Actor Blog Posts

Talent Agent Meeting & Interview Prep: 3 Tips To Be Your Best

When you meet with an agent, they want to know something about you beyond what your resume alone will tell them. To be sure you come across in the best way, be sure you feel ...
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Hollywood Headshot Handbook

Acting Headshots: How To Look Like a Hollywood Actor Without Overdoing It

Let’s face it, the Hollywood (movies and television) industry places a high priority on the way actors look. This industry sometimes demands that its’ star actors be attractive, youthful, and sexy. The acting community definitely ...
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7 Tips to Greater Confidence on Auditions

When it comes to auditioning for a film or TV role, it is common for actors to have butterflies when the big day arrives. For many actors, auditioning is not the fun part, and they ...
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7 Surefire Ways To Grow Your Industry Fan List

If you are connected to the world outside your home at all, it would be hard to miss the fact that social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn are growing more and more ...
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How To Connect With Casting Directors in Hollywood

One of the critical actions for an actor to get Casting Directors to know them and call them in for auditions is to keep in touch with them on a regular basis by sending out ...
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Create Your Hollywood Plan — Even With the Intangibles of Success!

Many actors decide they will give their acting career a limited amount of time to have things happen -- say two years -- to see what happens. Or they say they're coming to Hollywood to ...
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Branding For Actors: Do You Need To Brand Yourself or Not?

The term “branding” is often misunderstood by actors, not because it’s their fault, but because it’s bandied around by people who don’t actually understand the broader marketing principle it arises from. Actors are often led ...
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5 Tips To A Hot Demo Reel

Many actors tell me that they are worried that they don't have a demo reel and they wonder whether they should go out and shoot some scenes to try to come up with one. The ...
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Actor Headshots: Easy Tip To Look Like A Star On the Day of Your Shoot

I’m sure you’ve heard something like this before: “Just because everyone else is doing it, is no good reason for you to do it. Would you jump off a bridge if everyone else did it?” ...
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Los Angeles Talent Agent Auditions: The Truth About Demo Reels and Monologues

If you’re an actor thinking about getting a Los Angeles Talent Agent, one of your biggest concerns may be about whether you need a demo reel and whether you should go for an agent yet ...
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Dealing With A “Day Job” With Grace

“Are you an actor?” “Oh, yes.  As a matter of fact I am.” “Really?  What restaurant do you work at?” Yep.  That’s an old Hollywood joke.  Actor humor.  Well, industry humor.  And it might be ...
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