I’ve been seeing a bunch of tweets and posts lately about Robert A. Heinlein’s 1973 quote from Time Enough for Love that ends, “specialization is for insects.” Actors in particular are loving this quote, because…
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Environment
“I get out and hustle because nobody’s casting anything in my living room.” — Stephon Fuller I think about this quote all the time. Actors all over the world pursue their acting careers from their…
How Close You Came
The webseries I cast for Machinima and Epic Level Entertainment a few months back premiered Friday. It’s called Bite Me and I’d love for you to check it out. New eps Fridays for the rest…
Facebook: How I Unplugged
Before I get into how I unplugged from Facebook in late 2010, let me detail how I became Hyper-Connected, which will provide context for why unplugging has become so important to me now. I was…
Rich Hinz: Wiggling and Walking Funny
So, let’s say you’re an actor who happens to have a disability. You’re classified as a PWD and you bring your disability into the room with you on every audition, every callback, every rehearsal, every…
Book the Room
I was listening to a lovely and talented actor friend talking about some good news. She had just come from a fantastic audition. As she gushed about all the prep work she had done and…
Redefining Credit
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S. Truman This is one of my husband’s favorite quotes. After years hearing my husband use it,…
Conspiracy of Yes
When you think about all of the factors that go into casting a single role, it becomes clear that it’s a conspiracy of events that lead to a YES. Let’s see… there’s the breakdown going…