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Acting
- 3 Things I Love About Self-Tapes & Virtual Auditions
- 5 Great Audition Tips
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | Dreamwork
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | Build Chemistry Through Compliments
- Auditions vs. Callbacks: What’s the Difference?
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | Remember Your ABCs
- How to Act Realistically
- What Are the 5 W’s of Acting?
- What is a Talent Agent?
- 10 Actors We Loved and Lost in 2021
- Celebrate Every Win!
- Last-Minute Auditions Stink!
- The 3-Second Pause
- One Fact About Post-Audition Fears That You Should Always Remember
- 10 Daily Affirmations for Actors
- Bill Duke: “Don’t wait for Hollywood to discover you. Discover yourself!”
- If You Weren’t an Actor, What Would You Be?
- OPINION | Casting Directors Should Give Us Feedback on Our Self-Tapes!
- OPINION | Self-Taping is a Godsend!
- What is Relaxation?
- Why You Should Always Get Coached Before a Big Audition
- The Acting World Goes Virtual
- 10 Actors We Loved and Lost in 2020
- Create Your Own Opportunities!
- How to Sell Yourself in 10 Seconds or Less
- The Virtual Audition Waiting Room
- The Actor’s Job Description
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- Every Take Should Be Different, Every Performance Should Be Different
- The Knock-at-the-Door Exercise
- The Mirror is Not Your Friend
- Bryan Cranston: “I knew I wanted to become an actor. I’m not going to have a fallback plan.”
- 4 Things Actors Should Be Grateful for Despite the Pandemic
- There is Power in Your Eyelids
- 5 Ways the Actor’s Life Might Change After the Coronavirus
- Should an Actor Ever Work for Free?
- Kate Winslet’s Advice to Actors
- Dennis Haysbert: “I think the word ‘acting’ is a bad word for what we do.”
- Netflix and Quarantine…and Watch Some Great Acting!
- Don’t Do These 7 Things When Choosing a Monologue
- 7 Basic Facts About Stella Adler
- Michael Caine: “Listening is really what acting is all about”
- What is the Repetition Exercise?
- ACTOR STORY | That Time I Crashed an Audition, and Lived to Tell About It!
- The Callback Checklist
- Lee Strasberg: “The actor must convince himself of the rightness of what he is doing”
- 5 Basic Facts about Lee Strasberg
- 5 Funny Feel-Facts About Acting
- 3 Minor Violations to Avoid on Your Acting Résumé
- You’re Not Really Acting When You’re Over-Acting
- What is a Sense Memory?
- Booking Commercials: Talent, Looks or Luck?
- Never Apologize When You Make a Mistake During an Audition
- Never Do This on Your Acting Résumé!
- 5 General Rules for Demo Reels
- Before You Approach an Agent, Get Your S@#t Together!
- 5 Reasons Why Background Acting is a $h*tty Job
- Look to Acting to Be Your Creative Savior, Not Your Financial Savior
- 5 Riddles Every Actor Must Solve
- What is Slating?
- 5 Basic Facts About Method Acting
- Reinvest 50% of Your Cash Back into Your Acting Business
- 5 Benefits of Being a Background Actor
- 3 Hidden Advantages of Self-taping
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Never Audition Just to Book the Job
- 5 Great Ways to Master Your Cold Read Audition
- Narrow Your Focus
- Morgan Freeman’s Advice to Actors
- All Acting and No Play Makes You a Dull Actor
- Acting: When is it Time to Quit?
- How to Audition When You Know the Role Has Already Been Cast
- The Callback is Not the Time for Experimenting
- Why Acting Must Be a Need, Not a Want
- ACTOR STORY | Jenna Fischer Recalls Her First Day in LA, as an Aspiring Actor
- Why Natural Actors Still Need Training
- Michael Caine: “A film actor must be able to dream another person’s dreams.”
- What is a Backstory?
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Not Pursue Local Hire Roles
- Fall in Love with Acting, All Over Again!
- Top 10 List of Actors Who Found Fame Later in Life
- 7 Basic Facts About Konstantin Stanislavski
- Don’t Focus On How You Say Your Lines. Focus On Why You Say Your Lines
- “If that is acting, I don’t want to do it.” (Stella Adler)
- What is a Breakdown?
- “Tell Me a Little About Yourself”
- What is an “Audition”?
- Sanford Meisner: “Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.”
- Embrace Your Age
- Find Your Paragon Actor
- Special Skills Means Special Skills
- Understanding the Actor’s Objectives
- The Actor’s Sanity Test
- Working As A Movie Extra
- Getting Inside the Circle of Acting
- Do’s & Don’ts of Acting
- Acting Isn’t A Bed of Roses!
- What Is Acting?
- How Do I Break Into Acting?
- What Is An Actors Union?
- Blend Business Sense with Your Enthusiasm
- What Is An Actor?
- What Is An Acting Resume?
- What Is An Acting Class?
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Acting Facts - How Much Do Lead Actors *Really* Earn Per Movie?
- Is It a Trap to Do Two Takes for a Self-Tape?
- The Scarcity Mentality
- Will Live Auditions Go Extinct Like the Dinosaurs?
- How can I make a reel without experience?
- POLL: What is Your Current Vaccination Status?
- Specificity is the Key to Special Skills
- 15 Brilliant Quotes by Konstantin Stanislavski
- Should I Put My Ethnicity on My Acting Resume?
- Can You Get Cast Without an Agent?
- Do You Put Your Age on Your Acting Resume?
- The Ultimate Guide to SAG-AFTRA
- POLL: Actors Prefer to Know Their Self-Tape Was Received and Viewed
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | Remember Your ABCs
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | Play “Powerful” with Subtlety
- 10 Actors We Loved and Lost in 2021
- EDITORIAL | Actors Who Refuse to Get Vaccinated Are Firing Themselves
- POLL: Actors Should Be Fired If They Refuse Covid Vaccination
- Do Casting Directors Even See Our Self-Tapes?
- Are British Actors Better Than American Actors?
- Are Actors Refusing to Hand-In Self-Tapes?
- POLL | Actors Prefer In-Person Auditions
- The Big Question Actors are Now Being Asked
- It’s Official: Your Vaccination Status Can Now Affect Your Acting Career
- One Fact About Post-Audition Fears That You Should Always Remember
- If You Weren’t an Actor, What Would You Be?
- The Asian Actor: New opportunities, and a new awakening
- 7 Good Reasons to Get New Headshots
- What is Taft-Hartley?
- The Acting World Goes Virtual
- Actors Losing Health Insurance at an Alarming Rate
- 10 Actors We Loved and Lost in 2020
- What is a SAG-AFTRA Must-Join?
- 10 Reasons Why Being a Modern Actor is Bad Ass
- How to Sell Yourself in 10 Seconds or Less
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- Every Take Should Be Different, Every Performance Should Be Different
- Get to Know Zoom
- The Latino Actor: An Uphill Battle for Representation and Inclusion
- ACTOR STORY | How Aaron Paul Got His Big Break
- 5 Essential Budgeting Tips for Actors
- ACTOR STORY | How Chadwick Boseman Almost Gave Up on Acting, Before He Became a Legend
- There is Power in Your Eyelids
- SAG-AFTRA eligible
- Talent Agent vs. Talent Manager: What is the Difference?
- 5 Basic Facts About Uta Hagen
- 5 Basic Facts About Tom Hanks
- 5 Basic Facts About Viola Davis
- 5 Facts About Denzel Washington
- What is the Pick-an-Eye Technique?
- 5 Basic Facts About Robert De Niro
- Netflix and Quarantine…and Watch Some Great Acting!
- 7 Basic Facts About Meryl Streep
- Actors Who Have Tested Positive for the Coronavirus
- Keep Your Actor Body!
- 7 Basic Facts About Stella Adler
- Michael Caine: “Listening is really what acting is all about”
- What is the Repetition Exercise?
- 5 Basic Facts About Sanford Meisner
- ACTOR STORY | That Time I Crashed an Audition, and Lived to Tell About It!
- Don Cheadle: “Do you want to be an actor or do you want to be a star or a celebrity?”
- Before You Blame Your Agent….
- The Callback Checklist
- What is the Private Moment Exercise?
- Funny Feel-Facts, Part II
- Lee Strasberg: “The actor must convince himself of the rightness of what he is doing”
- 5 Basic Facts about Lee Strasberg
- 5 Funny Feel-Facts About Acting
- What is a Sense Memory?
- Booking Commercials: Talent, Looks or Luck?
- Before You Approach an Agent, Get Your S@#t Together!
- 3 Helpful Suggestions When Slating
- Emma Thompson: “Never let yourself be defined by how you look.”
- What is Slating?
- 5 Basic Facts About Method Acting
- What are Animal Exercises?
- Reinvest 50% of Your Cash Back into Your Acting Business
- Will Hollywood ‘Ban’ Georgia?
- 3 Hidden Advantages of Self-taping
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Never Audition Just to Book the Job
- 5 Great Ways to Master Your Cold Read Audition
- Director John Singleton has died
- All Acting and No Play Makes You a Dull Actor
- What is a Cold Read?
- Why Acting Must Be a Need, Not a Want
- ACTOR STORY | How Luke Perry Almost Gave Up on Acting
- ACTOR STORY | Jenna Fischer Recalls Her First Day in LA, as an Aspiring Actor
- Why Natural Actors Still Need Training
- Actor Luke Perry has reportedly died
- What is a Backstory?
- Michael Caine: “Real people struggle NOT to show their feelings”
- Atlanta is Becoming the Hollywood of the South
- What is the Magic If?
- 5 NFL Football Players Who Became Successful Actors
- 7 Basic Facts About Konstantin Stanislavski
- 3 Brilliant Portrayals of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Konstantin Stanislavski: “Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.”
- Actors and Blackface
- On this day: Casablanca premieres
- First Interracial Kiss on Television
- Top 5 Actor-Turned-Politicians
- Don’t Focus On How You Say Your Lines. Focus On Why You Say Your Lines
- Actor Unions
- What is a Breakdown?
- Neil Simon passed away at 91
- Editorial: Crazy Rich Asians Should Set A New Trend
- “Tell Me a Little About Yourself”
- SAG-AFTRA is holding as much as $48 million for 96,000 members it cannot find
- Konstantin Stanislavski: “There are no small parts, only small actors”
- What is Financial Core (Fi-Core)?
- Union vs. Non-Union
- Embrace Your Age
- Find Your Paragon Actor
- Special Skills Means Special Skills
- Acting Fact: Women claimed 24% of leading roles.
- Acting Fact: SAG-AFTRA Membership.
- Acting Fact: Roles for Women in Hollywood Compared to Men
- Acting Fact: Only About 20% of Union Actors Earn More Than $10,000 Annually
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Acting Quotes - Ray Liotta’s Timeless Advice for Up-and-Coming Actors
- Here’s What You Should Do!
- Harrison Ford’s Advice to Young Actors
- Jon Bernthal on Rejection: “You’ve got to remind yourself how lucky you are to be doing this.”
- Michael Caine: “Less is More”
- How 5 Famous Actors Build Their Character’s Backstory
- Daniel Day-Lewis: “I work when I feel a compelling need to do that work.”
- 15 Brilliant Quotes by Konstantin Stanislavski
- 10 Inspirational Quotes from Famous Actors
- Jared Leto: “When I take on a role, I’m obsessed. I want to know everything.”
- Jake Gyllenhaal: “Education is so essential!”
- Priyanka Chopra: “I walked into every room as a new actor, and I demanded opportunities.”
- Clifton Powell: “If this is your passion, don’t quit!”
- Sean Kanan: “I think it’s about finding your happiness during the times when you’re not working.”
- Sophia Loren: “Despite all doubts, you’ve got to believe. Always. Always. Always.”
- Natalie Martinez: “Just keep working hard, because the struggle never stops.”
- Aaron Eckhart | “The goal of acting is to make it personal.”
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson : ‘Make Hollywood conform to you!’
- Denzel Washington: “If you don’t fail, you’re not even trying.”
- Alan Cumming: “Overthinking is the biggest crime in acting.”
- Will Smith: “Baring yourself is what makes you look strong on camera.”
- Colin Firth: “Your character will want to resist grief.”
- David Carradine: “There are no failures in Hollywood, there are only people who gave up too soon.”
- Bill Duke: “Don’t wait for Hollywood to discover you. Discover yourself!”
- Daniel Kaluuya: “I ask the script, ‘What do you want me to do?’”
- Uta Hagen, on her definition of bad acting
- 7 Good Reasons to Get New Headshots
- Katharine Hepburn: “You don’t have to act. Let the camera do the work.”
- Michael Jai White: “This business does not support talent. It supports heat.”
- Stella Adler, On the Importance of Confidence
- The Acting World Goes Virtual
- Bill Nighy: “I still don’t have a process”
- Create Your Own Opportunities!
- Viola Davis: “I write a bio of the character.”
- Ed Harris: “Acting is a lifelong situation.”
- Edie Falco: “Just make sure you’re always working on something. Representation or not.”
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- Michael B. Jordan: “After all my auditions, I started throwing my sides away.”
- The Latino Actor: An Uphill Battle for Representation and Inclusion
- 5 Essential Budgeting Tips for Actors
- Bryan Cranston: “I knew I wanted to become an actor. I’m not going to have a fallback plan.”
- Viola Davis: “Pay Me What I’m Worth”
- There is Power in Your Eyelids
- Jessica Chastain: “I feel like I’m a detective, as an actor.”
- Memory vs. Imagination: Which Approach Works Best?
- Dennis Haysbert: “I think the word ‘acting’ is a bad word for what we do.”
- What is the Pick-an-Eye Technique?
- 5 Basic Facts About Robert De Niro
- ACTOR STORY | Molly Shannon’s 10-Year-Struggle to Beat the Odds in Hollywood
- The Push Strategy vs. The Pull Strategy
- 7 Basic Facts About Stella Adler
- Mark Hamill: “Tenacity is almost more important than talent”
- Christian Bale: “Don’t be a one-trick pony”
- Michael Caine: “Listening is really what acting is all about”
- “Education is so essential” (Jake Gyllenhaal)
- ACTOR STORY | That Time I Crashed an Audition, and Lived to Tell About It!
- Don Cheadle: “Do you want to be an actor or do you want to be a star or a celebrity?”
- Sanford Meisner: “To be an interesting actor, you must be authentic.”
- Joe Manganiello: “You Can’t Rely on Anyone to Hand You Anything”
- Susan Saint James: ‘No amount of failure can dissuade a determined actor’
- Lee Strasberg: “The actor must convince himself of the rightness of what he is doing”
- “If you want to be an actor…that has nothing to do with Hollywood.” (William H. Macy)
- Bill Duke: “This is a business of rejection.”
- 5 Basic Facts about Lee Strasberg
- Dacre Montgomery: ‘Make bold character choices’
- You’re Not Really Acting When You’re Over-Acting
- Mandy Patinkin: “Don’t become an actor, unless you HAVE to.”
- Emma Thompson: “Never let yourself be defined by how you look.”
- 5 Basic Facts About Method Acting
- “You have to keep at it!” (Kate Winslet)
- “It’s not about losing yourself in the role. It’s about finding yourself in the role.” (Uta Hagen)
- 3 Hidden Advantages of Self-taping
- “That’s what it takes when you’re a struggling actor…You will be poor” (Jenna Fischer)
- “I jumped over fears, went through emotional glass doors” (Kim Basinger)
- Morgan Freeman’s Advice to Actors
- Bill Duke: “Acting is not pretending. Acting is becoming”
- “You can write your own things and act in your own stuff” (Emma Stone)
- “Auditioning sucks hippo d**k.” (William H. Macy)
- Jeff Daniels’ Advice to Actors
- “Just don’t give up, okay” (Molly Shannon)
- ACTOR STORY | Jenna Fischer Recalls Her First Day in LA, as an Aspiring Actor
- Konstantin Stanislavski: “Do not run for the sake of running”
- Charles S. Dutton: “There’s a wide river of actors and actresses. But there’s only a tiny pond of real talent.”
- Michael Caine: “A film actor must be able to dream another person’s dreams.”
- What is a Backstory?
- Mikhail Shchepkin: “You should always act truthfully”
- Michael Caine: “Real people struggle NOT to show their feelings”
- Giancarlo Esposito: “When I act, I get a better sense of who I am”
- Martin Landau: “Acting is NOT showing”
- 7 Basic Facts About Konstantin Stanislavski
- Constance Wu: “You have to detach yourself from the result.”
- Matthew McConaughey: “I love entrances and exits”
- Konstantin Stanislavski: “Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.”
- “If I waited for Hollywood, I would still be playing mama roles” (Viola Davis)
- Happy New Year, Actors!
- “The 90% he isn’t willing to share is what I do for a living” (Martin Landau)
- Quote of the Day: Dennis Haysbert
- Konstantin Stanislavski: “When you play an evil man, look to see where he is good.”
- Andrew Garfield: ‘Treat Every Character Like a Real Person’
- “If that is acting, I don’t want to do it.” (Stella Adler)
- Quote of the day: “The problem is not that acting is hard….” (David Carradine)
- Quote of the day: “We must overcome the notion that we must be regular” (Uta Hagen)
- Quote of the day: “You can’t be boring…” (Stella Adler)
- “This industry eats women up in their 20’s and spits them out in their 30’s…”
- Quote of the day: Sanford Meisner
- “If you want to play strong, don’t blink. If you want to play weak, blink.”
- Quote of the day: “Acting is reacting” (Stella Adler)
- Konstantin Stanislavski: “There are no small parts, only small actors”
- Sanford Meisner: “Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.”
- Find Your Paragon Actor
- Bryan Cranston: Don’t Audition to Get the Job
- Uta Hagen: “It’s not about losing yourself in the role”
- Marlon Brando – “To grasp the full acceptance”.
- “Be in the moment.” (Robert DeNiro)
- Acting Quote: Meryl Streep
- Viola Davis Acting Quotes
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Acting Tips
- 5 Great Audition Tips
- Bad Auditions Do Not Make You a Bad Actor!
- What Should Be on an Acting Resume?
- 10 Tips for Beginning Actors
- 7 Ways to Do a Self-Tape Without a Reader
- Memorize Your Lines in 5 Easy Steps!
- Perfect or Not, Always Submit Your Self-Tape!
- Should I Put My Weight on My Acting Resume?
- What are Some Special Skills to Put on an Actor Resume?
- The Perfect Self-Tape Audition Reader
- How to Act Realistically
- Don’t Over-Produce Your Self-Tape
- Learn Your Lines by Writing Them Down…Repeatedly!
- The Reason to Thoroughly Learn Your Lines is So You Can Forget Them
- Celebrate Every Win!
- Be Prepared…or Be Prepared to Be Disappointed!
- 5 Things You Might Overlook in Your Self-Tape Instructions
- YouTube Can Help You Book Commercials
- The 5 Most Important Technical Aspects of a Self-Tape
- Prepare for Your Audition and Then Just Throw It Away
- The 3-Second Pause
- 4 Ways to Combat Audition Burnout
- 10 Daily Affirmations for Actors
- Why You Should Always Get Coached Before a Big Audition
- The Ultimate Audition Preparation Checklist
- 7 Good Reasons to Get New Headshots
- The Self-Tape Checklist
- When You Don’t Have an Agent, Your Agent is You!
- 4 Things to Remember When Writing Your Cover Letter
- What is Taft-Hartley?
- The Acting World Goes Virtual
- What is a SAG-AFTRA Must-Join?
- Viola Davis: “I write a bio of the character.”
- Do You Have an Acting Mentor?
- The Easiest Way to Improve Your Acting Life? Go to Sleep!
- How to Sell Yourself in 10 Seconds or Less
- The Actor’s Job Description
- Deadlines Are DEAD-lines
- Every Take Should Be Different, Every Performance Should Be Different
- The Mirror is Not Your Friend
- 5 Essential Budgeting Tips for Actors
- The Most Important Element When Choosing a Monologue
- There is Power in Your Eyelids
- 5 Ways the Actor’s Life Might Change After the Coronavirus
- Memory vs. Imagination: Which Approach Works Best?
- 7 Self-Tape Instructions Actors Often Ignore
- What is the Pick-an-Eye Technique?
- 3 Misdemeanors to Avoid on Your Acting Résumé
- 5 Basic Facts About Robert De Niro
- Quarantine and Build
- Don’t Do These 7 Things When Choosing a Monologue
- 7 Basic Facts About Stella Adler
- Don’t Panic! It’s Just a Redirect.
- 5 Great New Year’s Resolutions for Actors
- 10 Reasons You Didn’t Book the Role You Should Have Booked
- Michael Caine: “Listening is really what acting is all about”
- What is the Repetition Exercise?
- Don Cheadle: “Do you want to be an actor or do you want to be a star or a celebrity?”
- Before You Blame Your Agent….
- 3 Important Questions to Answer Before Your Next Headshot Photoshoot
- The Callback Checklist
- Why Building Relationships with Casting Directors is So Important
- What is the Private Moment Exercise?
- 3 Reasons Why It Sucks to Do Student Films
- Set Aside One Day Each Week for Your Acting Business
- How to Turn Your Audition Trash into Audition Treasure
- Lee Strasberg: “The actor must convince himself of the rightness of what he is doing”
- Don’t Audition Solely for the Purpose of Booking the Role
- 5 Good Reasons to Do Student Films
- 3 Reasons Your Audition Ended Quickly
- 5 Basic Facts about Lee Strasberg
- 3 Minor Violations to Avoid on Your Acting Résumé
- You’re Not Really Acting When You’re Over-Acting
- What is a Sense Memory?
- Booking Commercials: Talent, Looks or Luck?
- Never Apologize When You Make a Mistake During an Audition
- Never Do This on Your Acting Résumé!
- Before You Approach an Agent, Get Your S@#t Together!
- 3 Helpful Suggestions When Slating
- Look to Acting to Be Your Creative Savior, Not Your Financial Savior
- 5 Riddles Every Actor Must Solve
- What is Slating?
- 5 Basic Facts About Method Acting
- What are Animal Exercises?
- Make Sure Your Name is Added to the “Nice” List
- Reinvest 50% of Your Cash Back into Your Acting Business
- 3 Hidden Advantages of Self-taping
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Never Audition Just to Book the Job
- 5 Great Ways to Master Your Cold Read Audition
- 5 Things You Should Never Do After an Audition
- Don’t Sabotage Yourself
- Morgan Freeman’s Advice to Actors
- All Acting and No Play Makes You a Dull Actor
- Don’t Just Tell a Talent Agent About Your Dreams. Show Them Your Work!
- What is a Cold Read?
- The Callback is Not the Time for Experimenting
- Jeff Daniels’ Advice to Actors
- Invite Talent Agents and Casting Directors to Pursue You
- Check Your Ego at the Door, But Bring Your Confidence into the Audition Room
- Why Natural Actors Still Need Training
- Charles S. Dutton: “There’s a wide river of actors and actresses. But there’s only a tiny pond of real talent.”
- When You Speak Words You Don’t Truly Understand, You Are Not Truly Acting
- What is the Unbroken Line?
- Michael Caine: “A film actor must be able to dream another person’s dreams.”
- Don’t Be Afraid to Politely Ask for an Audition Do-Over
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Not Pursue Local Hire Roles
- What is the Magic If?
- Martin Landau: “Acting is NOT showing”
- 3 Great New Year’s Resolutions for Actors
- 7 Basic Facts About Konstantin Stanislavski
- Constance Wu: “You have to detach yourself from the result.”
- 4 Great Reasons to Audition with Your Sides In Your Hands
- Beware Career Advice from Family During the Holidays
- Don’t Focus On How You Say Your Lines. Focus On Why You Say Your Lines
- Actor Unions
- What is a Breakdown?
- Make Sure That You Are the Star of Your Headshot
- “Tell Me a Little About Yourself”
- Don’t join SAG-AFTRA (too fast)!
- Beef-up Your Acting Résumé with Training, Not Lies!
- Konstantin Stanislavski: “There are no small parts, only small actors”
- Find Your Paragon Actor
- Special Skills Means Special Skills
- Bryan Cranston: Don’t Audition to Get the Job
- Acting Tip: Wanna get more “looks”?
- Acting Tip: No Messy Headshots.
- Acting Tip: Never arrive late to audition.
- Acting Tip: Send unsolicited, if necessary
- Acting Tip: Audition begins upon arrival
- Acting Tip: Audition with sides in-hand
- Acting Tip: Get Professional Headshots
- Acting Tip: Wait before signing to audition
- Acting Tip – Headshot Must Look Like You!
- Acting Tip: Record your lines for easy memorization.
- Understanding the Actor’s Objectives
- Commercial Acting Tips
- Know Your Acting Niche
- 7 Ways To Fail At Your Acting Career
- 11 Habits Of The Successful
- 9 Steps to Successful Acting Career
- Movie Career Tips
- How Do I Break Into Acting?
- Guidelines For Child Actors
- Meeting with an Agent
- Using Referrals to Get An Agent
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Archives
- 3 Things I Love About Self-Tapes & Virtual Auditions
- How Much Do Lead Actors *Really* Earn Per Movie?
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | The Moment Before
- What is an Audition?
- 5 Great Audition Tips
- Bad Auditions Do Not Make You a Bad Actor!
- Ray Liotta’s Timeless Advice for Up-and-Coming Actors
- ACTOR STORY | Mark Ruffalo was Hiding in Plain Sight
- Looking at Gas Prices Makes Me Thankful for Self-Tapes
- Is It a Trap to Do Two Takes for a Self-Tape?
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | Dreamwork
- What Should Be on an Acting Resume?
- Here’s What You Should Do!
- Harrison Ford’s Advice to Young Actors
- Did Method Acting Break Will Smith?
- The Scarcity Mentality
- Will Live Auditions Go Extinct Like the Dinosaurs?
- ACTOR STORY | A Casting Director Hunted Me Down for a Self-Tape
- How can I make a reel without experience?
- 10 Tips for Beginning Actors
- Jon Bernthal on Rejection: “You’ve got to remind yourself how lucky you are to be doing this.”
- What is Global Rule One?
- POLL: What is Your Current Vaccination Status?
- Michael Caine: “Less is More”
- Specificity is the Key to Special Skills
- 7 Ways to Do a Self-Tape Without a Reader
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | Build Chemistry Through Compliments
- Memorize Your Lines in 5 Easy Steps!
- How 5 Famous Actors Build Their Character’s Backstory
- Daniel Day-Lewis: “I work when I feel a compelling need to do that work.”
- 15 Brilliant Quotes by Konstantin Stanislavski
- What is an Audition Reader?
- Should I Put My Ethnicity on My Acting Resume?
- ACTOR STORY | I’m Officially Done with In-Person Auditions!
- 10 Inspirational Quotes from Famous Actors
- Perfect or Not, Always Submit Your Self-Tape!
- Jared Leto: “When I take on a role, I’m obsessed. I want to know everything.”
- Can You Get Cast Without an Agent?
- Auditions vs. Callbacks: What’s the Difference?
- Should I Put My Weight on My Acting Resume?
- Do You Put Your Age on Your Acting Resume?
- What are Some Special Skills to Put on an Actor Resume?
- The Ultimate Guide to Acting Résumés
- What Should Be on My Actor Résumé?
- Jake Gyllenhaal: “Education is so essential!”
- The Ultimate Guide to SAG-AFTRA
- What is SAG-AFTRA?
- What Do I Say Before I Begin My Self-Tape?
- The Perfect Self-Tape Audition Reader
- EDITORIAL | Actors Deserve to Know That Their Self-Tapes Have Been Received and Viewed
- What Color Background is Best for Self-Tape Auditions?
- POLL: Actors Prefer to Know Their Self-Tape Was Received and Viewed
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | Remember Your ABCs
- How to Act Realistically
- Don’t Over-Produce Your Self-Tape
- Priyanka Chopra: “I walked into every room as a new actor, and I demanded opportunities.”
- What Are the 5 W’s of Acting?
- Learn Your Lines by Writing Them Down…Repeatedly!
- ACTOR STORY | Have I been booking out too much?
- ACTING TECHNIQUE | Play “Powerful” with Subtlety
- What is a Talent Agent?
- The Reason to Thoroughly Learn Your Lines is So You Can Forget Them
- Clifton Powell: “If this is your passion, don’t quit!”
- 10 Actors We Loved and Lost in 2021
- Sean Kanan: “I think it’s about finding your happiness during the times when you’re not working.”
- ACTOR STORY | I Got an Acting Job Without Auditioning!
- Sophia Loren: “Despite all doubts, you’ve got to believe. Always. Always. Always.”
- EDITORIAL | Actors Who Refuse to Get Vaccinated Are Firing Themselves
- POLL: Actors Should Be Fired If They Refuse Covid Vaccination
- Do Casting Directors Even See Our Self-Tapes?
- What is a Guest Star Role?
- My Self-Tape Evolution
- What is a Commercial Conflict?
- Natalie Martinez: “Just keep working hard, because the struggle never stops.”
- EDITORIAL | Self-Taping Should Be Optional
- Are British Actors Better Than American Actors?
- Celebrate Every Win!
- What is a Co-Star Role?
- Aaron Eckhart | “The goal of acting is to make it personal.”
- ACTOR STORY | My Girlfriend Was My Reader for Self-Tape Auditions
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson : ‘Make Hollywood conform to you!’
- Denzel Washington: “If you don’t fail, you’re not even trying.”
- Be Prepared…or Be Prepared to Be Disappointed!
- 5 Things You Might Overlook in Your Self-Tape Instructions
- Last-Minute Auditions Stink!
- Alan Cumming: “Overthinking is the biggest crime in acting.”
- Are Actors Refusing to Hand-In Self-Tapes?
- YouTube Can Help You Book Commercials
- Will Smith: “Baring yourself is what makes you look strong on camera.”
- ACTOR STORY | How the Late Michael K. Williams Almost Gave Up on Acting
- OPINION | I Trained to Be an Actor, not a Tech Whiz!
- POLL | Actors Prefer In-Person Auditions
- The 5 Most Important Technical Aspects of a Self-Tape
- What is a Book-Out?
- The Big Question Actors are Now Being Asked
- OPINION | What Annoys Me the Most About Casting Directors? Ambiguity!
- ACTOR STORY | Technical Difficulties Ruined My Virtual Audition!
- Prepare for Your Audition and Then Just Throw It Away
- The 3-Second Pause
- ACTOR STORY | My First Zoom Callback
- Colin Firth: “Your character will want to resist grief.”
- ACTOR STORY | Ice-T’s Wild Toilet Audition
- David Carradine: “There are no failures in Hollywood, there are only people who gave up too soon.”
- 4 Ways to Combat Audition Burnout
- It’s Official: Your Vaccination Status Can Now Affect Your Acting Career
- One Fact About Post-Audition Fears That You Should Always Remember
- 10 Daily Affirmations for Actors
- OPINION | Actors, Social Media is Fake as F&%k!
- 3 Reasons an Experienced Actor Should Consider Doing Extra Work
- Bill Duke: “Don’t wait for Hollywood to discover you. Discover yourself!”
- If You Weren’t an Actor, What Would You Be?
- OPINION | Casting Directors Should Give Us Feedback on Our Self-Tapes!
- OPINION | Self-Taping is a Godsend!
- What is Relaxation?
- Why You Should Always Get Coached Before a Big Audition
- Daniel Kaluuya: “I ask the script, ‘What do you want me to do?’”
- The Ultimate Audition Preparation Checklist
- Uta Hagen, on her definition of bad acting
- The Asian Actor: New opportunities, and a new awakening
- What are Residuals?
- 7 Good Reasons to Get New Headshots
- Katharine Hepburn: “You don’t have to act. Let the camera do the work.”
- The Self-Tape Checklist
- ACTOR STORY | How Ed O’Neill Landed His Breakout Role by Making a Bold Choice
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- When You Don’t Have an Agent, Your Agent is You!
- Michael Jai White: “This business does not support talent. It supports heat.”
- 4 Things to Remember When Writing Your Cover Letter
- What is Taft-Hartley?
- Stella Adler, On the Importance of Confidence
- The Acting World Goes Virtual
- Actors Losing Health Insurance at an Alarming Rate
- 10 Actors We Loved and Lost in 2020
- What is a SAG-AFTRA Must-Join?
- Bill Nighy: “I still don’t have a process”
- Create Your Own Opportunities!
- Viola Davis: “I write a bio of the character.”
- Do You Have an Acting Mentor?
- Good News & Bad News for Background Actors
- The 3 Main Types of Commercials
- Ed Harris: “Acting is a lifelong situation.”
- The Easiest Way to Improve Your Acting Life? Go to Sleep!
- OPINION | The Self-Tape Request from Hell!
- 10 Reasons Why Being a Modern Actor is Bad Ass
- How to Sell Yourself in 10 Seconds or Less
- What is a Right-to-Work State?
- 7 Words That Can Trip an Actor Up
- Edie Falco: “Just make sure you’re always working on something. Representation or not.”
- The Virtual Audition Waiting Room
- The Pandemic Ruined My Actor Life!
- The Actor’s Job Description
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- Deadlines Are DEAD-lines
- Every Take Should Be Different, Every Performance Should Be Different
- Actor Stories: Michael Clarke Duncan Allegedly Lied on His Résumé to Get His Big Break at Age 42!
- Get to Know Zoom
- Michael B. Jordan: “After all my auditions, I started throwing my sides away.”
- The Latino Actor: An Uphill Battle for Representation and Inclusion
- The Knock-at-the-Door Exercise
- ACTOR STORY | How Aaron Paul Got His Big Break
- The Mirror is Not Your Friend
- 5 Essential Budgeting Tips for Actors
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- RIP to Chadwick Boseman
- The Most Important Element When Choosing a Monologue
- Bryan Cranston: “I knew I wanted to become an actor. I’m not going to have a fallback plan.”
- Viola Davis: “Pay Me What I’m Worth”
- 4 Things Actors Should Be Grateful for Despite the Pandemic
- There is Power in Your Eyelids
- SAG-AFTRA eligible
- Talent Agent vs. Talent Manager: What is the Difference?
- Jessica Chastain: “I feel like I’m a detective, as an actor.”
- 5 Ways the Actor’s Life Might Change After the Coronavirus
- Should an Actor Ever Work for Free?
- A Farewell to Carl Reiner
- 5 Basic Facts About Uta Hagen
- Memory vs. Imagination: Which Approach Works Best?
- Kate Winslet’s Advice to Actors
- 5 Basic Facts About Tom Hanks
- Dennis Haysbert: “I think the word ‘acting’ is a bad word for what we do.”
- 5 Basic Facts About Viola Davis
- 7 Self-Tape Instructions Actors Often Ignore
- 5 Facts About Denzel Washington
- What is the Pick-an-Eye Technique?
- 3 Misdemeanors to Avoid on Your Acting Résumé
- 5 Basic Facts About Robert De Niro
- Netflix and Quarantine…and Watch Some Great Acting!
- 7 Basic Facts About Meryl Streep
- ACTOR STORY | Geoffrey Owens’ Rise and Fall…and Rise Again!
- Actors Who Have Tested Positive for the Coronavirus
- ACTOR STORY | Molly Shannon’s 10-Year-Struggle to Beat the Odds in Hollywood
- Keep Your Actor Body!
- Quarantine and Build
- Don’t Do These 7 Things When Choosing a Monologue
- The Push Strategy vs. The Pull Strategy
- 7 Basic Facts About Stella Adler
- Mark Hamill: “Tenacity is almost more important than talent”
- Don’t Panic! It’s Just a Redirect.
- ACTOR STORY | How Rashida Jones Almost Gave Up on Acting
- Christian Bale: “Don’t be a one-trick pony”
- 5 Great New Year’s Resolutions for Actors
- 10 Reasons You Didn’t Book the Role You Should Have Booked
- Michael Caine: “Listening is really what acting is all about”
- What is the Repetition Exercise?
- “Education is so essential” (Jake Gyllenhaal)
- 5 Basic Facts About Sanford Meisner
- ACTOR STORY | That Time I Crashed an Audition, and Lived to Tell About It!
- Don Cheadle: “Do you want to be an actor or do you want to be a star or a celebrity?”
- Before You Blame Your Agent….
- Sanford Meisner: “To be an interesting actor, you must be authentic.”
- 3 Important Questions to Answer Before Your Next Headshot Photoshoot
- The Callback Checklist
- Why Building Relationships with Casting Directors is So Important
- Joe Manganiello: “You Can’t Rely on Anyone to Hand You Anything”
- What is the Private Moment Exercise?
- Funny Feel-Facts, Part II
- 3 Reasons Why It Sucks to Do Student Films
- Susan Saint James: ‘No amount of failure can dissuade a determined actor’
- Set Aside One Day Each Week for Your Acting Business
- How to Turn Your Audition Trash into Audition Treasure
- What is Type?
- Lee Strasberg: “The actor must convince himself of the rightness of what he is doing”
- Don’t Audition Solely for the Purpose of Booking the Role
- 5 Good Reasons to Do Student Films
- “If you want to be an actor…that has nothing to do with Hollywood.” (William H. Macy)
- What is a Student Film?
- Bill Duke: “This is a business of rejection.”
- 3 Reasons Your Audition Ended Quickly
- 5 Basic Facts about Lee Strasberg
- Dacre Montgomery: ‘Make bold character choices’
- 5 Funny Feel-Facts About Acting
- 3 Minor Violations to Avoid on Your Acting Résumé
- What are Profiles?
- You’re Not Really Acting When You’re Over-Acting
- Mandy Patinkin: “Don’t become an actor, unless you HAVE to.”
- The Rundown
- What is a Sense Memory?
- Booking Commercials: Talent, Looks or Luck?
- What are Notes, Adjustments and Redirects?
- Never Apologize When You Make a Mistake During an Audition
- Never Do This on Your Acting Résumé!
- 5 General Rules for Demo Reels
- Before You Approach an Agent, Get Your S@#t Together!
- 3 Helpful Suggestions When Slating
- 5 Reasons Why Background Acting is a $h*tty Job
- Look to Acting to Be Your Creative Savior, Not Your Financial Savior
- 5 Riddles Every Actor Must Solve
- Emma Thompson: “Never let yourself be defined by how you look.”
- What is Slating?
- 5 Basic Facts About Method Acting
- What are Inner Motives?
- What are Animal Exercises?
- ACTOR STORY | How John Krasinski Almost Gave Up on Acting
- Make Sure Your Name is Added to the “Nice” List
- Reinvest 50% of Your Cash Back into Your Acting Business
- “You have to keep at it!” (Kate Winslet)
- 5 Benefits of Being a Background Actor
- ACTOR STORY | How Sylvester Stallone Made Himself into a Star
- “You do have to keep working at it. You do have to keep practicing things.” (Kate Winslet)
- Will Hollywood ‘Ban’ Georgia?
- “It’s not about losing yourself in the role. It’s about finding yourself in the role.” (Uta Hagen)
- 3 Hidden Advantages of Self-taping
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Never Audition Just to Book the Job
- 5 Great Ways to Master Your Cold Read Audition
- ACTOR STORY | Issa Rae Creates a Role…and Casts Herself!
- 5 Things You Should Never Do After an Audition
- “That’s what it takes when you’re a struggling actor…You will be poor” (Jenna Fischer)
- Narrow Your Focus
- Don’t Sabotage Yourself
- “I jumped over fears, went through emotional glass doors” (Kim Basinger)
- Director John Singleton has died
- Morgan Freeman’s Advice to Actors
- What are Actions?
- All Acting and No Play Makes You a Dull Actor
- Acting: When is it Time to Quit?
- Bill Duke: “Acting is not pretending. Acting is becoming”
- Don’t Just Tell a Talent Agent About Your Dreams. Show Them Your Work!
- How to Audition When You Know the Role Has Already Been Cast
- What is a Cold Read?
- “You can write your own things and act in your own stuff” (Emma Stone)
- The Callback is Not the Time for Experimenting
- “Auditioning sucks hippo d**k.” (William H. Macy)
- Why Acting Must Be a Need, Not a Want
- What is a Background Actor?
- Jeff Daniels’ Advice to Actors
- What is an Obstacle?
- ACTOR STORY | How Luke Perry Almost Gave Up on Acting
- Invite Talent Agents and Casting Directors to Pursue You
- “Just don’t give up, okay” (Molly Shannon)
- Check Your Ego at the Door, But Bring Your Confidence into the Audition Room
- ACTOR STORY | Jenna Fischer Recalls Her First Day in LA, as an Aspiring Actor
- Why Natural Actors Still Need Training
- What is “Being in the Moment”?
- Konstantin Stanislavski: “Do not run for the sake of running”
- Charles S. Dutton: “There’s a wide river of actors and actresses. But there’s only a tiny pond of real talent.”
- What is the Super-Objective?
- When You Speak Words You Don’t Truly Understand, You Are Not Truly Acting
- What is the Unbroken Line?
- Michael Caine: “A film actor must be able to dream another person’s dreams.”
- Actor Luke Perry has reportedly died
- What is Continuity?
- Don’t Be Afraid to Politely Ask for an Audition Do-Over
- ACTOR STORY | How Tyler Perry Went from Homeless to Hollywood Mogul
- What is a Backstory?
- 3 Good Reasons to see BlacKkKlansman
- Mikhail Shchepkin: “You should always act truthfully”
- Michael Caine: “Real people struggle NOT to show their feelings”
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