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Why You Need to Face Your Fears

The fears in our heads are always louder and bigger than the actual experience of them in reality. In fact, once we face the things we are most scared of, we realize that they actually aren’t that scary at all.

How To Think Beyond Your ‘Brand’

In my twenty-five years as a career coach and marketing instructor for performing artists, I have been working in-depth in this very specific area long before “brand” became the buzzword in the corporate, and now artistic, world.

3 Steps To a Successful Agent Interview

OK, so you finally get that call from the boutique agency on your wish list asking you to come in for an interview with your dream agent. Don't blow it! Be prepared! Here are three things to remember for the interview.

Find the Love In Your Scene

One of the biggest criticisms I have, especially with teenage actors, is that they are missing the love in their scene. It is easy to be nasty and bitchy, but if they can’t find even an ounce of love, they are unlikeable.

Push Through Your Fear Like An A-Lister

Like everything in acting, the things we most need to develop are the areas that have their own corresponding equivalent in our own personal lives.

Which Casting Directors Know Your Work?

Actors often ask me to help them prepare for an interview with an agent. I tell them the following: If there is interest in you, the most commonly pursued line of questioning on the agent’s part will be, “Which casting directors know your work?”

How To Create Your Hosting Reel

To make a great hosting reel, you don't need many of the things that make showing your acting talent so difficult to do.

Why Learning Acceptance Is Important as an Actor

We are a culture obsessed with self-improvement. It seems every time we turn around we are being told that there is something else about us that needs to be changed – our weight, our clothes, our attitudes, even our eyelashes!

3 Reasons You Need a Professional Bio

As an actor, your calling card is your headshot and resume. To get an audition, you need a sizzle reel, preferably on your website. So why do you need a bio? Here are three reasons.

Why Acting Is Not a Work-In-Progress

Each scene presented at anytime must be a committed work, woven with all your vulnerability, doubts, thoughts, and intention.