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How to Write, Direct, and Star in Your Big Break

Loyola Marymount University, USC School of Dramatic Arts, and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television all provide students with the tools necessary to survive and thrive in a DIY entertainment world.

How to Handle a Meeting With an Agent or Manager

Cowan, of Edna Cowan Management, gives her take on the typical meeting with prospective clients.

How Can All Actors Get the Most Out of Equity Required Auditions?

Casting directors love to "discover" someone from an EPA [Equity principal audition] or [Equity chorus call] who gets the job. - Rachel Hoffman, Telsey + Co

What Does A Union Rep Do?

"Business representatives are vital employees at the guild who interpret, administer, and enforce all the contracts that the guild has with thousands of producers." - Karen Borell, SAG

What Acting Technique Do You Use and Why?

"In my years as an actor, I have worked with many different techniques, as I believe that performers should have a toolbox from which to draw." - Jordana Oberman, Los Angeles

What Types are Currently in Demand for Commercials?

"I work primarily in print and TV commercials, and in those two areas a type that has been expanding is what we call 'ethnically ambiguous.'" - Rick Miller, Rick Miller Agency

Multiple Teachers?

There are no shortcuts to great acting. Mediocre acting can be done by many, great acting by very few.

Why Did You Become a Manager?

"My very first word was "Hi!" There and then I knew that what I wanted more than anything else in the whole world was to entertain." - Betty McCormick, Midwest Talent Management, Los Angeles and Ohio

How Does Chemistry Between Actors Influence Your Understanding and Direction of a Script?

"While I'm a writer-director, I feel the most important thing in a film is the energy or "chemistry" that's actually happening in front of the camera." - Mike Mills

How Has Technology Changed Your Acting Career?

"Acting and technology have been inexorably linked since the beginning of the technological age." - Kevin McCorkle