{"id":6676,"date":"2017-02-17T13:35:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/news\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:48:28","slug":"inside-acting-graeme-armour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/news\/inside-acting-graeme-armour\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Acting: Graeme Armour"},"content":{"rendered":"

My parents instilled a good work ethic in me, giving me the drive to leave the East End of Glasgow for London when I was 20, to get out of the small town I was born in in the 80s. It was a dark time politically and financially - I remember neighbours having bailiffs knocking on their door and everyone rallying around to stop them. There was a great sense of community. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Having done Acting at City Academy<\/a>, now that I look back, I can see these foundations in my creative thinking; I graft, and I try not to escape from myself so much that I become insular, but instead stay grounded in reality.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I admire actors like Julie Walters, Brenda Blethyn, Gary Oldman, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Day Lewis because I believe their acting comes from that place of reality.<\/p>\n

Acting is the Art of Conversation. It\u2019s about life experiences, failures, losses, anger, love and all the emotions we feel on a daily basis. We can control dialogue and costumes, but what my body does in reaction to these emotions and conversations, I can\u2019t really control and that\u2019s what makes acting relatable.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I didn\u2019t expect to love it so much. I initially decided to do a course to boost my confidence, meet new people and have fun as I had never acted before. Creatively I thought it would be a challenge, but from the time I signed up, I never missed a class. I am a Creative Director\/Designer in the fashion industry and the course has now steered me in a different direction in terms of what I would like to do in life.<\/p>\n

The group were all lovely, and Elle<\/a> the teacher was amazing, she has a great spirit and is full of energy. I can go silent when I\u2019m absorbing everything, I found it very new and exciting, and\u00a0kept going back as I wanted to learn. The course offered everything I was looking for in abundance but either way, it helped me develop a better understanding of me.<\/p>\n

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Graeme\u00a0has taken Acting - Beginners<\/a> and is currently doing Acting - Improvers<\/a> at City Academy. For all our other Acting courses, see here >>><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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