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5 Tips for Making a Splash This Episodic Season

If you’re lucky enough to be among the small percentage of actors in the TV casting pool this summer, here are some tips to help you rise to the top, stay afloat and make a splash at your auditions.

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Let it Go and Miraculous Things Will Happen

Written by Courtney Rioux One of the hardest things about being a goal setter is the ability to let it go. By letting go of your attachment to the goal, it can actually become easier to achieve. Do you remember liking someone so much that you were a bumbling fool

6 Tips for Achieving Your Every Goal

Written by Douglas Taurel Crystal clear, passionate, and written down goals have the ability to transform our lives. They motivate and sustain us, and give us the laser focus to reach our full potential. The absolutely most important thing you can do with your goals is to write them down.

Auditioning Nerves? Let’s Get Rid of Them!

Written by Shari Shaw You’ve got a lot of nerve!  One of the biggest challenges actors face is overcoming nerves in the audition room. In the martial arts, we are taught to use our opponent’s strength to our advantage. The same goes for audition nerves. Your nerves must motivate you to take the necessary steps to relax, understand

The Difference Between Acting and Being an Actor

Written by Rob Adler Every year, hundreds of trained actors move to Los Angeles from various cities around the country after finishing their BFA or MFA Training. Brimming with talent honed in the world’s foremost drama schools, many dive into Hollywood and belly flop. Actor training programs are providing their

The Number One Resource You Have to Offer

Written by Siobhan Doherty Actors often think that the best way to be involved in our friends’ projects is to offer our talent. How often have you heard “I’ll act in that thing you’re doing!” or “Let me know if they need actors!” But we all know that this is

Listening: The “Pause and Affect” Method

One of the most important elements when performing or auditioning is Listening. For Film, TV, Stage, anything – acting is reacting and to react, you must listen to what is being said.

7 Tips To Perform Better Under Pressure

Written by Douglas Taurel Do you get nervous when a big audition or performance comes up? Does the feeling of your heart pounding, breathing faster and breaking out into a sweat freak you out? Performing under pressure is a goal of every performer and a better understanding of the psychology

How to Achieve More with Less

Written by Douglas Taurel What’s the secret? The Pareto Law, known as the 80/20 rule. It is a universal law that can be applied to everything in your life, to your marketing as actors, our projects we are working on, and even our acting to help give us more focus

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