The 1st Thing Actors Should Do in L.A.

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You've thrown off the shackles of small-town life and have arrived in Los Angeles, City of Angels, ready to become a star—or at least a working actor. But once you've landed in L.A., what do you need to do? Find an acting class? Meet casting directors? Actually, the first thing you should do is much more simple and mundane than that, according to Backstage Expert and acting coach Anthony Meindl (Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop).

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Anthony Meindl
Anthony Meindl is an award-winning writer-director-producer, creativity expert, inspirational speaker, and artistic director of Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop (AMAW) with studios in Los Angeles, New York, London, Sydney, and Vancouver.
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