by Cast It Admin | May 1, 2017 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
If you’re an actor, chances are you’re working too much. In the beginning, you’re working three jobs, by default: the job of training yourself as an actor; the job of working as an actor (which includes auditioning, performing, and...
by Cast It Admin | Apr 5, 2017 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, Uncategorized, US
For staying power, play in the moment. Whether it’s the weather, or the uncertain state of the economy, or the endless grind of politics, things have been a little grim lately, a little serious. And while the tendency during hard times is to bear down and get...
by Cast It Admin | Mar 6, 2017 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
We’ve each gotta do what we’ve gotta do to get the bills paid. If we’re really lucky, we’re getting paid to do the thing we want to do the most, i.e., “acting for dollars,” as my friend O-Lan dubs it. But there are inevitable...
by Cast It Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
What does politics have to do with acting? Nothing—nada, zip, zilch, zero. (And for the record, whatever yours are is fine by me. One of the greatest built-in features of the country where I’m writing this now is the right to free speech in all of its forms.)...
by Cast It Admin | Jan 2, 2017 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Happy New Year! Yes, it’s also just the next day in the week, but there’s something about 1/1/whatever that begs for a fresh start, a huge launch, an audacious goal. The problem is choosing which thing on a long list to sink your teeth into first. If this...
by Cast It Admin | Dec 1, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Most artists have little trouble coming up with visions of what they want from their lives and careers, and actors are no exception. Usually, there are some pretty ambitious goals on a given actor’s to-do list, including (but not limited to) acquiring...
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