So, you do this job you love and you have a lot of fun with it. You blog about the awesome moments that come when you get to “see the title of a film you…
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Big Fish, Little Fish
A couple of weeks ago, a director whose amazing film I cast contacted me to let me know we’d been invited to two festivals. The big, fancy one and the small, sweet one. We’d have…
2008 in Questions
(See also 2007 in Questions, 2006 in Questions, 2005 in Questions, and 2004 in Questions.) 1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? Trust more deeply than ever before. I know,…
Pre-Prereads
Has this happened to you recently? You see a breakdown (or your agent or manager does), you submit yourself (or your agent or manager does), you receive contact from the casting office (directly or via…
One for You, Two for Them
I remember hearing an interview with an A-List actor not too long ago. Not sure now who it was or what film was being promoted, but I grabbed a scrap of paper and scrawled (yes,…
The Big Lies
Well, this always makes me nervous but it also almost always turns out to be a good decision. My column was 80% finished and then I came up with a new idea… so I tossed…
Taped Submissions at Actors Access
This might be a good Your Turn. You know how you put out the breakdown for Another Harvest Moon a while back and it’s not casting [non-names] until August? Well, you know how people with…
Rants on Continuity Errors
Well, I knew that The Empty Coffee Cup was a favorite column for me (’cause you know I love to rant), but WOW, did I get a LOT of email about this one! Hee! Seems…
Demo Reels (Revisited)
Last month, I was a judge for the Inaugural Reel Actors Film Festival. I’d long been planning to revisit my two previous columns on demo reels, but the act of sitting down and making notes…