Registering With the WGA
The WGA stands for the Writers Guild of America, and for those of you who don’t know what the WGA is, I will briefly explain it. The Guild is similar to SAG/AFTRA in that it protects writers and gives them a general rules and regulations guideline. They offer services that can protect your scripts, …
Writing Class
These past eight weeks have been exciting. My writing class carried me through a lot of work and I am utterly proud to say that I am leaving this class with the first draft of my pilot in hand! I feel satisfied with all of the work that I’ve done and excited to see …
Meeting Fellow Actors
When you’re at an audition it is likely that there will be people that are in your same category there. When you are faced with this, you have two options. You can talk to the other people there or you can ignore them. Following my last post about joining Facebook groups for actors, I think …
Best Weekend Escapes 2016
This year, pilot season has been insane for me as I am sure it has been for a lot of you. I feel like I have been non-stop driving from place to place and working on my career. I love the business of these past weeks, but I also feel like I need a break! …
The Golden Globes
This year the ever-insulting Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globes for the FOURTH time, and surprisingly was less insulting than he ever has been. I feel there will be no need for hate mail to be sent to his house, or scathing blogs written about him. In fact, he brought up some interesting points, like …
Funny Actor Presents
First, let me start this blog off by saying Happy Holidays! We sincerely hope that you and your loved ones have a great season this December, and an even better PILOT season to all of you actors starting this January! Here are some ideas for what to get your fellow actors, actresses, managers, agents, anyone …
Casting Director Workshops
Workshops are something that are generally known to be too much money for not a lot of outcome. In the acting world I have heard workshops referred to as a “waste of time” or “just the worst”. But I have heard differently from people whom I trust. Those people, are my agents. Recently I visited …
Not The Right Fit
Sometimes you’ll go on an audition and think that you for sure book to the part. You’ll get a call back and think that it’s so fitting because you had a great audition and you think you’re perfect for it. But for some reason you just don’t book it. There’s two options here… You can …
Guest Writer: The Acting Center
Stage Fright | How to Conquer Your Fears What’s behind that horrible feeling of stage fright? Getting up on stage and doing what you love best in the world yet feeling like you would rather be anywhere but where you are. Those fretful moments before the performance where your stomach is turning inside out and …
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 …