One of the number-one most popular functions of our badass Self-Management for Actors Facebook group is the crowdsourcing that comes so freakin’ easily when you’ve got an audience of 13,000+ people who’ve gathered with the…
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Are You Living in the Past?
One of the biggest A-HA moments I can help give actors and other creative storytellers is about one of the most frustrating things I see going on out there. Living in the past. It’s ridiculously…
Don’t Be “That Guy”
Hello and woo HOO! It’s freakin’ August! *How* is that possible? Eesh! Okay, so you know “that guy” right? That guy who self-promotes in a way that’s basically entering a party wearing a sandwich board…
Actors: Social Media and Stoppers
Ah, actors. I love y’all. You are smart and creative and clever and you’ve got a shitton of hustle. Unfortunately, someone has taken your natural inclination to look for what might give you “the edge”…
No Role? No Opinion.
Ah… I love it when a pattern emerges. At this weekend’s amazing SMFA Retreat in Los Angeles, it was clear that a lot of actors have been told a lot of things about what they…
If I Do My Job Well, You Don’t Need Me As Much
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about resonance. When something resonates with us, it creates positive emotions. It’s right. We feel it in our gut. We just KNOW. We’ve done enough research to calculate the…
Actors and Social Media: The New STOPPER
It’s no secret that a few casting directors have gone on record stating that an actor’s social media following can influence casting decisions. While opportunistic marketing gurus have found a way to use those few…
Turn Down for What
Yowza! I got a *lot* of feedback on last week’s Sorry Is a Sucky Word column. Thank you, beautiful people! It’s so great hearing from you and knowing when something I share has such an…
Pumping Up Credits
I was at a leadership conference when the facilitator decided it was time for a rousing game of Simon Says. Here we were, all 6000 of us, up on our feet, ready to hop from…
Agent Explains Why Actors Shouldn’t Put Their Phone Numbers on Their Resumes
The following exchange came about due to my advice that actors always keep their direct contact information on their resumes, profiles, websites, etc. My experience shows that those agents who *require* actors not share their…