A Little Fun…

There comes a time in every My Acting Site blog post where the blogger is entitled to blog about something unrelated to acting. So here it is! Last night I went to a gymnastics class. Not only was it so fun, but it was also great exercise. I used to do gymnastics as a child …

Trusting Your Agents

Yesterday I auditioned for a film. The character breakdown said that the girl I was audition for was “cute and petite”. I have no doubt that I am cute, but being that I am 5’8″ and of a normal body type, I don’t every usually consider myself to be “petite” because I am not. Reading …

Webseries Wins and Woes: Part One

      I recently co-created and shot the second season of my webseries and I wanted to share about this experience with all of you out there! I think that making your own content is one of the most important things you can do for yourself as an actor and an artist. Walking away from this …

Why Improv is SO Important

      As an actress, I strongly believe that one of my strongest talents is my ability to improvise. When I am running a scene with a fellow actor, there’s nothing that gives me more pleasure than to completely save the day if they go up on one of their lines and get us right back …

Social Media Activity

      In today’s present day, there is so much that you need to be aware of when it comes to your online presence and how you are seen on the internet. Who posts what, where, and why can affect you in positive and sometimes negative ways and it is important that you have as much …

Staying Educated

     Being an actor is an interesting profession. A lot of people think it is something you just “fall into” or something that you don’t necessarily need an education in to succeed. While it is true that a lot of actors who are highly successful did not attend a typical school (aka college) this does not …

Showing Off Your Website

      So you have an amazing website that you are in love with and that was custom built by yourself, and by out helpful people here at MyActingSite. Your next step is showing it off in all of the right ways so that it will bring you the most traction and attention possible as the …

Drama

     When you’re on set, there’s one thing you want to never leave the front of the camera; drama. Drama and dramatic behavior should not be something that you carry into set with you no matter how successful you are or become. There is no reason to bring drama into your relationships with the people you …

Instagram Tips

      When you have an Instagram account as an actor it is very important that you know how to use it to your benefit. It can be an extremely valuable asset when you know how to use it; tons of people are discovered through Instagram, and a lot of modeling agencies have been requiring a …

A Manager and Your Career

      As an actor you probably hear the words agent (person who finds you the jobs), auditions (what you do to potentially get the job), set (where the project is being filmed) and manager (the person who develops your career) thrown around quite a bit. You probably know what each of these things are but …