Here’s a question about billing. You said to list experiences you may have had while in school. How would I list credit for being in a student-directed scene taken from a mainstream feature film? I…
Browsing Category The Actors Voice
Going With Your Gut
We’ve discussed the importance of knowing — and marketing — your type as an actor before. But one of the themes I’m seeing, among actors who simply do not know their type, is the inability…
Voiceover Q&A
Unresolved questions on voiceovers? I’ll see what I can do! Why are voiceover classes so insanely expensive compared to regular acting classes of similar length? Voiceover classes require a lot of personal attention. The best…
Voiceover Basics
You hear about people making a great living in voiceovers and you want to get involved. You hear about actors working from studios in their own homes, sending their voiceover work across the Internet to…
Casting Internship: “No Actors Please”
You mentioned that every actor should take the opportunity to intern in a casting director’s office at some point. However, when I went to EntertaimentCareers.net, I noticed that many of the available internships specifically say…
Looping and ADR
Wow! What a great response I’ve gotten, since asking for your questions and tips on working in the world of voiceovers and ADR! In fact, I’ve gotten so much material that I will be presenting…
Extra Work on an Acting Resume
After reading your article on billing, I realized that my resume did in fact fall into one of those mistakes. I had put my extra work on my resume, as there is nothing else to…
Return on Investment
If you knew, from the beginning, that it was going to take thousands of hours of effort on your part before you would begin to see a return on your investment into yourself as an…
Racy Photos Online Hurting My Acting Career?
A couple of years ago, I was just breaking into the business and I did a slasher film with a couple of topless scenes. Not exactly porn, but let’s just say not exactly Oscar material…
It Takes a Village
The late, great casting executive Barbara Miller was well known for saying, “Everyone in Hollywood has two jobs: their own and casting.” While her comment always drew loads of laughs at gatherings of casting directors…