Paul Scofield
A personality all actors should know about.
Judy Dench describing perfectly how her work is actually 100% demidovian
She is letting her subconsciously work !
It kind of reminds me of a certain philosophy…
The Actors Studio and Lee Strasberg (By Robert H. Hethmon)
In recent years, visitors to New York seeking serious theater inevitably find themselves drawn beyond the glitz of Broadway and Ninth Avenue to a humble, two-story church building in a neoclassical Greek style. Surrounded by drab apartment buildings, it sits just a few feet back from the sidewalk, enclosed in front by black-painted iron railings. […]
I watched the Howard Hawks film Red River.
Great movie, no doubt about it and well worth a watch. I’ve become fascinated with the female lead in the film, SHE IS AHEAD OF HER TIME. It turns out that Hawks had such a signature way with his female leads that there is a name for them, “Hawksian Women”, a term that nearly became […]
Reflections on memories and influences
I am trying to reflect not only on my later influences as I grew up but also on my earlier memories and influences that still seem to have a grip on me as both a human being and an artist. Throughout my life, I have fallen in love with many artists, and I have cried […]
Working with directors
For those who don’t know who Oliver Reed was…
He was a planet, that’s what he was, some people in acting have their own gravitational pull, one fo the best actors on stage and in film of his generation, unfortunately his vices killed him (a hard core alcoholic) . he is worth you investigation, Oliver reed is not only an incredible actor but also, […]
Orson Welles on cold reading
One could listen to Orson tell stories all day long. Ιn this one he talks about the phenomenon of “cold reading”, its not the technique of cold reading for auditions, but cold reading that fortune (fake) tellers use to scam their victims…
Irene Worth to students of an acting class
