Tag Archive: acting craft

On Hollywood Actor Prep: What Do You Wish To Read?

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Here's your chance. Please do take advantage of it! What is it that you would like to know more about? Here at Hollywood Actor Prep, what would you like to see more of? Is there anything that you don't see here, that you wish was here? Anything you don't ...

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Al Pacino’s Rare Interview :: Acting Prep For The Godfather + Much More

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This interview is abundant with actor wisdom and information…Hope you find it as entrancing as I did. I do disagree with Katie Couric’s assertion about Pacino’s kinetic energy…

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Al Pacino's Rare Interview :: Acting Prep For The Godfather + Much More

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This interview is abundant with actor wisdom and information…Hope you find it as entrancing as I did. I do disagree with Katie Couric’s assertion about Pacino’s kinetic energy…

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Actors And Actresses Winning Oscars® For ‘Wrong Role’

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Two Oscar Pundits, Tom Oneil and Pete Hammond, discuss a long history of actors of winning for movie performances that were really because of earlier performances, in previous film, or for longevity of acting career. [video]

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Actors And Actresses Winning Oscars® For 'Wrong Role'

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Two Oscar Pundits, Tom Oneil and Pete Hammond, discuss a long history of actors of winning for movie performances that were really because of earlier performances, in previous film, or for longevity of acting career. [video]

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Authentic Reason For Actors’ Longevity :: In Photos

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I think these photos are a beautiful homage to the beauty of emotional truth. To the the talent, the exceptional acting craft, of these male actors. Each still photo provides, in a glimpse, the beauty that is the art of acting.

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Authentic Reason For Actors' Longevity :: In Photos

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I think these photos are a beautiful homage to the beauty of emotional truth. To the the talent, the exceptional acting craft, of these male actors. Each still photo provides, in a glimpse, the beauty that is the art of acting.

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Performing :: My Video Of Richard Lewis Live

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Another reason that I posted this is because it is Richard Lewis, onstage, in process. It’s not a memorized act, line-by-line. You can hear how he specifically chose material for this particular audience. Especially, I want to point out how loose he is. Onstage, he’s at home. He’s been doing this for years, and it shows. He’s also amongst peers…(VIDEO

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Acting Is Like Channeling

The actor, Ben Whishaw first became known at age 21, when acting in a Shakespeare play. Time Magazine says about Whishaw's acting, in Hamlet: Whishaw has been anointed the next great British actor from his Hamlet, at 21, in 2004. "Go and see Trevor Nunn's Hamlet," one London critic wrote. "In 40 years' time ...

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Acting Nude :: By An Actor Who Is Naked Onstage, Now

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This actor is liberated by the lack of costume.
In London’s West End, he acts naked.
He IS naked. In front of an audience. Each and every show. Read what it is like, for this actor…

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Permission To Act, For Actors

What ones do you take pride in keeping inside, or under wraps, or under your control. In our culture, that’s called restraint. Denial and restraint are toxic to acting.

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Actor Garret Dillahunt Describes Acting In Horror Films!

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Los Angeles actor, Garret Dillahunt, plays quite an evil guy in 'The Last House On The Left'.  In this interview, he makes a great point about "acting craft".   The interviewer asks him if he changes, as a person (inside) when he plays such a character; one who rapes, and easily carries out some very awful ...

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