A Million Reasons You Need A Website
If you are an actor something you need to know is that you are in charge of getting yourself off of the ground and soaring into your career. Your agent and manager are only able to get you so far after you are in the room the rest is up to you and your skill …
Big News From My Acting Site!
My Acting Site is and always has been the best place to actors to get their websites. We have amazing customer service, with people who actually WANT to not only talk to you but also HELP you who are available through email, phone, Facebook, Twitter, etc… basically all of the time. We have TONS of …
Demo Reel: Part Two
Welcome back to the short two-part series on demo reels; a key tool for an actor’s success. Last week I spoke about how to market your demo reel and lightly touched upon the actual facts that make up a reel. Today we’ll be digging deeper into what makes a reel a successful marketing tool for …
Demo Reel: Part One
Something that comes up a lot when people talk about becoming actors is how they could possibly be able to show people what their talents are. A point of view I have seen from a lot of actors starting out in the industry is that there is no way to get their acting chops seen …
Using Your Resources
As an actor in Los Angles it can be easy to feel a little bit lost. Los Angeles is one of the biggest cities and with over 100,000 actors here it’s hard to feel like you know everything about acting classes, headshots, places to go, and anything and everything else you need to know as …
Joining SAG/AFTRA
The biggest hurdles in an actor’s career are getting an agent or a manager, joining SAG/AFTRA, and making their dreams come true, usually in that order. When an actor has an agent, they are more able to get the jobs that will push them into SAG/AFTRA, and when they are a member of the …
Headshots
Auditioning is obviously something you want to be doing constantly when you are an actor. It doesn’t matter if you are just starting off or an experienced actor, you always want to be going to for new parts! When auditions are slow it can be discouraging for several reasons, but primarily because it would mean …
Finding Success
As an actor in Los Angeles it can seem like you’re a small fish in a big sea. There are a million different jobs going at once, and yet it can feel impossible to book work! Although there are difficulties in the field, there are still so many ways that you can find success. It …
Live Performances
As an actor one of things that can hold you back the most is a fear of performing. When you are in an audition room and find yourself being nervous there is pretty much not a worse feeling. If you are auditioning and have a lot of stage freight then live performance is what you …
Being SAG/AFTRA
As an actor, the day you are initiated into SAG is a very important and exciting day. It is the day that you are able to enjoy the benefit that the guild has to offer all actors, including one of the most exciting parts which is the ability to book large roles in union shows …