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How To Create an Amazing Self-Taped Audition
How to produce a great self-taped audition casting directors and directors will love. Self-taped auditions is quickly becoming the go-to for casting directors across the country. Instead of an actor having to travel to a...
Tips for An Amazing Acting Audition
The hardest part about becoming an actor is the fact that each Casting Director is different and have different approaches to how an audition should work. For example, at the moment, the Casting Society...
10 Things Actors Should Know
1. The Business isn’t Fair Most of you don’t need to be told this, but we all need to learn it. Things happen in the acting profession that aren’t fair. Dumb, talentless people get...
5 Tips For Dance Beginners
Learn different types of dance There are so many different genres of dance that you may be unsure of which to choose when deciding to learn to dance. The simple answer is to try...
Basic Rules That Every Actor Should Know
There are thousands of aspiring actors in Los Angeles alone, each hoping for one big break that will launch their career. Only a few will ever make it as actors, and even fewer will...
Best Advice For Actors
Acting is one of the toughest industries to excel in. With never ending competition, miles of commuting and picky directors, becoming a professional actor is now harder than ever. You may be interested in...
Best Tips For Becoming An Actor
In the movie A League of Their Own Tom Hanks says, “If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it.” He was speaking of becoming a professional baseball player, but his words also apply to...
8 acting tips for bright eyed beginners
When it comes to acting, there are no shortcuts. Janine Hawley, associate professor of voice in the School of Drama and director of Acting Out!, UNCSA’s community actor training program, shares these acting tips...
Things Actors Should Never Do
Actors should nevr 1. Complain Cultivate a life that isn’t focused around complaining. I once watched someone agonise about choosing between two of the best acting agents in the country, almost to the point...
5 Things You Should Know Early in Your Acting Career
1. Know your “type.” Sure, in school you learned how to play any role—to stretch, to challenge, to grow. Out in the real world, you are unlikely to be able to play much outside...