This is the last in my 3 part series on the top 10 tips. This one focus’ on being an Actor/Performers. Here are my top 10 tips for Actors/Performers. What is a director/producer looking for? What is best behaviour? If…
Top 10 Tips on finding a Director
I would love to work with Paul Greengrass as part of a featured small role in one of his films. He is a Director who comes across, almost instantly, as someone who makes an actor feel at ease in what…
Type – Let’s do the Time Warp Again!
Time Warping I wonder when Tim Curry took on the role of Dr Fank N Furter, he was worrying about type? As you probably know, they are doing a remake of this iconic film – ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ with…
Taking Risks as a Performer – To Boldly Go where you’ve not Gone Before!
OK, hands up, I’m a Trekkie, from before the time that term was even created and seeing as the new Star Trek movie is to be released, I thought about what it means for me today to ‘Boldly go where…
Jennifer Lopez Carpool Karaoke and Engaging with your Audience
I don’t know about you, but I love Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. They are brilliant to watch and the latest 1 is with Jennifer Lopez, check it out here. How do they do it? Why do we watch it? …
Accents – lets talk it out!
Being an expat actor in the UK, I’ve learnt to play to my strengths. So for me that looks like, I go with what comes easiest and hailing from North America I do what I do best and that is…
How to listen to criticism?
I’ve talked about the inner critic, but what about the outer critic?
Impulses vs Acting
One of the reasons I wanted to be an actor was because I was told that acting meant you identified real emotions and reacted to the world around – like real life. So I was interested, so how did this…
Analysis Paralysis
Not sure if Clint Eastwood is the man who came up with the phrase ‘Analysis Paralysis’, but it’s worth a read of this article to understand why I say, to over analyze a script may not help you much in…
Laughing Out Loud
I must admit, I imagine, I’m likely to be someone’s worst nightmare to sit next to on a plane. Since doing Meisner acting training, I’ve decided in life, I will no longer hide tears or laughter in public – well mostly. I can now get so engrossed in a film that I just don’t realise that I’m laughing or crying out loud.