How to Stop Being Stiff as an Actor
“Yeah, that last take was fine … but can you loosen it up, a bit?” It’s a bummer of a note to get, isn’t it? Worse still is when the note comes from within: the...
“Yeah, that last take was fine … but can you loosen it up, a bit?” It’s a bummer of a note to get, isn’t it? Worse still is when the note comes from within: the...
For a whole lot of people making not a whole lot of money, actors are strangely obsessed with the lovely, horrible stuff. To some, it’s a symbol of status; to others, money signals a degree...
A wise man once said: they can’t all be winners. Eventually, in a long and illustrious acting career, you’re going to take on a job that you start to really resent—even actively despise. First of...
Emotions and acting are a dangerous combination. While you can’t really have one without the other, both concepts constantly threaten to overwhelm its counterpart—resulting in an acting performance that feels either totally unhinged or far...
Wake up. Pray for work. Pray to Shakespeare. Sit in local pub in long coat. Receive call from agent and get part in latest Marvel film. Learn lines for five hours. Shoot self-tape hours before...
Can you put a price tag on a rapt audience? An unforgettable performance? A stellar, five-star review? Turns out you can, actually: and it’s generally not as small as some would hope. An acting career...
Where on earth does time go? I’m typing this in 2025, and yet it feels like mere moments ago I was spiralling into existential dread during a script analysis class in 2020. How times have...
Depending on who you are, or who you ask, this question might come across as honest, curious or down-right ridiculous. “Is acting easy?” Can read as very reductive in the wrong context, as it would...
What’s the point of it all? Ever wonder that about a character in a script you’re reading? Why are they doing what they do, enduring tests and hardships and heartbreak with the odds stacked against...
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