Well, actually it’s two days of guest-speaking, but there’s also the driving to get there. That’s from mi casa to Moorpark College. It’s way far. Way. But it’s not the far I dislike. It’s the…
Bitter Actor Syndrome, Be Gone!
You quoted my letter in last week’s column, but what is your point? My “managers” will tell you I have the most positive attitude of all their clients. I spend 30-36 hours a week on…
Taking the Meeting
Somewhere along the actor’s journey (between the days of “submitting and hoping for a preread” and reaching “offer only” status), actors will do something called “taking the meeting” in order to get cast. This is…
My Wish for You
Is that you will, at some time in your life, know the joy that is coming up on a movie theatre and seeing the title of a film you helped create “up in lights.” Click…
Embracing Inefficiency
Before I really get into the meat of this post, let me begin by saying this: I am giving myself three gifts, as a part of composing this apologia.^1 I will take a long time…
Please Show Us Good and Bad Audition Footage!
I’ve been reading your articles religiously for the past six months and they are very helpful. You mentioned recently that you are trying to post actual video auditions of those who really just nail it…
Two Letters
A couple of weeks ago, the new edition of Self-Management for Actors hit town. Right away, we packaged up copies to mail out to folks who’d pre-purchased through our website. We also sent out promo…
Thanks, SiteMeter!
Bye-bye BlogPatrol. You sucked too hard for too long. Thanks, SiteMeter, for rocking just as hard, and quickly. Much mo’ better! BTW–still ill. Bleh! Um. How much NyQuil is too much?