CAZT’s suggestion for a Mother’s Day gift
You’ve heard of CAZT, right? Its a place in Hollywood where you audition for various casting directors then later when you get home, you can log onto their website to view the audition and see comments...
View ArticleHow the ‘Lost’ actors got their roles
This weeks Entertainment Weekly has a ton of Lost coverage in preparation of the upcoming series finale. In the mag, there are some great stories how some of the cast members got their roles. And guess...
View ArticleA Conversation With Acting Coach, Larry Moss
Larry Moss is probably one of the most famous acting coaches around right now. He’s worked with actors Hillary Swank, Helen Hunt, Leonardo Dicaprio, Michael Clarke Duncan, Hank Azaria, Jim Carrey,...
View ArticleActors: Don’t Re-Invent The Wheel
I meet many, many people through my journeys as an actor and a coach, and a lot of those conversations revolve around business, marketing and motivation (I guess I’m a magnet for that kind of talk!) I...
View ArticleThree Tips To Finding An Agent
Three Agent Tips by Dallas Travers, CEC One of the most common complaints I hear from actors involves finding the right representation. Snagging a solid agent or manager can be tricky, time consuming,...
View ArticleActors Roundtable: Comedic Actresses
Sophia Vergara, Jane Lynch, Courteney Cox, Felicity Huffman, Wanda Sykes and Patricia Heaton talk about who’s the funniest female comic, do you have to have confidence when you’re doing comedy and...
View ArticleHow To Feel Confident And Give Great Auditions
HOW TO GIVE GREAT AUDITIONS BY CHANGING YOUR FOCUS! Hello fellow actors! I’m thrilled to be able to share my years of experience as an on-set and stage actor and over 15 years of teaching and coaching...
View ArticleBeckinfield: A New Online Web-Series Any Actor Can Participate In
Imagine creating your own original character and inserting it into a video game. Now, imagine that that character is actually you. Using your webcam, cell phone or video camera, you upload whatever you...
View ArticlePeter Facinelli Discusses the Difference Between Acting for Film and Television
Peter Facinelli is currently playing two very different types of doctors; Dr. Fitch ‘Coop’ Cooper on Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and vampire-turned-doctor Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight franchise. The...
View ArticleBoca Raton, Florida: Workshop – Monologues That Win The Part!
MONOLOGUES THAT WIN THE PART WHAT: Week-long experiential workshop taught by producer Sunnie Brooks of Elite Retreat Events Co. which produces Star Mitzva! A Show Within a Party Where the Guests are...
View ArticleAnne Hathaway Latest American Actress to Put Some English On
Why is it that Brits always seem to one-up American actors with accents? People have watched season after season of House thinking Hugh Laurie is made in the U.S.A. until they hear him speak in an...
View ArticleAsk a Casting Director: What Does the Path to LA Look Like?
written by Scott David, Casting Director; Theatrics presenting Beckinfield Scott, as an actor living in Northern California, what does the path look like to get to L.A. and start working? Should I be...
View ArticleBrad Pitt Talks About Quitting Acting, His Early Frustrations and Doing It...
Let’s get the bombshell out of the way since it’s been reported all over the Internet already: in his recent Australian 60 Minutes interview, Brad Pitt revealed that he plans to quit acting in three...
View ArticleScarlett Johansson: “My favorite actors are actors who are enigmatic and...
Scarlett Johansson is, on one hand, one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood and has used her fame to publicly support various political causes. On the other hand, Johansson has managed to keep...
View ArticleIn order to succeed you must BE. DO. HAVE.
Written by Jamison Haase, L.A. On-Camera Training Center Most actors start at the end. Most actors after having moved to Los Angeles right away set about trying to find an agent. They think to...
View ArticleSAG-AFTRA Merger: Ed Harris and Ed Asner Urging Us To Vote “No”
The Vote “No” campaign of this SAG-AFTRA merger isn’t as vocal as the “Yes” crowd it seems like. Either that, or I haven’t been sent as much of their info. I found 3 videos that are against this...
View ArticleUK Passport Office Claims Acting is ‘Not a Proper Job’
I’m sure all the actors reading this have at one time or another received some sort of disparaging remark about acting not being a “real job,” especially early in one’s career. But to get the same...
View ArticleAdversity Is Your Friend
Written by David Patrick Green There’s nothing like life to teach one a lesson. Most of us can’t really learn the toughest lessons of life from others. That’s probably because some of life’s lessons...
View ArticleA new ending to Othello: An on-stage marriage proposal
While it wasn’t Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare certainly played a significant role for two actors at the end of Othello. Instead of a tragedy, they found love. Kevin Thompson, who played Cassio in the...
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