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This is a true story. Natalie’s dad knew this guy who went to fight in the Second World War. When he turned up for his first day they asked what he did for a living. He said he was a tiller. Somehow the guy asking the question misheard the reply and thought he said he…

Here are 5 things that as an actor will make you squeal with delight…like a little piggy: 1. The phone call saying ‘You got the job!’ This is as much fun as you can possibly have with your clothes on. It’s a moment of pure ecstasy. 2. A director comes up to you and says…

    I saw a brilliant video the other day. It’s Shia LaBeouf giving advice on following your dreams. Go and watch it here and come back to me. I love his passion and share his frustration. You can really feel how frustrated he is with the idea that people don’t just do it. He’s…

There is an old Scottish saying “Fur coat and nae knickers’’ Roughly translated, it means someone pretending to be a bit more upmarket than they really are. Well, at the Cannes Film Festival this week there is a lot of that going on…but guess what? If you weren’t wearing high heels then you wouldn’t get…

One of my favourite films is the Pursuit of Happyness. It tells the true story of Chris Gardner. Chris is struggling big time. He is living on the breadline. His wife leaves him and he has to look after his young son by himself. He has little to no money. He and his son have…

This week there are young people all over the country sitting SAT tests. As you can imagine, this is quite stressful. Pupils get themselves into all sorts of states worrying over these and teachers know it. Which led to an amazing letter sent out by three teachers to their pupils this week. It went viral…

One of my favourite birds is the woodpecker. It finds a tree and has a little peck. A tiny bit of wood comes off and falls to the ground. ‘No big deal’ you may say to yourself. But the woodpecker doesn’t stop there. It pecks and pecks and pecks until the whole bloody tree comes…

Natalie, my wife, told me this bizarre but true story from her childhood. Her dad went to the local pub one night and came back with a dog. It was the 70’s; things like this happened back then. At first, all seemed well with the dog. But then things took a turn for the worse.…

Let’s do a bit of ‘’Q&A’’ action today. Question: I am a student studying Musical Theatre and recently I was told by my acting teachers that my acting has weaknesses that I am very keen to address. They have said that whilst I am able to understand a character and convey the various emotions they…

  I heard this interesting stat the other day. 9 out of 10 people do NOT pursue the job of their dreams. A survey was done on what people wanted to become when they were growing up.  Many said they wanted to be things like an astronaut, a rock star, a dancer, a fireman and…