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3 Critical Questions For Choosing Your Best Headshots

Your acting headshot is an essential tool for getting work as an actor, but you should also think of it as an investment. You can’t ...

Actor Headshot Tips: 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 ...

3 Critical Questions to Help You Select Your Primary Headshot

  3 Critical Questions to Help You Select Your Primary Headshot AUDIO https://smartg.com/wp-content/uploads/ac-images/3CriticalHeadshotsQuestions-4MB.mp3 As an actor in Hollywood, you already know how important your headshot ...

How to Get Representation with a Hollywood Talent Agent (Step-by-Step Guide)

Here’s How The Smart Girls Mailing to Talent Agents™ Works You call us and make your appointment to come in (or we speak on the ...

The Cure For Audition Nerves

When it comes to auditioning, even the most experienced of actors, the “old hams” of the profession, get the jitters. Ian McKellen still talks about ...

Branding For Actors: 3 Benefits of Typecasting [VIDEO]

https://youtu.be/fiVWbn2nrtU Branding for Actors Personal branding is a must for actors in today’s competitive industry. As the internet grows noisier, the key to getting noticed ...

Create A Tipping Point In Your Acting Career

One of the most critical elements of success in any field, and especially, Hollywood, is to take consistent, directed action in moving your career forward. ...

7 Things Every Actor Should Know About Talent Agents

One of the first steps I’ve seen actors need to take when wanting to break into film, TV, or commercial acting is to seek a ...

Talent Agent Interviews: 5 Key Questions Every Actor Should Be Ready For

One of the common mistakes actors make in interviews with talent agents is not being prepared or not knowing what they should and shouldn’t ask ...

The Hard Truth About Your Acting Career—Can You Handle It?

Jack Nicholson asked Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men, “Do you want the truth?” And now, I ask you, “Can you handle the truth?” ...

Not Enough Acting Credits? Here’s How to Still Get a Talent Agent

If you are basically a newbie or have limited credits, the agent is mostly going to go by your look, your training, and whether you ...

How to Prepare for a Talent Agent & Land More Auditions

What’s the best method for showing your talent to a talent agent: Is it a monologue?  Is it a prepared scene? Is it a cold ...
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