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 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 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 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 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 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”?
All Acting and No Play Makes You a Dull Actor
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!
Beware Career Advice from Family During the Holidays
Booking Commercials: Talent, Looks or Luck?
Bryan Cranston: Don’t Audition to Get the Job
Can You Get Cast Without a Callback?
Can You Just Walk Into an Acting Audition?
Check Your Ego at the Door, But Bring Your Confidence into the Audition Room
Constance Wu: “You have to detach yourself from the result.”
Do Actors Still Need Printed Headshots?
Do Casting Directors Talk to Each Other?
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.
Every Take Should Be Different, Every Performance Should Be Different
Getting Inside the Circle of Acting
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 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 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 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 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 with a Script: A Guide to Bringing Words to Life
How to Become a Series Regular on a Television Show
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 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 Cast in Commercials?
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 it best to audition first or last?
Is It Better to Take Acting Classes Online or In Person?
Jeff Daniels’ Advice to Actors
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
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
Nailing Your Audition: 10 Essential Tips for Actors
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
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 5 Most Important Technical Aspects of a Self-Tape
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 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 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 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 SAG-AFTRA Must-Join?
What is the hardest thing to do in acting?
What is the Pick-an-Eye Technique?
What is the Private Moment Exercise?
What is the Repetition Exercise?
What Not to Do After an Audition
What Not to Put on an Acting Resume
What Should Actors Do Every Day?
What Should Be on an Acting Resume?
What Should You NOT Do in a Demo Reel?
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?
Why Building Relationships with Casting Directors is So Important
Why Do I Keep Getting Rejected From Auditions?
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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