12 Audition Basics New Actors Should Know Before Walking Into The Room
Acting as a career is like no other. It’s the only profession I know of where you spend more time pitching and interviewing for work than actually doing it. I look at friends and family who have “normal jobs” and some have only ever had a few job interviews inRead More →
[VIDEO] How To Get an Agent for New Actors: Part 1
“How do I get an agent?” is the question I’m asked more than any other by new actors. There are a lot of steps to getting an agent, and even more to getting an agent that is a really good fit for you. But if you’re a new actor START HERE.Read More →
7 Easy Tricks to Memorize Lines Fast
How To Learn Your Lines in 30 Minutes or Less Have 15 minutes? Do Steps 1, 2 and 3 + 15 Minutes for One Other Thing So, you’ve landing a sweet audition with a major casting office. You’re super stoked, but also super nervous – you’ve gotta be off-book, butRead More →
10 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Acting Career TODAY
Many of us began January 1, 2021 with big dreams and hopes of a fresh start after the crushing challenges of the previous year. But here in the U.S. it has been anything but a smooth start. The film industry, like everything else across North America, is on shaky ground.Read More →
Microphones, Pre-Amps & Audio Files: What You Need to Know To Do Voiceovers
This has come up a few times in the last week with my private coaching clients. When reviewing their latest materials / recordings, I realized that everyone, even though they were getting a few of the major things right with recording, were still also making some pretty big blunders. TheRead More →
How To Become an Actor With No Experience
So you wanna be an actor… But where do you start?
1. Learn how to act
2. Learn how to audition well
3. Get a great actor headshot
4. Start with acting in commercials
5. Do background work for movies and TV shows
6. Build your acting resume
7. Get your first IMDB credit
8. Start building your acting reel
9. sign with a reputable talent agent
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How To Start A Career in Voiceovers
Voice over is something that I never planned to do. I came up through the theatre as a kid, found my way from the stage to the camera as a young adult. The camera and I hit it off! We had an instant love affair! Rivaled only by the loveRead More →
What Kind of Content Should Actors Post on Social Media | No More Self Promotion
Social Media: Say Good-bye to Self-Promotion, How and What to Share If you’re like most actors, you absolutely hate the term “self promotion”. Acting, sounds great! Telling people about your wins and successes – awesome! Doing a song and dance to “promote yourself” so you can book work or evenRead More →
9 Personality Traits That Will Help You be More Successful As An Actor
So how do you become a successful actor? Is there a secret formula, something that a few A-Listers know that the rest of us don’t? Is it luck, good genes or just plain hard work? I’ve been a self-help junkie for years; studied success and top performers, became a certifiedRead More →
