Interesting Places To Travel
As an actor it is important that you stay active not only in your work, but also in your life. Inspiration can come from anything, but I find that it is most easy to be inspired by traveling to new places and by finding out more about yourself and other people through those means. Here …
The Best Cars for Auditioners
Being an actor in LA can be trying at times. You have to go to auditions all day and that does not entail that they will be anywhere close to each other or to where you live. In fact, it is quite shocking and a crazy occurrence when your auditions are anywhere near each other …
The Most Fun Side Gigs
As an actor in LA, there are a few things that you have to do in order to be able to stay alive, one of those things being to have a source of income at all times. This can be rough sometimes in the LA scene, but there are some fun and interesting solutions to …
Taking Classes
The rule to taking classes as an actor is that you should be taking them when you aren’t currently working a job. This is because classes are the only way that you can keep working as an actor without actually having booked something. They offer you practice, a place to produce things, and helpful critique …
UCB Improv
The last class was interesting and fun because we went through the show layout a ton of times. I really enjoyed doing this because it was the actual practice of the thing that we were all reaching towards and had been working towards for the last eight weeks. Then, this Sunday was our class show! …
Making Connections
In the world of Hollywood, especially when it comes to acting, one of the most important things you can have as a person is connections. When you are well connected in the industry it makes everything in your life easier. We all have that one artist friend whose mom or dad is someone or someone …
Improv Classes!
With the eight week of improvisation classes at UCB Sunset shortly coming to an end (this weekend, in fact is our class show!!!) I have gotten to do an abundance of pretty fun and entertaining improv, and have learned some good tricks to use for future improvisation that I take part in. Although at the …
Web series, self submitting, and more Backstage
I found a web series (through Backstage which is sort of ironic I thought) about a group of background actors living in New York, aspiring to be the principal actors of the film. Its funny in a way that is relatable, sadly, to many of us other actors. Not to say that the struggle is …
Writing Your Own Monologues
When it comes to doing a small independent play, or perhaps an improve show (obviously), o maybe some other student film, there are times when it can be appropriate to write your own monologue. Other than that, there’s not really any reason that someone would be able to do such a thing. When you write …
The Importance Of Being Earnest
Hope you liked that double entendre there, for all of my fellow theatre geeks! With relation to your actual acting skills, there is probably nothing more important than being earnest. In fact, acting is the art of recreating and assuming a different persona. So, therefore, if you can’t be earnest about it, can you really …