I find it so interesting to track certain “landmark days” in my life. Y’know the days, right? When you look back at major positive shifts, you are able to trace them to a common event…
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Keeping Your Agent in the Mix
Some actors wonder whether their agents or managers are due commission on those occasions when all the “work” involved in a particular booking is actually their own. Actors in minor markets (where multi-listing with agencies…
Entering the Cage
One of my favorite things to do is something I’ve had the opportunity to do quite a bit already in 2011: Take in fantastic talent; observe wonderful performances; watch people living their dreams; and then…
Online Submission: Order of Operations
Last week, I put out a breakdown for a series of very cool industrial vids for the doctor on whose method the hit show Lie to Me is based. This is gonna be awesome, because…
Asking for Help
Y’all know I’m a huge fan of mentoring. Connecting the spaces between people at other tiers in this industry makes a large, harsh, overcrowded place sometimes feel more small, loving, and intimate. I’m all for…
CD Hates Color Headshots, WTF?
Hi Bonnie, I was reading another CD interview today and came across this one on headshots. YIKES! No color???!!!! I thought that was standard, but is it true that y’all do not like the color???…
Forget about It
So, last week, I told y’all the tragic tale of my “rebagging groceries” (AKA reliving the audition in the car after the session, trying to improve upon what had happened) after a hand modeling casting…
Cross-Pollination
I keep a folder. Well, I keep two. One is the “What were you THINKING?!?” folder filled with the worst, most bizarre, beyond ridiculous submissions I’ve received since going into casting. I’m not going to…
Agent-Free Auditioning
Please note: As of January 2022, we are no longer doing up-to-the-minute updates to this post. You should always use a search engine (like Duck Duck Go) to cross-reference pretty much ANYthing you get off…
Community, Creativity, and Cheers
I arrived early. Way early. So early that for the first time I actually found a parking spot on the street when I did my “lap before committing to the parking deck” and then sat…