February 2012
13 posts
Anonymous asked: How does one get a sag taft hartley waiver if one is only working on trailers and shorts for festival submissions?
Anonymous asked: When asked what makes you different from everyone else what is your answer? I always find this question tricky
Anonymous asked: Which is better? Old monologues or modern? I see a lot of old ones but I don't think it would suit going in a law and order audition
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“Never allow yourself externally to portray anything that you have not inwardly...”
– Constantin Stanislavski
(via emilyhoffman)
In other words, follow your heart (AKA the yellow brick road!) [EDIT]: I’d also add that because technically “nothing human is alien to me (us)” we have experienced everything inwardly to greater or lesser degrees (ever wanted to kill a...
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“You don’t set out to build a wall…you say, ‘I’m going to lay this brick as...”
– Will Smith on acting (via http://blog.castingfrontier.com/2012/01/11/talent-vs-skill-in-casting-calls/)
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WatchI’m really loving Brit Marling at the moment.
I don’t know her full story and I have a suspicion she is more connected than she lets on, but, I LOVE her tenacity, regardless.
She wrote, produced and starred in Another Earth and wrote, produced and is starring in Sound of My Voice. Two movies she says she wrote simultaneously to give her the career she wanted as an actress. I’m...
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Character Actor Ben Gazzara Dies At 81 →
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One of his best movies with one of the best directors:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/253072/the-killing-of-a-chinese-bookie
I hope they’re getting shit-faced together and making each other laugh in heaven (I’ll suspend my disbelief in all things after-life for this glorious image)
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January 2012
28 posts
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Anonymous asked: im 16 years old now, and i attend NIDA (National Institute Of Dramatic Art) in sydney, australia. I do a short course there. My teachers have told me that i am a very strong actor. Recently, I auditioned for a NIDA production, which consisted of 60 people auditioning and there are 9 roles. I got a call back the other day saying I had gotten a role in the production and I'm just curious now...
Anonymous asked: What was your proudest moment as an actor?
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“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”
– Joseph Chilton Pearce (via saddest-summer)
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Anonymous asked: Ok so I have done the student films and done the classes. I wanna go after paid acting work, how do i make the transition to doing non union to getting union work? Its so confusing! lol, also i have done 4 films so I feel like its not enough.
Anonymous asked: Just thinking about it makes me to crazy, how do you manage working to pay rent, classes, etc and manage to have an acting career? Cause it seems like to have a stable living u need 9-5, how can it be done?
Anonymous asked: Do postcard work?
Anonymous asked: I hear about getting a job as a reader in auditions is a good way to learna bout it, but the thing is, how do you find job postings etc like that?
Anonymous asked: Why didn't you sue the people who didn't pay?
Anonymous asked: As you know there are many amazing schools, but they are EXPENSIVE. Is there a such thing as financial aid for acting schools?
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Anonymous asked: Does voiceover pay well?
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Anonymous asked: what is a voiceover auditon like?
Anonymous asked: What is a showcase? Is that something you can put on your resume?
Anonymous asked: Have you ever had thoughts and Insecurities about this career. How did you deal with it and learn that you will make it?
Anonymous asked: How is it that companies can offer an actor $250 for a commercial and for the very same commercial, $3,000 for an actor who has an agent??? Is this fair or legal???
Anonymous asked: Have you used the Actorgenie app? How do you like it?
Anonymous asked: What is your experience like with pilot season?
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SEARCH THE NYC ACTOR BEFORE YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION
Hello, you lovely people.
I am so thrilled that so many of you have such great questions to ask. And it makes me happy if I can help you even a little bit. So, thank you.
I wanted to let you all know that over at www.thenycactor.net you can search for articles pertaining to your questions, too. There is a search box about half way down the page on the right and both TAG and Category clouds to...
Anonymous asked: How do you get an equity audition, even if you aren't equity yet?
Anonymous asked: trying to look for affordable acting classes in nyc.
December 2011
15 posts
Anonymous asked: How do you become an extra actor/actress in NYC with no acting experience?
Anonymous asked: Just booked a short film requiring nudity..what to do with hair "down there?" Thank you!
Anonymous asked: are you there?
Anonymous asked: What are some good local community theaters one can get involved in?
Anonymous asked: I have been auditioning for a lot of shows over the last few months and I finally got cast in something. Now that I've accepted a part in a play, I've realized that some of my auditions in the coming weeks are for shows that conflict with the show I've been cast in. I like the part that I've been given, but some of these auditions are for bigger companies. Should I cancel those...
I’m a Jinius!: Interview with Julia Wiedeman and... →
Shameless self-promotion here! But, within it I think there is some wonderful information about getting your own show up on its feet. I’m a big fan of taking our acting career into our own hands and…
Digsy Finally Has A Tumblr.: Advice to new Maude... →
digsyfinallyhasa:
Someone actually did ask for this, so I’m not just on a high horse (I mean, I am literally, not metaphorically; I’m riding a horse right now!). A lot of new people got put on Maude teams late last night and I thought I should share some things I’ve learned after being a writer on Thunder Gulch for…
Brilliant advice for Maude night AND beyond!
Anonymous asked: What are some things one should consider asking a photographer when getting headshots?
Anonymous asked: How can I reconnect w/my agent? In Aug. I signed w/a terrific agent, and for a month I sent weekly postcards, which they loved. In Oct. I got shocking news and lost touch w/everyone as I fought to keep together. I haven't sent a postcard for 2 months but they still called for an audition a week ago, and my cell cut off mid-call. I called immediately.. to voicemail. I hung up; I froze @ what...