Backstage Experts

5 Things Actors Can Learn From Entrepreneurs

Actors are constantly marketing themselves. So how do you present yourself in an exciting, original way? You just have to believe and know that you’re a great product worth investing in.

Why You Need to Embrace Rejection

Our normal human reaction is is to resist feeling like crap. We don’t want to hurt. We don’t want to go to uncomfortable places, and we resist it in the work. It scares us; we do everything to avoid it.

You Never Know Where An Audition Will Lead

If your agent or manager gives you an audition, go on it! It doesn’t matter if you think you are too tall or too blonde or too fat or too good to do one line. You never know where any opportunity will take you.

10 Ways for Actors to Survive the Holidays

Make the most of the holiday season and new year. If you stay in touch with your inner life, celebrate in moderation, are accepting of others, and connect with generosity, you'll survive anything that the holidays can throw at you.

Use Your Fear To Fuel You

So, how do you engage your fear? The typical response is to try not to feel afraid. This usually makes it worse because of the increased conflict with your own being. The key with fear is how you "frame" it, i.e. what meaning you put on fear.

3 Ways To Create a Path to Success in the New Year

In the thirty years I’ve been in the film business, I’ve discovered some crucial steps needed for the journey to be successful. Here are three simple ways to create a clearer path to success in 2013.

The Internet Is Your Audition Room

Casting director Heidi Levitt shares the ways actors can audition and get discovered online.

Why You Must Become An Adventurous Actor

The urge to be an adventurer exists within every actor. This urge fights for your approval against the obedient actor you think you are compelled to be.

How To Recover From a Bad Audition

Marci Phillips, executive director of ABC Casting, shares advice for bouncing back from a negative audition experience.

4 House Rules for Auditions and Bookings

It’s been my experience that the people who live easily by these tenants work often and seem to be the ones bringing the most to the creative table.