At the moment, due to the joys of lockdown, we are restricted in what we can do. When I started my online Lockdown Acting intensive, I wasn’t sure how much could be achieved online, from an acting training point of … Read More
This an interview with Marc Happel, who isn’t an acting teacher but Director of Costumes at the New York City Ballet. Daniel Day-Lewis spent a year with him, nearly every day, learning how to be a dress maker to prepare … Read More
As a kid, I loved the TV series Kung Fu. If you have never seen it, it’s a bit like Karate Kid but better. Master Po, who is an old blind wise Kung Fu Master, instructs his young student, Caine, … Read More
Gwyneth revealed in an interview this week the reason she stepped away from acting. She was lonely. I know this may be hard to believe because she is a highly successful actor, and the temptation is to think that life … Read More
– Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron at the premiere of the film The Devil’s Advocate – In the film The Devil’s Advocate, Al Pacino plays a wealthy hotshot New York lawyer called John Milton. John is actually Satan, … Read More
Now you may have recently seen that the singer Adele has created a new image for herself predominately by losing 7st in weight. Rumour has it (see what I did there?) that the real reason for this dramatic weight loss … Read More
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we humans don’t like being alone. It causes a lot of mental anguish particuarly when it comes to acting. There is a type of loneliness that exists even if you are … Read More
Can you imagine being so successful as an actor that you actively look for ways of stopping agents and casting directors calling you? Bill Murray has this problem. When he hit the big time, he started getting lots of calls. … Read More
In Hollywood, there is a self-created word they use now and again, which is…
…Afflucked.
You may have seen the commotion I caused a few weeks ago.
I posted on my blog about why Bradley Cooper should have won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance in ‘A Star Is Born’ rather than Rami Malek for his performance in the Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’