Acting Magazine Acting Index

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    “If that is acting, I don’t want to do it.” (Stella Adler)

    “Tell Me a Little About Yourself”

    10 Actors We Loved and Lost in 2020

    10 Actors We Loved and Lost in 2021 

    10 Daily Affirmations for Actors

    1001 Reasons Why Acting is So Damn Depressing! | Part 1: Auditions

    25 Inspirational Quotes by Denzel Washington

    3 Hidden Advantages of Self-taping

    3 Minor Violations to Avoid on Your Acting Résumé

    3 Reasons Why You Should Never Audition Just to Book the Job

    3 Reasons Why You Should Not Pursue Local Hire Roles

    3 Things I Love About Self-Tapes & Virtual Auditions 

    4 Things Actors Should Be Grateful for Despite the Pandemic 

    5 Basic Facts about Lee Strasberg

    5 Basic Facts About Method Acting

    5 Benefits of Being a Background Actor

    5 Funny Feel-Facts About Acting

    5 General Rules for Demo Reels

    5 Great Audition Tips

    5 Great Ways to Master Your Cold Read Audition

    5 Reasons Why Background Acting is a $h*tty Job

    5 Riddles Every Actor Must Solve

    5 Ways Actors Fail 

    5 Ways the Actor’s Life Might Change After the Coronavirus 

    7 Basic Facts About Konstantin Stanislavski

    7 Basic Facts About Stella Adler

    8 Subtle Ways to Stand Out in an Audition

    Acting Isn’t A Bed of Roses!

    ACTING TECHNIQUE | Remember Your ABCs

    ACTING TECHNIQUE | Build Chemistry Through Compliments 

    ACTING TECHNIQUE | Dreamwork 

    Acting: When is it Time to Quit?

    ACTOR STORY | “It’s About Nothing!” 

    ACTOR STORY | 4 Auditions. Zero Callbacks!

    ACTOR STORY | Jenna Fischer Recalls Her First Day in LA, as an Aspiring Actor

    ACTOR STORY | That Time I Crashed an Audition, and Lived to Tell About It!

    All Acting and No Play Makes You a Dull Actor

    Auditions vs. Callbacks: What’s the Difference? 

    Before You Approach an Agent, Get Your S@#t Together!

    Bill Duke: “Don’t wait for Hollywood to discover you. Discover yourself!”

    Blend Business Sense with Your Enthusiasm

    Booking Commercials: Talent, Looks or Luck?

    Bryan Cranston: “I knew I wanted to become an actor. I’m not going to have a fallback plan.”

    Celebrate Every Win! 

    Create Your Own Opportunities!

    Dennis Haysbert: “I think the word ‘acting’ is a bad word for what we do.”

    Do’s & Don’ts of Acting

    Don’t Do These 7 Things When Choosing a Monologue

    Don’t Focus On How You Say Your Lines. Focus On Why You Say Your Lines

    EDITORIAL | Actors Have Far More Power Than They Think 

    Embrace Your Age

    Every Take Should Be Different, Every Performance Should Be Different

    Fall in Love with Acting, All Over Again!

    Find Your Paragon Actor

    Getting Inside the Circle of Acting

    How Do I Break Into Acting?

    How to Act Realistically 

    How to Audition When You Know the Role Has Already Been Cast

    How to Sell Yourself in 10 Seconds or Less

    If You Weren’t an Actor, What Would You Be? 

    Kate Winslet’s Advice to Actors

    Last-Minute Auditions Stink! 

    Lee Strasberg: “The actor must convince himself of the rightness of what he is doing”

    Look to Acting to Be Your Creative Savior, Not Your Financial Savior

    Mandy Patinkin: “Don’t become an actor, unless you HAVE to.”

    Michael Caine: “A film actor must be able to dream another person’s dreams.”

    Michael Caine: “Listening is really what acting is all about”

    Morgan Freeman’s Advice to Actors

    Narrow Your Focus

    Netflix and Quarantine…and Watch Some Great Acting!

    Never Apologize When You Make a Mistake During an Audition

    Never Do This on Your Acting Résumé!

    One Fact About Post-Audition Fears That You Should Always Remember 

    OPINION | Casting Directors Should Give Us Feedback on Our Self-Tapes! 

    OPINION | Self-Taping is a Godsend! 

    QUESTION: Can I get an agent without a reel?

    Reinvest 50% of Your Cash Back into Your Acting Business

    Ryan Gosling Describes the Impossible Gauntlet That Every Actor Must Survive

    Sanford Meisner: “Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.”

    Should an Actor Ever Work for Free? 

    Special Skills Means Special Skills

    The 3-Second Pause

    The Acting World Goes Virtual 

    The Actor’s Job Description

    The Actor’s Sanity Test

    The Audition Checklist 

    The Callback Checklist

    The Callback is Not the Time for Experimenting

    The Knock-at-the-Door Exercise

    The Mirror is Not Your Friend

    The Power of Positive Thinking

    The Virtual Audition Waiting Room

    There is Power in Your Eyelids

    Three Different Scenes for a Self-Tape! 

    Top 10 List of Actors Who Found Fame Later in Life

    Understanding the Actor’s Objectives

    What Are the 5 W’s of Acting?

    What Are the Qualities of a Good Actor?

    What is a Backstory?

    What is a Breakdown?

    What is a Sense Memory?

    What is a Talent Agent?

    What Is Acting?

    What is an “Audition”?

    What Is An Acting Class?

    What Is An Actor?

    What Is An Actors Union?

    What is Relaxation? 

    What is Slating?

    What is the Repetition Exercise?

    What to Do When You Feel Like Giving Up on Acting

    Why Acting Must Be a Need, Not a Want

    Why Natural Actors Still Need Training

    Why You Should Always Get Coached Before a Big Audition 

    Working As A Movie Extra

    You’re Not Really Acting When You’re Over-Acting

     


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