by Cast It Admin | Jun 1, 2016 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
Mailing a hardcopy headshot and resume to commercial casting directors is a thing of the past, certainly in Los Angeles. I think we can all give a collective shout of approval for that! It’s a huge financial savings to actors and a step in the right direction for the...
by Cast It Admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Commercial Actors Should Never...
There is such a thing as being a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none, and it’s not something to aspire to. There’s also something to be said for not having all your eggs in one basket. I’m just a fountain of idioms and figures of speech, aren’t I? Allow me to inch...
by Cast It Admin | Mar 31, 2016 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
I chirp like a bird about the details of commercials. The wardrobe you should be wearing, the types you should have represented in your headshots, the research to do ahead of time, the copy, your audition time, listening, reading – the importance of the...
by Cast It Admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Commercial Actors Should Never...
Blaming an agent is an easy thing to do. You can easily pin almost everything going wrong in your career on them. It’s common. I hear it all the time, and it’s not my favorite. Sometimes I’m sure it is warranted. But it’s my strong belief that it is a veeeeery...
by Cast It Admin | Feb 8, 2016 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., Uncategorized, US
Commercials are funny things. The commercial audition is even funnier. Not to say that I don’t take the process very seriously. I do. And you should, too. But we aren’t curing cancer. Often times (certainly in the last few years) commercial auditions call on your...
by Cast It Admin | Jan 5, 2016 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
You’ve all figured out by now, there is no one road to commercial success. No recipe to follow. There’s no, “if you do x, y & z then you will book.” Here’s the good news and the bad news all wrapped up in one sentence: Commercial actors should never...
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