by anitakumar | Sep 21, 2016 | AU, Paul Barry
I saw Clint Eastwood interviewed on television when he took up celebrity portrait photography as a hobby many years ago, and he said that there were three ways in which a person could be captured: The way the world sees them (common perception) The way they see...
by anitakumar | Aug 10, 2016 | AU, Paul Barry
In late 2006 I spent three incredible weeks in Québec observing the creation process of Ex Machina, the company founded by internationally acclaimed theatre actor-director Robert Lepage. The company’s work is often described as cinematic, an intended compliment, but...
by anitakumar | Jan 14, 2016 | AU, Paul Barry
Dear Annoying Actor, First of all, stay with me here, because this has an important point. Okay? Okay. You know that annoying thing you do in class, where you check your phone while I’m trying to teach you something? Yeah? Well, that’s pretty annoying. Only slightly...
by anitakumar | Oct 21, 2015 | AU, Paul Barry, UK, US
Over the years, I have heard many directors, teachers, and casting directors instruct actors to ‘bring more colour’ to their performances in auditions and on screen. Though we as actors think we have some kind of understanding of what this generalised direction may...
by anitakumar | Sep 27, 2015 | AU, Paul Barry, US
It’s easy to think that we’ve made a choice when all we’ve done is follow an ingrained, habitual path. The difference is that choices are final conscious selections taken from multiple possible options, while habits are subconscious enactments based on limited and...
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