What’s the shortcut? Once you’re a student of acting, you’re a student for life according to award winning actor Dustin Hoffman. And according to another award winning actor – Jack Nicholson, “the minute you stop learning you’re dead”, so why are there so many aspiring actors who want to take those tempting short cuts (the bare …
We both know that acting is the only thing that truly makes you happy, that you’re truly passionate about, that you could do for the rest of your life without getting bored. And we both know that if you hit the success you’re after it can bring you the financial and time freedom you’ve always …
If you read last weeks blog Something you probably didn’t know about Method Acting you’ll know that one of the biggest misconceptions of Method Acting is that you become someone else. Whilst many actors want to get away from themselves that myth of the method couldn’t be further from the truth. Today I want to …
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We’ve all been there; you’ve prepared like mad for your audition because you really, like REEALLY want the part and you’ve got a lot riding on it. You feel good about it, you turn up early, you get extra focused when you arrive, keep going over the lines to make sure you don’t forget them, keep reminding …
Setting goals isn’t something that was impressed upon me at school, college or drama school, so it may seem strange to you that I live my life by goals (at least now anyway) and want to stress the importance of them to you, moreover why your acting career will die without goals. It took me …
This is a very personal blog, having had to learn how to handle criticism at a very early age – 14 to be precise, when I’d first decided I wanted to become an actor. I’m sharing this to help you as the acting industry can be rife with criticism. My story At school… I heard everything …
There is so much to contend with in everyday life that marketing yourself effectively can often be over looked. Lots of actors take this approach:- Applying for roles on a casting website Asking for a break down from their agent (if they have one) as to what roles they have been put forward for. Applying …
What is method acting? **Immersing yourself in the character so you become the character **Doing what your character would do e.g getting shot if my character gets shot so I know what it feels like **Losing 500 lbs for a role **Gaining 500 lbs for a role **Staying in character all the time and living …
Week in week out you’ll hear me say that the acting industry is one of the toughest in the world – mainly because it’s saturated; there isn’t enough work for the number of actors. There are two things you need to be successful, one is to be pro-active (it goes without saying), the other is …
You’ve not landed the last few jobs, the auditions have dried up, your agent hasn’t been in touch for a while (that’s if you have a decent agent or an agent at all) and everyone seems to have parts coming out of their ears, except you! We’ve all been there! It can start to wear …
