Backstage Experts

Create a Winning Acting Mindset

Often actors limit themselves from a lack of knowledge of how the business works. There are actors just starting their careers who screen test and get major parts. It may not take years to get a breakout role.

4 Things Never To Say In An Agent Interview

Normally, I put most of my efforts into making suggestions about the things actors should do, but many actors make mistakes during an interview. Here are the most common questions to avoid asking.

Why Every Actor Needs a Mother

Moms want their kids to follow their passions and find success. They want them to fall in love, be true to themselves, and remember to call their mother at least once every week, and occasionally offer up a big thank you mom!

The Actor's Placebo Effect

The world of science has come up with some pretty remarkable findings in the last couple of years. A few experiments caught my eye that dealt with the power of placebos.

3 Tips to Make Your Audition Funnier

Everyone wants to stand out at comedy auditions. Here’s how to do it.

Embrace Your Vulnerability and Grow As an Actor

It’s difficult to access that awareness when our minds are so busy churning up so much background noise. But one way our minds can get quieted is when we share with someone special to us the noise that seems to be so loud and troubling.

No Footage for a Demo Reel? Here’s Your Solution!

When an actor sets out to finally get their reel together, he or she presumably has some footage to use, and just needs it edited together, right? You’d think.

How Actors Can Leverage Good News

There are a variety of possible reactions to booking a job and how you handle it could determine how fast your career moves from that point forward, or if it moves at all.

How To Use Your Voice To Impress Casting Directors

Today we're going to talk about your "vocal imprint." Your vocal imprint is the impression, which your voice makes on our audience.

The Importance of Solitude as an Actor

To be able to create, an artist needs to experience fully both the stimulation of being in the world and the peace of solitude. The movement, stimulation, and passion of being connected to the people and experiences of one’s life is food for the artist.