Written by Josh Hawkins It started December 18th: I was given an eleven page set of sides with only a day and a half to prepare. “All I need to do is get the character and get off book,” were my original thoughts. What followed was another email from my
It’s easy to get caught up in the daily grind of being an actor and to forget to relax and enjoy the journey. And let’s be honest, it is a grind but…
Agent Josiah Akinyele talks helping actors discover themselves, selecting new clients and his biggest bug bear – not being off book on self-taped auditions
Caitlin shares an acting tip she learned in her time at the British American Drama Academy in London!
“Making ‘Shevenge’ was amazing… amazingly hard. I wanted to make a film supporting not only women but also women in film!,” Megan said.
Musical theater lover Beth Kelly loves her some Meryl Streep. Check out her article!
“After five years of acting classes, rigorous auditions, and giving it all I had, I decided I needed another approach,” she said.
Getting involved and saying yes to readings is one thing you can do right now to help boost your acting career.
Your agents need to sell you so when they ask for headshots with personality just trust them!
When someone is overly controlling about every aspect of the shoot from the largest detail to the smallest of details, it tends to stifle creativity.
Your physical posture determines how you feel, how you talk to yourself (either positively or negatively), but more importantly, how the world relates to you and ultimately, how your life unfolds.
Written by Paul Kampf Those two simple words often create high levels of stress when we begin the process of building a character’s life. There are so many ways we can try and flesh out the three-dimensional life of a character, based on the clues of the script. Of course
Both Brando and Adler recoiled from the term “method acting” because it didn’t speak to the research-based acting that Adler taught
Every actor pursuing a professional career comes to that daunting fork in the road: ‘Do I continue pursuing the career or do I give it up?’
The old adage that hard work, talent and luck are the keys to an actor’s success needs to be amended with the addition of ‘creating his own opportunities.
Failure ignites your whole learning system on a visceral level.
Auditions are an art unto themselves. The more of them you do, ideally, the better you get.
As actors, sometimes we tend to have tunnel vision with our careers and we need a little reminder to relax, have fun and give back to the community.
Artists (including entertainers, painters and writers), perhaps more than any other occupation, consistently place their creative hearts on their sleeves.
Sacrifice is very personal, of course, and just making the move to Los Angeles or New York is one of the biggest you’ll ever make.
