I just finished reading your article on Personality Conflicts and I had a question about one of the two actors you’d never call in again if the choice were yours. The actor that “blew off”…
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Working Actor Resolutions
It’s that time of year when folks create a list of resolutions for the New Year, review successes and failures from the past year, and set goals that may or may not make it to…
2004 in Questions
Happily nabbed from Aimercat. 1. What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before? Move to the 310. 2. Did you keep your 2004 resolutions? Will you make more for 2005? I make…
Hollywood Networking How-To
I am new to LA and I have heard a few actor friends tell the disturbing tale that in order to ever get work I must network like a mad woman, attending every quasi-political function…
Personality Conflicts
It is always fascinating to me when a frustrated actor says, “That casting director HATES me! No matter what I do, she won’t give me a break!” Isn’t the very fact that the actor has…
Three Years Ago Tonight
Keith proposed under a new moon and the Hollywood sign. I said yes. Three years engaged and holding. I like that. Yes. Yes. Yes. (One for each year.)
Interning: An Enlightening Experience!
This week, I received such a great email in response to last week’s suggestion that every actor should work in a casting office in some capacity at some point, that I will be sharing that…
Callback Clothing
An actor friend of mine suggested that I write a column addressing the “myth” that actors should always wear the same outfit they wore to prereads at callbacks. Is it a myth? Or do we…
Gathering Information Before an Audition
Your Turn You say a casting director will have more information about a role than an actor. Can you give some examples? Sometimes on film or television auditions, the advice we are given seems to…