Actor Blog Posts
The Actor’s Valuable Asset that you usually miss out on
I doubt that you’ll be surprised if I tell you that your long-term success in Hollywood depends on you making contacts with industry people, staying in touch, and building a professional relationship over time. Yet I hear ...
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Pull Your Acting Career Out Of the Toilet! (If it’s in there)…
“It’s NOT who YOU know but WHO KNOWS YOU?” Is this starting to sound familiar? It should because we have said it several times over the course of our Hollywood Hot Tips Courses. But whether ...
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Wanna Jazz Up Your TV Credits Without Lying?
When it comes to your resume, you should use whatever your actual credit was. When you start stretching the truth and makeing it sound very different or if you go out of your way not ...
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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 is when you’re trying to build your credits. If agents and casting ...
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5 Tactics For Getting Cast in a Television Pilot
Landing a role in a television pilot could change your life. Pilot season is a time for anyone who is serious about an acting career to hunker down and really focus because it has the ...
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Got A Talent Agency Meeting? Yes! Got Credits? Not So Much.
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 have any on-the-set experience. In recent past history, only about ...
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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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Can You Handle The Truth… About Your Acting Career?
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?” If yes, read on. If not, go do something else ...
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I Was Frozen For A Year… It Was Not Fun
We all know it’s very important to stay inspired– truly inspired — and excited about your acting career. But I also know it can be tough in this challenging business. So I wanted to share this quote from ...
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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. But oftentimes, when actors are new, they jump ...
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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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