by Cast It Admin | Jun 2, 2014 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
by Casting Director, Laurie Records Commercial actors should never be under-educated about taking time off. Taking time off can be a tricky thing. I’m tempted to simply suggest never doing it and it would be the shortest, sweetest (well, depending on how you look at...
by Cast It Admin | Apr 29, 2014 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
by Casting Director, Laurie Records I’ve had this topic in the back of my mind for some time now. I have held off to this point, because I didn’t think it pertained to many actors. It would be a column for few… so I avoided it. As time has gone on I’ve realized I...
by Cast It Admin | Apr 1, 2014 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
by Casting Director, Laurie Records If you’ve ever heard me give a talk to commercial actors…or deliver a group explanation during a session, I tend to be wordy. It’s a great and terrible thing about me. I just so desperately want to give every last morsel of...
by Cast It Admin | Mar 14, 2014 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
by Casting Director, Laurie Records Let’s face it; actors keep secrets, sometimes. They keep them from their agents as well as casting directors. It’s not hard to understand the reason…they don’t want to get in trouble. I’m sure I’m guilty of the same thing from...
by Cast It Admin | Feb 3, 2014 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
by Casting Director, Laurie Records There are plenty of different scenarios common in commercial auditions. If you watch commercials (and you SHOULD if you have the hope of achieving any success), you can probably list the regular situations. If you are a mom type,...
by Cast It Admin | Jan 3, 2014 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
by Casting Director, Laurie Records Avails are a good thing. You may think I’m crazy to have stated something so obvious. But I *do* feel the need to say it and I’ll even take it a step further and ask you to remind yourself of that every now and then. The whole...