really well. Despite a 7.30am start and a long day in cold weather, we were relaxed, energised, and focussed all day, which meant we were also highly productive and maintained high standards. There were, I believe, three very simple reasons...

The Great Acting Blog: “Acting & Writing”

27.07.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Two things happened in the last couple of weeks which got me thinking about acting and writing. Firstly, I finished writing a feature length screenplay which I started work on 21 months ago, in October 2009. I abandoned work on it last August, tel...

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The Great Acting Blog: “Dealing With Obnoxious Colleagues”

The Great Acting Blog: “Reverse Bad Habits”

The Great Acting Blog: “Why Bad Work Succeeds”

The Great Acting Blog: “Fear Of Truth”

The Great Acting Blog: “Achieve Something Extraordinary”

The Great Acting Blog: “Notes On A New Theatre”

The Great Acting Blog: “Notes On A New Theatre”

Noirish Project Blog: “3 Things Needed In Order To Do Great Work”

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