David Patrick Green

4 Acting Scams and How To Spot Them

When your guard is low and your hopes are high, it’s easy to spend money on things you don’t need or be convinced to do something that goes against your moral compass. Here are some of the common and not so common things actors may be "conned" into ...

5 Simple Steps To an Acting Career

As it turns out, my system might have been used before…by the apes. It seems as though a few thousand actors (and people) around the world have been relying on their common sense and confidence for years.

5 Acting Lessons from ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Is “The Wizard of Oz” simply a fine bedtime story and fantastic film or was it an allegory forewarning and advising actors on how to manage their careers?

Why You Should Find a Day Job in the Industry

Acting is a tough business. While you are building up your chops and doing all those student films, you have to make a living somehow. You want a job that makes you available for your acting classes and auditions. I get it. OK, now forget it.

5 Reasons You Don't Need An Agent

Agents aren’t for everyone, however. The vast majority of newer actors and even some more experienced ones don’t really need to be in the market for an agent. Here are five reasons having an agent might not be for you…yet.

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.

Why You Need To Take Control Of Your Acting Career

One of the biggest obstacles in life is knowing whether to blend in or stand out. Should you listen to the "experts" or break your own trail?

3 Pieces of Acting Advice from Joe Estevez

Estevez shared his secrets to how to have a prosperous and fulfilling acting career. As with most secrets in life, it kind of boils down to "things your mother told you."

How to Choose an Acting School

Choosing where and what to study might be the single most important decision you make in your acting life. Choose correctly, and it could lead to personal and financial fulfillment beyond your wildest dreams.

How To Write the Story of Your Acting Career

David Patrick Green of Hack Hollywood shares advice for how to set goals and live out the career you want to have.