Acting Magazine Acting Tips Index

By Carmichael Phillip

  • Acting Magazine Acting Tips Index

     

    “Tell Me a Little About Yourself”

    10 Daily Affirmations for Actors

    10 Effective Ways for Actors to Calm Audition Nerves

    10 Essential Rules of Acting

    10 Mistakes Actors Should Steer Clear Of

    10 Reasons You Didn’t Book the Role You Should Have Booked

    10 Self-Tape Mistakes You Should Avoid

    10 Tips for Beginning Actors 

    10 Tips for Making Bold Choices in Acting

    10 Tips for Making the Perfect Self-tape

    10 Tips for Submitting Your Self-Tape Audition

    11 Habits Of The Successful Actor

    13 Benefits of Taking Improv Classes

    13 Words of Encouragement After a Bad Audition

    15 Steps for Creating Your Demo Reel

    15 Tips for Overcoming Stage Fright

    20 Good Acting Tips

    20 Things You Should Never Do in an Audition

    22 Easy Things You Can Do to Prepare for Your Audition

    3 Easy Ways to Market Yourself to Casting Directors

    3 Great New Year’s Resolutions for Actors

    3 Helpful Suggestions When Slating

    3 Hidden Advantages of Self-taping

    3 Important Questions to Answer Before Your Next Headshot Photoshoot

    3 Minor Violations to Avoid on Your Acting Résumé

    3 Misdemeanors to Avoid on Your Acting Résumé

    3 Reasons Why It Sucks to Do Student Films

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

    3 Reasons Why You Should Not Pursue Local Hire Roles

    3 Reasons Your Audition Ended Quickly

    4 Great Reasons to Audition with Your Sides In Your Hands

    4 Things to Remember When Writing Your Cover Letter 

    4 Ways to Combat Audition Burnout 

    5 Basic Facts about Lee Strasberg

    5 Basic Facts About Method Acting

    5 Basic Facts About Robert De Niro

    5 Essential Budgeting Tips for Actors

    5 Essential Items You Need for Self-Tapes

    5 Good Reasons to Do Student Films

    5 Great Audition Tips

    5 Great New Year’s Resolutions for Actors

    5 Great Ways to Master Your Cold Read Audition

    5 Riddles Every Actor Must Solve

    5 Things Every Actor Should Have

    5 Things Every Actor Should Know Early in Their Career

    5 Things You Might Overlook in Your Self-Tape Instructions 

    5 Things You Should Never Do After an Audition

    5 Ways Actors Can Use Social Media 

    5 Ways Actors Fail 

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

    5 Ways to Find a Good Talent Agent 

    7 Basic Facts About Konstantin Stanislavski

    7 Basic Facts About Stella Adler

    7 Good Reasons to Get New Headshots 

    7 Self-Tape Instructions Actors Often Ignore

    7 Ways to Be Less Nervous and More Confident During Auditions 

    7 Ways to Do a Self-Tape Without a Reader

    7 Ways To Fail At Your Acting Career

    7 Ways to Keep Your Acting Skills Sharp When You’re Not Working

    8 Subtle Ways to Stand Out in an Audition

    9 Steps to Successful Acting Career

    A Guide on Becoming a Movie Actor

    ACTING TECHNIQUE | Identify the Moments

    Acting Tip – Headshot Must Look Like You!

    Acting Tip: Audition begins upon arrival

    Acting Tip: Audition with sides in-hand

    Acting Tip: Get Professional Headshots

    Acting Tip: Never arrive late to audition.

    Acting Tip: No Messy Headshots.

    Acting Tip: Record your lines for easy memorization.

    Acting Tip: Send unsolicited, if necessary

    Acting Tip: Wait before signing to audition

    Acting Tip: Wanna get more “looks”?

    Actor Unions 

    All Acting and No Play Makes You a Dull Actor

    Auditioning Advice

    Bad Auditions Do Not Make You a Bad Actor!

    Be Prepared…or Be Prepared to Be Disappointed! 

    Beef-up Your Acting Résumé with Training, Not Lies!

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

    Before You Blame Your Agent….

    Beware Career Advice from Family During the Holidays

    Booking Commercials: Talent, Looks or Luck?

    Bryan Cranston: Don’t Audition to Get the Job

    Can a Shy Person Be an Actor? 

    Can an Actor Refuse a Role?

    Can You Get Cast Without a Callback?

    Can You Just Walk Into an Acting Audition?

    Can You Self-Taught Acting?

    Celebrate Every Win! 

    Charles S. Dutton: “There’s a wide river of actors and actresses. But there’s only a tiny pond of real talent.”

    Check Your Ego at the Door, But Bring Your Confidence into the Audition Room

    Commercial Acting Tips

    Constance Wu: “You have to detach yourself from the result.”

    Deadlines Are DEAD-lines

    Do Actors Smile in Headshots?

    Do Actors Still Need Printed Headshots?

    Do Casting Directors Talk to Each Other?

    Do You Have an Acting Mentor? 

    Does a Callback Mean I Got the Role?

    Don Cheadle: “Do you want to be an actor or do you want to be a star or a celebrity?”

    Don’t Audition Solely for the Purpose of Booking the Role

    Don’t Be Afraid to Politely Ask for an Audition Do-Over

    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

    Don’t join SAG-AFTRA (too fast)!

    Don’t Just Tell a Talent Agent About Your Dreams. Show Them Your Work!

    Don’t Over-Produce Your Self-Tape

    Don’t Panic! It’s Just a Redirect.

    Don’t Sabotage Yourself

    Every Take Should Be Different, Every Performance Should Be Different

    Find Your Paragon Actor

    Five Great Audition Tips

    Getting Inside the Circle of Acting

    Guidelines For Child Actors

    Headshot Do’s and Don’ts

    How Can I Become an Actor with No experience

    How Can I Get Into Theatre Acting with No Experience?

    How Do Actors Deal with Nerves?

    How do actors get noticed?

    How Do Actors Look for Auditions?

    How Do Actors Lose Weight Fast for Roles?

    How Do Actors Network With Each Other?

    How Do Actors Remember Their Lines?

    How Do Casting Directors Cast Actors?

    How Do I Break Into Acting?

    How Do I Break Into Acting?

    How Do I Get My First Acting Role?

    How Do I Know If Acting is Right For Me? 

    How Do I Pitch Myself to an Acting Agency?

    How Do New Actors Get Agents

    How Do You Become an Actor for Commercials? (Updated for 2026)

    How Do You Deal with Disappointment in an Audition?

    How Do You Find Actors from Commercials? (Step-by-Step Guide)

    How Do You Get an Audition?

    How Do You Get Cast for Commercials?

    How do you impress an acting audition?

    How Do You Network for Your Acting Career?

    How Do You Take a Good Acting Headshot?

    How Do You Use Lighting for an Audition Self-Tape?

    How Early Should You Be for an Audition?

    How Long After an Audition Will I Hear Back?

    How long should a self-tape audition be?

    How Many Auditions Should My Agent Get Me?

    How to Ace a Callback Audition?

    How to Act Realistically 

    How to Act with a Script: A Guide to Bringing Words to Life

    How to Audition for a Movie

    How to Become a Series Regular on a Television Show

    How to Become an Actor

    How to Become an Actor at 16

    How to Become an Actor on Broadway

    How to Become an Actor with No Experience

    How to Become an Actor? (The 2026 Edition)

    How to Book Acting Roles

    How to Choose the Right Acting Class for You

    How to Create a Website as an Actor?

    How to Deal with Not Getting a Callback?

    How to Deal with Rejection as an Actor?

    How to Film an Acting Self-Tape

    How to find out who the actors are in commercials?

    How to Find Readers for Self-Tapes?

    How to Get a Demo Reel for Acting?

    How to Get An Agent

    How to Get Cast in Commercials?

    How to Get into Acting

    How to Pose for Headshots for Actors

    How to Prepare for an Audition

    How to Prepare for Your First Audition?

    How to Put On a Modesty Garment?

    How to Sell Yourself in 10 Seconds or Less

    How to stand out at a callback?

    How to Submit to a Casting Director

    How to Turn Your Audition Trash into Audition Treasure

    Invite Talent Agents and Casting Directors to Pursue You

    Is 25 Too Late for Acting?

    Is it best to audition first or last?

    Is It Better to Take Acting Classes Online or In Person?

    Jeff Daniels’ Advice to Actors

    Know Your Acting Niche

    Konstantin Stanislavski: “There are no small parts, only small actors”

    Learn Your Lines by Writing Them Down…Repeatedly!

    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

    Make Sure That You Are the Star of Your Headshot

    Make Sure Your Name is Added to the “Nice” List

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

    Martin Landau: “Acting is NOT showing”

    Mastering the Art of Self-Taping: A Guide for Actors

    Meeting with an Agent

    Memorize Your Lines in 5 Easy Steps!

    Memory vs. Imagination: Which Approach Works Best?

    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

    Movie Career Tips

    Nailing Your Audition: 10 Essential Tips for Actors

    Navigating Pilot Season

    Never Apologize When You Make a Mistake During an Audition

    Never Do This on Your Acting Résumé!

    Perfect or Not, Always Submit Your Self-Tape! 

    Prepare for Your Audition and Then Just Throw It Away

    Quarantine and Build

    QUESTION: Can I get an agent without a reel?

    QUESTION: Should I Shoot My Own Headshots?

    QUICK TIPS | How to Create a Convincing Character

    Reinvest 50% of Your Cash Back into Your Acting Business

    Set Aside One Day Each Week for Your Acting Business

    Should an actor get a manager or agent first?

    Should I Follow Up After a Callback Audition?

    Should I Put My Weight on My Acting Resume? 

    Should I Put SAG Eligible on My Acting Resume?

    Should I Wear Glasses in My Self-Tape Audition?

    Should self-tapes be filmed vertically or horizontally?

    Should You Be Memorized for Callbacks?

    Should You Wear Black in a Self-Tape?

    Smart Money Management for Actors

    Special Skills Means Special Skills

    The 10 Most Important Questions You Should Know About Your Character 

    The 3-Second Pause

    The 5 Most Important Technical Aspects of a Self-Tape 

    The Acting World Goes Virtual 

    The Actor’s Job Description

    The Audition Checklist 

    The Callback Checklist

    The Callback is Not the Time for Experimenting

    The Complete Guide to Acting Auditions (The 2026 Edition)

    The Complete Guide to Actor Websites (The 2026 Edition)

    The Easiest Way to Improve Your Acting Life? Go to Sleep!

    The Mirror is Not Your Friend

    The Most Important Element When Choosing a Monologue

    The Perfect Self-Tape Audition Reader 

    The Reason to Thoroughly Learn Your Lines is So You Can Forget Them 

    The Self-Tape Checklist 

    The subtle secrets to booking an acting job

    The Ultimate Audition Preparation Checklist 

    There is Power in Your Eyelids

    Understanding the Actor’s Objectives

    Using Referrals to Get An Agent

    Viola Davis: “I write a bio of the character.”

    What Acting School Do Most Actors Go To?

    What Age Should You Start Acting Classes?

    What Are 5 Important Rules to Follow During an Audition?

    What Are 5 Things Actors Do

    What are Animal Exercises?

    What are Some Special Skills to Put on an Actor Resume?

    What Are the Different Types of Demo Reels for Actors?

    What Do They Look for in Auditions?

    What do you say to encourage an actor?

    What does it mean if you don’t get a callback after an audition?

    What Equipment Do I Need for a Self-Tape?

    What is a Breakdown?

    What is a Cold Read?

    What is a SAG-AFTRA Must-Join? 

    What is a Sense Memory?

    What is Slating?

    What is Taft-Hartley? 

    What is the hardest thing to do in acting?

    What is the Magic If?

    What is the Pick-an-Eye Technique?

    What is the Private Moment Exercise?

    What is the Repetition Exercise?

    What is the Unbroken Line?

    What Not to Do After an Audition

    What Not to Put on an Acting Resume

    What NOT to Say to an Actor

    What Should Actors Do Every Day?

    What Should Be on an Acting Resume?

    What Should You NOT Do in a Demo Reel?

    What to Do at an Audition

    What to Wear for Callbacks?

    What Type of Paper Should I Print My Acting Resume On?

    When You Don’t Have an Agent, Your Agent is You! 

    When You Speak Words You Don’t Truly Understand, You Are Not Truly Acting

    Where Can I Record a Self-Tape?

    Where do you look during an audition?

    Where Do You Look When Self-Taping?

    Which Acting Technique Is Best?

    Who Watches Your Self-Tape?

    Why Building Relationships with Casting Directors is So Important

    Why Do I Keep Getting Rejected From Auditions?

    Why Do People Fail at Acting?

    Why Natural Actors Still Need Training

    Why You Should Always Get Coached Before a Big Audition 

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

    YouTube Can Help You Book Commercials 

     


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