Arkadina.Com » 2009

We boil at different degrees. ~ Clint Eastwood.

Something awesome: Pride & prejudice in emoticons. http://bit.ly/6mseT0 #
Merry Christmas everyone. Hope it’s a brilliant one #
* Singing, dialect (started on S Wales, another of my trouble areas – oh the fun) and Shakespeare. #
* Singing, dialect and back to Shakespeare. #
* More comedy, more voice work. #

Spoken by Madame Arkadina in the Technique category with the tag(s) summaries, training.

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Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are – maybe not all of them. But it’s up to you to put in the amount. It’s up to the director to nag you until you get it right. ~ Dame Judi Dench.

- Act before you think – your instincts are more honest than your thoughts.

- Being an actor was never supposed to be about fame and money. Being an actor is a religious calling because you’ve been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity.

- Find in yourself those human things which are universal.

- An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.

_ Every little moment has a meaning all its own.

Spoken by Madame Arkadina in the Quotes category with the tag(s) Quotes, Sanford Meisner.

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Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. ~ Peter Ustinov.

* Poetry and dialect. Seem to have a mental block on the Scottish #
My #FF, all theatrical: @actingcoachmark @dramagirl @ShentonStage @dramaticmisty @Sasha_xx #
* More of the same. No improvement in the Scottish stakes #
* Lots of comedy work. Will I ever get bored of Private Lives? Oh & some more dialect. Scottish not going well. Laugable more accurate #
* Inspiration and dialect today. #
* More comedy and Scottish dialect work. #

Spoken by Madame Arkadina in the Technique category with the tag(s) summaries, training.

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It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it. ~ Dame Judi Dench.

* Dialect, Comedy and sigt-reading. #
* Week of Shakespeare, Comedy and Dialect. #
I keep getting referrals to my site from file:///C:/Users/N****/Desktop/par/16.htm Hmmm, I’m confused. Mildy worrying. #
* Been plodding on with the same old. Enjoying the work. Why did I wait so long to get back to this?! #

Spoken by Madame Arkadina in the Technique category with the tag(s) summaries, training.

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My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don’t get it, I can’t do it. ~ Morgan Freeman.

* Singing, dialect, and Shakespeare. #
* Lots of comedy technique, dialect and WS work. Looking for a play set in Scottish Highlands but brain’s made of fail. Do you know of one? #
For great tips, blogs and quotes on the craft of acting my #followfriday recommendation is: @actingcoachmark #
* Comedy and Dialect. Dull to tweet but fun to do. #
* Today I have been occupying and abandoning emotions at speed for high comedy slalom. Sadly there is bleed #
Happy December Tweeps! Is everyone seeing #red ? #
* More of the same. Enjoying the consistancy. #

Spoken by Madame Arkadina in the Technique category with the tag(s) summaries, training.

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