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- 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 “Inner Motives”?
- What are “Animal Exercises”?
- Actor Stories: 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 Stories: How Silvester 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 Stories: 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
- “Just keep going…” (Morgan Freeman)
- What are “Actions”?
- All Acting and No Play Makes You a Dull Actor
- Acting: When is it Time to Quit?
- “Acting is not pretending. Acting is becoming” (Bill Duke)
- 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”?
- “Just work on being a better actor” (Jeff Daniels)
- What is an “Obstacle”?
- Actor Stories: How Luke Perry Almost Gave Up on Acting
- Don’t just pursue an agent. Study the craft. Do good work. Then, invite them 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 Stories: Jenna Fischer Recalls Her First Day in LA, as an Aspiring Actor
- Why Natural Actors Still Need Training
- What is “Being in the Moment”?
- “Do not run for the sake of running” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- “There’s a wide river of actors and actresses. But there’s only a tiny pond of real talent.” (Charles S. Dutton)
- What is the “Super-Objective”?
- When you speak words you don’t truly understand, you are not truly acting.
- What is the “Unbroken Line”?
- “A film actor must be able to dream another person’s dreams” (Michael Caine)
- Actor Luke Perry has reportedly died
- What is “Continuity”?
- Don’t Be Afraid to Politely Ask for an Audition Do-Over
- Actor Stories: Tyler Perry
- What is a “Backstory”?
- 3 Good Reasons to see BlacKkKlansman
- “You might sometimes act badly” (Mikhail Shchepkin)
- Quote of the day: “Real people struggle *not* to show their feelings” (Michael Caine)
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Not Pursue Local Hire Roles
- Atlanta is Becoming the Hollywood of the South
- Fall in Love with Acting, All Over Again!
- Top 10 List of Actors Who Found Success Later in Life
- Quote of the day: “When I act…I get a better sense of who I am” (Giancarlo Esposito)
- What is the “Magic If”?
- Quote of the day: Martin Landau – “Acting is *not* showing”
- Actor Kristoff St. John found dead
- 5 NFL Football Players Who Became Successful Actors
- 3 Great New Year’s Resolutions for Actors
- 7 Basic Facts about Konstantin Stanislavski
- What is the “Substitution Technique”?
- “I’m Geoffrey Owens and I am an actor!”
- Quote of the day: “You have to detach yourself from the result.” (Constance Wu)
- What are the “Given Circumstances”?
- Quote of the day: Matthew McConaughey – “I love entrances and exits”
- 3 Brilliant Portrayals of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Actor Stories: Tiffany Haddish
- Quote of the day: Viola Davis
- 4 Great Reasons to Audition with Your Sides In Your Hands
- 4 Quick Facts about Actors and Blackface
- On this day: Casablanca premieres
- Quote of the day: Martin Landau
- Actor Stories: Ann Dowd Perseveres, Getting Her Big Break at Age 56!
- Beware Career Advice From Family During the Holidays
- Headshots are like bread. They can get “stale” over time.
- Quote of the Day: Dennis Haysbert
- Screenwriting Star William Goldman dies at 87
- Model and actress Kim Porter was found dead Thursday at her L.A. area home. She was 47.
- What is an “Objective”?
- Quote of the Day: “When you play an evil man, look to see where he is good.” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- 5 Actor-Turned-Politicians
- Quote of the day: Andrew Garfield
- Don’t focus on how you say your lines. Focus on why.
- Stella Adler: “If that is acting, I don’t want to do it.”
- What is a “Booking Ratio”?
- Quote of the day: “The problem is not that acting is hard….” (David Carradine)
- Rock Hudson Dies from AIDS-related complications
- David Carradine Quotes on Acting
- Actor Stories: Charles S. Dutton
- Stella Adler Quotes
- 7 Basic Facts about Actor Labor Unions
- Editorial: Geoffrey Owens and an actor’s right to privacy and survival
- What is a “Breakdown”?
- Quote of the day: “We must overcome the notion that we must be regular” (Uta Hagen)
- Make sure that YOU are the star of your headshot.
- Neil Simon passed away at 91
- Editorial: Crazy Rich Asians Should Set A New Trend
- What is a “Casting Director”
- Never tell casting directors your main area of interest is “acting”
- Charlotte Rae dies at 92
- On August 7, 1992, Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven premieres in the US
- What are “Sides”?
- Quote of the day: “You can’t be boring…” (Stella Adler)
- On this day, in 1962, Marilyn Monroe, died of an overdose of barbiturates
- SAG-AFTRA is holding as much as $48 million for 96,000 members it cannot find
- “This industry eats women up in their 20’s and spits them out in their 30’s…”
- Top Secret: Wear your audition outfit to the callback!
- On July 30, 1999, The Blair Witch Project was released to the masses
- What is a “Callback”?
- Quote of the day: Sanford Meisner
- Bob Hope Passes Away
- “If you want to play strong, don’t blink. If you want to play weak, blink.”
- What is an “Audition”?
- Top Secret: Don’t join SAG-AFTRA (too fast)!
- Beef-up your acting resume with training, not lies!
- Quote of the day: “Acting is reacting” (Stella Adler)
- “There are no small parts, only small actors” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- “Acting Is Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances.”
- What is “Financial Core (Fi-Core)”?
- Union vs. Non-Union
- Find Your Paragon Actor
- Acting Definition: Audition Notes.
- Special Skills Means Special SKILLS
- ‘Don’t audition to get the job.’ (Bryan Cranston)
- Uta Hagen: “It’s not about losing yourself in the role”
- Acting Tip: Wanna get more “looks”?
- Marlon Brando – “To grasp the full acceptance”.
- Acting Definition: Headshot Reproduction
- “Be in the moment.” (Robert DeNiro)
- What is a “Clip”?
- Acting Tip: Audition with sides in-hand
- Acting Fact: Roles for Women in Hollywood Compared to Men
- Acting Tip – Headshot Must Look Like You!
- Acting Fact: Only About 20% of Union Actors Earn More Than $10,000 Annually
- Viola Davis Acting Quotes
- What is a Composite Card?
- What Is A Headshot?
- What Is A Producer?
- What Is An Talent Agent?
- What Is An Extra?
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