Ask an Insider

How to Approach Script Analysis?

I think that as actors, it's a relief to know that the answers to how we should approach the text are in the text.

What to Know Before Moving to L.A.

What do you wish you had known when you moved to L.A.?

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.

What Is Sense Memory and How Should You Use It?

An actor's job is to "feel on cue." We walk into an audition, say hello, then sit down to cry over our imaginary mother's death. Most actors would say we do this through emotional recall.

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.

Best Acting Advice?

"We have to allow ourselves to let go and be vulnerable and allow people to question our sanity. Then the audience will forget they're watching a performance and feel guilty about intruding in our personal lives."

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 Do You Suggest to Cure Audition Anxiety?

We have found that getting to the root of the anxiety helps eliminate it, if not totally, at least partially.

Can Comedic Timing Be Taught, or Is It Innate?

An acting teacher of mine (quoting an acting teacher of his, who was quoting an acting teacher of his, etc., ad infinitum) once said, "Emotion is to the actor what sweat is to the athlete."