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In 2015

Mel Gibson cut most of my work out of Hacksaw Ridge 

And I felt completely miserable 

In 2017

Jennifer Kent directed me in The Nightingale

And I felt utterly fulfilled

Two years

Two totally different experiences

So, what happened in between 2015 & 2017?

2016 (obviously)

But what happened, specifically, in those 12 months?

Well, A few things…

Let’s discuss two

Time & Focus 

Firstly 

Time

Let’s insert a great quote here from the wizard, John Danaher 

“Think about how much time people waste on any given day 

Between phones, tv, computer games, social media, etc etc 

Things which are literally designed to waste your time

And yet, people devote a third of their waking life to these activities.

If you could just take that wasted time 

And learn skills

Skills which actually help you give the performance you want to, when you want to,

Within a few years…

You could reinvent yourself as an artist.”

Mmm

Now I have an extra third of my waking life back

But what do I now do with those hours?

This brings us to our second point

Focus

But which skills do I focus on?

Enter Pareto’s Principle 

Which suggests that…

In an ocean of acting techniques 

Only a very small percentage

Are truly effective across the board

Okay

So I want to devote almost all of my training, time and resources into those specific techniques 

Which will then, in turn, help me give the work I actually want to, when I want to

And thus… the results will flow.

If you want to get good quickly

Learn where to place your focus

Not just the mental focus on the technique

It’s the techniques themselves

But...

What are the truly important techniques of the craft of screen acting? 

Which ones are actually worth getting good at?

mmm

Curious

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