For years I had a deeply personal secret. Only family and acquaintances I knew from the era of bell-bottom pants and Ford Pintos were aware of my shame: I failed seventh grade.
Casting
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Sue reminded me of the harsh realities of our trade: If the actors were not making money for the company or, as in Peter's case, not an easy sell, then it only made sense to let them go.
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New York commercial casting director Mary Egan-Callahan, of House Casting, originally thought she wanted to be an actor, until she landed a casting internship and fell in love with casting.
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Casting Director Antonia Dauphin talks about making choices, asking questions, and what gets you in the door.
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The Casting Director offers her views on expressive eyes, arresting attention, special skills, digital details, preparation, and more.
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Agents: Another Option to Signing (Without Spending $$)
How can you additionally pick the lock of the gatekeepers and land an agent? There's one more way to breaking down the vault door to your champion of talent: Me.
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Veteran casting director Erica Palgon says it's important to show what makes you special during auditions, and uniqueness is the key to getting cast.
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Actors Pretending to Be Real People Pretending Not to Be Actors
Thirty-one. That's the number of breakdowns via Breakdown Services released to talent agents in the past twelve months for reality programming seeking actors as 'real' people.
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"Be prepared. You've heard it a million times, but it still slays me that actors think it's okay to walk in unprepared."
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If film directors can have a director's cut of a movie when released for DVD, what about authors with manuscript material that may have been cut because it was considered too controversial?
