• RT @brandiford “The standards we set for ourselves are the barometers other people use to gauge our sense of self-worth.” ~Hill Harper,actor #
• * V. naughty & had day off y’day. Today: verse, singing, accent work & German. #
• * Today: Hagen, verse-speaking & Standard American. How to move accent on to actually use it in any situation? that is the question. #
• #ff @ActorsLounge @bardfilm @thestage @savewiltons @WestEndWitch #
• * Todays work: SAttP, singing, accents and Shakespeare audition piece. Actually feel I took a little step forward. #
• Another reason to lurve McKellen. Like I need more. RT @thestage Ian McKellen joins calls for more older female roles http://bit.ly/11PYOC #
• * More German now. Ich mag. Erm, I think. #
• * Trying to put verse lessons into action on audition speech. Struggling to recall where lines end so sanctity of line tricky. Not good. #
• * Verse & voice day so far. Shakespeare, singing & accents. #acting #
• * Up late studying German. Turns out the things you learn as a child really do stay with you. Rubbish accent tho. #
• * Watching Great Britons Shakespeare documentary by Fiona Shaw. More dumbed-down than I recall but some nice readings. #
• * More Uta Hagen theory, singing, accents & verse (Shakespeare’s Advice to the Players). #acting #
• Q for the singers? Is it better 4 a beginner 2 work a little (5-10mins) every day or intensively w/ regular days totally resting the voice? #
• * Verse-speaking, singing & accents. Now listening to childhood German lang tape (work & nostalgia ) + looking up recipe for Cassoulet. #
• * Uta Hagen destination exercises. #

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

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