I’ve been in New York for the past two years and have been reading your column for the past couple of months. I find most of it very pertinent to the New York scene, and…
Electronic Submission Pitfalls
A few years ago, I wrote about the importance of noting a casting director’s preference for electronic submissions. Absolutely, most casting directors are still “old school” and the hardcopy submission of your headshot and resumé…
Broken Windows and Blue Men
So, if you’ve been keeping up with the numbers for Broken Windows submissions, you’ll like this update. As of Saturday the 25th at 7:30pm: UNVIEWED…..VIEWED…..SELECTED…..SCHEDULED…..CALLBACK…..ROLE 12…..509…..279…..0…..0…..SARA 3…..70…..118…..0…..0…..TEDDY 4…..199…..105…..0…..0…..KATIE 15…..430…..263…..0…..0…..NATE 7…..202…..177…..0…..0…..BETH 10…..414…..201…..0…..0…..AMY 13…..428…..274…..0…..0…..WALT 3…..223…..107…..0…..0…..DJ 2…..1…..57…..0…..0…..BRIAN 11…..540…..244…..0…..0…..JOEY…
Thanksgiving Quiz
Well, it’s not a Thanksgiving Quiz really. It’s a “Bon woke up at 2am after having tried to go to sleep at a normal hour and she was bored bored bored and not at all…
Hollywood Happy Hour, 12/11/06, 6:30pm
Hollywood Happy Hour, 12/11/06, 6:30pm Please join us on Monday, December 11, 2006 for our next Hollywood Happy Hour with special guests, industry news and reviews, networking, loads of great prizes, yummy food, and adult…
Feedback on Demo Reels (Revisited)
Lots of feedback on the Demo Reels (Revisited) article. Here’s a sampling of the emails I received. My wife and I both read your column and think the world of your common sense. Honestly, that’s…
Reining in Ego
One of the comments I received about last week’s piece on Banishing Self-Doubt provided a perfect segue into a topic on the flipside of that issue: managing an unruly ego. Certainly, having healthy self-esteem doesn’t…
Happy birthday to my favorite ex-boyfriend!
Hope you have a delicious birthday celebration, rockstar weekend, and the best new year of Chip EVER! Much love to ya, Chipper! XXOO PS–New breakdown going out this morning for a feature film with 50…
Announcing THE ACTORS VOICE: POV at Showfax.com
From this week’s Your Turn: Hello, Actors Access, First, thanks for your service. It’s feature-rich, it’s above average usability-wise, and — most importantly — it works. But I have one big complaint; there is no…
Forget the Hot List
I’ve been spending so much time updating the wiki with “hot list” actors that I’m finding this to be a really nice break. It’s the cold list. Hee! Go, Film Threat. Very funny. Sorry for…