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		<title>Tackling Talent: Part 2 with ACS Assistant Coach Ian Watt</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/24/tackling-talent-part-2-with-ian-watt/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/24/tackling-talent-part-2-with-ian-watt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Do you need talent?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Watt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Practical Aesthetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Friday’s have become special days at the ACS studio. Over the last few weeks we’ve been working through a DVD of Meisner classes. It’s a real treat to watch the man himself training actors in his own techniques. At 8 hours it’s a bit of a marathon but it always sparks off lots of discussion.
We’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tackling Talent: Part 1 &#8211; A Guest Blog from ACS Assistant Coach Karli Evans</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/23/tackling-talent-a-guest-blog-from-acs-assistant-coach-karli-evans/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/23/tackling-talent-a-guest-blog-from-acs-assistant-coach-karli-evans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acting Coach Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Do you need talent to be successful?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karli Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How many successful actors out there do you think built their careers on talent?
The answer is, probably 3.
Not only is acting not exclusive to those very few who have true talent, true talent being the ability to instinctively live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the play or film EVERY time, but someone with talent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know your Job</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/21/know-your-job/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/21/know-your-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Moss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings, apologies for the lack of blogs recently, been very busy, but which of us isn&#8217;t and excuses don&#8217;t cut it.
I&#8217;ve been reading Larry Moss&#8217; book, The Intent to Live, he&#8217;s got some amazing clients and speaks a lot of sense, although personally I disagree with about 70% of it.  His distaste for Mamet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Fulfilment</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/20/finding-fulfilment/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/20/finding-fulfilment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is fulfillment and how do we achieve it? From the day we are born, whether we know it or not, we are continually seeking the answer to these questions. For some people, fulfillment is called pleasure; some know it as accomplishment, triumph or contentment, others know it as piece of mind or being at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do NOT Let the Director Near the Lighting Board</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/10/do-not-let-the-director-near-the-lighting-board/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/10/do-not-let-the-director-near-the-lighting-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was lucky to begin my theatre career in tech.  I was originally an LX technician at the Edinburgh Festival.  It was challenging and I was well trained by graduates of RADA and Central.  One of the very last things they taught us, which has been echoed through time, is do not let the director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Good Resources</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/07/a-few-of-good-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/07/a-few-of-good-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hey All
In today&#8217;s blog, I wanted to offer you a few resources that I&#8217;ve found across the web.
STINTON TALKS MAMET: The first is for people in the UK or for those who can listen to the iPlayer or catch Radio 4 somehow.  Tomorrow evening (Monday 8th February), Colin Stinton will be reading some of Mamet&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wood for the Trees</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/05/the-wood-for-the-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/02/05/the-wood-for-the-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Often when we&#8217;re working on a new scene, we find it difficult to get to the heart of it.  Our acting techniques have been almost crippled by asking too many unnecessary and possibly academic questions and this really ends up with us missing the important parts of the scene, the actable bits.  Not all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Sandy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/30/lessons-from-sandy/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/30/lessons-from-sandy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Meisner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanford Meisner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://acting-blog.com/?p=1465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you know by now that we&#8217;re greatly influenced by many of Sanford Meisner&#8217;s ideas.  I find myself inspired by his words more and more.  I found a few new quotes that I thought I would like to share with you.  I will use the quotes to explore some ideas on acting and hopefully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Excuses</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/21/making-excuses/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/21/making-excuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is one quality that I see in my students that indicates that they don&#8217;t really have a future in acting. It&#8217;s making excuses.  There&#8217;s a million reasons why you didn&#8217;t do something, but if you want to be a successful working actor, then you must cultivate the habit of presence.
Acting is learned in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t trust Acting Schools</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/15/i-dont-trust-acting-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/15/i-dont-trust-acting-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't trust acting schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Joanne:
I don&#8217;t trust acting schools.
There, I said it.   Now I&#8217;m going to get some abuse.  I don&#8217;t trust Acting Schools.  Not the real ones, not the accredited ones, not the universities pretending to be ones, not the colleges desperately trying to be ones, not the small independent studios, not the large commercial &#8216;theatre&#8217; schools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice to the Advancing Acting Student</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/12/advice-to-the-advancing-acting-student/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/12/advice-to-the-advancing-acting-student/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advanced acting class glasgow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the day, acting is doing.  It&#8217;s doing, it&#8217;s not talking about doing (as the academics and some directors think) and it&#8217;s not pretending to do (as others have been known to posit).  It&#8217;s real doing.  Meisner said &#8216;the foundation of acting is the reality of doing&#8217;.  Once you see an actor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Glasgow Acting Classes Begin Tonight!</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/11/new-glasgow-acting-classes-begin-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/11/new-glasgow-acting-classes-begin-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glasgow Acting Classes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why do people become actors?]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://acting-blog.com/?p=1454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Well, tonight&#8217;s the night, the beginning of a new term of Glasgow acting classes at the Acting Coach Scotland studio in Queen St.  What started off as just a few hours a week has turned into a full-time operation and we&#8217;re excited that another 16 students will come through the doors this evening to discover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gatekeepers: A Secret about the Acting Industry</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/09/the-secret-about-acting/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/09/the-secret-about-acting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gatekeepers in the acting industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secrets of the acting industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone can act. I know it pisses actors off to hear that, because we all want to be special, but it is my sincerest belief that anyone can do it.  Not everyone can do it as well as everyone else, and quite often some people are predisposed to excellence in a particular field due to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Skills of the Actor</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/08/the-skills-of-the-actor/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/08/the-skills-of-the-actor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acting skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently spent two full days working intensively with a client on the basics of acting.  We broke the training down into the elements that I feel are necessary for an actor to excel in and habituate, it is the craft, it is our craft:
* Discerning from the script what is actable and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Craft of the Actor</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/02/the-craft-of-the-actor/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2010/01/02/the-craft-of-the-actor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the craft of the actor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://acting-blog.com/?p=1436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a new year, a fresh start&#8230; and it&#8217;s time to start taking a fresh look at your profession.
Despite living in a quick-fix world, our profession does not support this kind of culture.  The profession of the actor is one of the apprentice and one of the craftsm&#8217;n.  The craft cannot be taught in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Fail in Auditions</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/30/why-we-fail-in-auditions/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/30/why-we-fail-in-auditions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audition Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failing in auditions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://acting-blog.com/?p=1432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How come some talented actors never make it?  Some very talented individuals, who are amazing in class, do incredible work on stage, really nail it on camera, but when end up in the audition room, or in front of a casting director, they simply fail – they fall to pieces.
It’s the audition or casting session [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Signs Your Acting Teacher Sucks</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/29/6-reasons-why-your-acting-teacher-sucks/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/29/6-reasons-why-your-acting-teacher-sucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ONE: Mainly Clueless
Wise and sage-like, most of them know that their technique is practically useless, but carry on peddling their nonsense for years.
TWO: Charge Too Much
I’ve seen middle of the road acting teachers charging up to £100 an hour for a session in which they rob you blind for little more than a life-coaching session. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Practical Aesthetics work for Physical Theatre?</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/28/does-practical-aesthetics-work-for-physical-theatre/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/28/does-practical-aesthetics-work-for-physical-theatre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Practical Aesthetics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In yesterday&#8217;s Acting Blog, I stated that: “A technique of acting must work all the time, every time.” An anonymous (American?) commenter asked:
 
“Does PA work for physical theater?”
I feel that there are about eight different answers to this question, so we&#8217;ll have to take this one in parts.
For me, the answer is very much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acting Techniques are Pointless</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/27/acting-techniques-are-pointless/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/27/acting-techniques-are-pointless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACS Studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acting techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Practical Aesthetics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BellaLuce asked ‘What acting techniques/exercises have you found particularly pointless?’
Hmmm.  Acting Techniques and their exercises are necessary.  The trouble is that most of them are entirely pointless.  They do keep you occupied, they’re often fun, or least they make you feel like you’re working, or mostly, they frustrate and irritate you into complying with whatever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas to all!  I hope you have a great time, I&#8217;m watching It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life as Christmas Eve turns into Christmas Day, and you know what? It is!
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		<title>Glasgow Acting Coach on&#8230;The Death of Method Acting&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/16/the-death-of-method-acting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Method Acting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m annoyed, it&#8217;s 03:44am in the morning and I&#8217;m fuming at the media&#8217;s constant need to agree with the Methodists, that&#8217;s Method acting practitioners to you and me.  Remember Bush and his &#8216;You&#8217;re either with us or against us&#8217; speech, well the same type of impractical theory has crept from the Methodists themselves to others.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glasgow Acting Coach on&#8230; Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/15/glasgow-acting-coach-on-dialogue/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/15/glasgow-acting-coach-on-dialogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glasgow Acting Coach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On Dialogue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The great philosopher Cher once said &#8220;Words are like weapons, they wound sometimes.&#8221;
Dialogue is a contrived thing.  It is not speech.  Those that think it is, are sadly deluding themselves.  It is a contrived representation of real human speech, created assist with the creation of the illusion of character.
Characters speak to achieve something.  This can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glasgow Acting Coach on&#8230; How to Avoid Faking It.</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/14/glasgow-acting-coach-on-how-to-avoid-faking-it/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/14/glasgow-acting-coach-on-how-to-avoid-faking-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Actors - How to Avoid Faking It]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okay okay you say, since you hate faking and love truthful acting so much, how the hell do I avoid faking it?
Actually, it&#8217;s quite simple, it&#8217;s a mental shift in the actor&#8217;s perspective that helps us to see things clearly.  I was working with an actor today and it started to become very clear to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glasgow Acting Coach on&#8230;Mediocrity</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/13/glasgow-acting-coach-on-mediocrity/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/13/glasgow-acting-coach-on-mediocrity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Acting, Theatre and Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glasgow Acting Coach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Westbrook Acting Coach Scotland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi All.
I&#8217;m sorry to say that I look about me and see a lot of mediocre performances.  Flat, lifeless crap and shabby, flabby, overdone shit.  It&#8217;s frightening that these people got through drama school and are paid to perform in front of you.  Under a unique law in the UK, you can&#8217;t ask for your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glasgow Acting Coach spills the beans&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/12/glasgow-acting-coach-spills-the-beans/</link>
		<comments>http://acting-blog.com/2009/12/12/glasgow-acting-coach-spills-the-beans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acting Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glasgow Acting Coach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good acting coaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Westbrook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi
Some of you are asking about recommending acting coaches in other cities.  Sorry guys, I&#8217;m afraid unless they&#8217;ve taught me, I&#8217;m unwilling to put my reputation on the line.
But since so many of you ask the questions, I&#8217;m going to talk to you about what qualities I think a good acting coach should have -
That [...]]]></description>
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