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To be a good actor, you should know the words and movements and execute them perfectly; to be a great actor, you should know the words and movements and execute them perfectly, and also be able to invest them with great meaning; but to be a master actor, you should know the words and movements and execute them perfectly, invest them with great meaning, and be a farmer. ~ Proverb about theatre from Bangladesh.

Someone's stolen my credit card info & been trying to use them on supermarket & ticket sites. Am not happy. Hassle galore. #
And now for a #ff The wise: @navarrotells & the talented: @panacea81 #
There are days when I love being from East Anglia: http://bit.ly/dsocYs #
* Think I'm coming down w/ something, dialect work patchy. Voice keeps giving out #
* Welsh dialect work today. Loving Rob Brydon's tones. #
* Singing 'Tell Me It's Not True' from Blood Brothers. #

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In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But our punctuation cannot be quite strict, because we have to relate it to the audience. In other words we are continually changing the score. ~ Ralph Richardson.

* Working on my first year self appraisal. Regular tweeting definitely gets a "could do better". #
The city I'm from is one of those up for UK City of Culture! Culture? Hmmm. Is it in hiding? #
* Watching 'The Big Chill'. Is there anything about Glenn Close to not love? #
Awww, Vanessa Redgrave is amazing. #BAFTAs #

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Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That’s basically what we do. ~ Glenn Close.

Damn EastEnders was good tonight, don't usually watch. Should be be live all the time, much more fun. #
* More Scottish dialect work. #
* Continuing the vocal theme. I need to branch out. #

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Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. ~ Meryl Streep.

* More Mamet, sight-reading and Scottish dialect work. #
* Dialect, sight-reading and first day of Mamet. Nice. #
* More Scottish and continuing the sight reading. #

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Timing in comedy is like walking on a razor blade. ~ Michael Caine.

* Returned to Scottish dialect work. Much better, recognisable now. 6 weeks away from it have done me good. #
* The building blocks can be a tad a dull. Worthwhile, but there's some dullness all the same. #

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It was good to learn so early. They’re not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better. ~ Dame Judi Dench.

* Found an old Muppets tape. I love Ben Vereen's voice, could listen to it for hours. #

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Acting is the ability to dream on cue. ~ Ralph Richardson.

* Am still working on the voice, practitioners and speeches etc. Not tweeting much as I am still more dull than I care to admit. #
* Singing along to EP on the radio. #
RT @Dramagirl Something I just learned ‘Off-Off-Broadway theaters are defined as theaters that have fewer than 100 seats.’ #theatre #
Has twitter been slow for you so far this year? Today’s the first time I’ve been able to keep up with my stream in ages. #

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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.

Poss. site hacking + sore throat & joints + upcoming Mum b’day = chaos everywhere. #

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

* Continuing with Hagen. I’m sensing a long running theme will develop *must be more exciting*. #
* More Hagen. Objectives and “doings”. Finding the word “doings” amusing. Feel about 7 yrs old. #
* More on Hagen. Love that she worked/trained on her own too. #
* Suzman reminds me of my old drama teachers. So giving up on it (is that blasphemy?) and moving on to Hagen, much more fun. #
* Shakespearean Comedy. Yes, more of the same. I am v. dull. #
* Continuing the Suzman theme. #

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

* Still on the Bard, this time Suzman’s take. #
* Returned to Barton today, ahhh. Am stepping away from the dialect before I get too obssessed. #
* Have been v. quiet on the training front. Two lovely friends gave me voice books/cds for xmas. Am immersed. #
Happy New Year! Have a good one #

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