How do I break into the industry? The best way to start breaking into the industry is to get some sort of technique training. You need to be in a class that focuses on the techniques of Stella Adler, Uta Hagen, Strasberg. And all the great tools that you can add to your toolbox. Many great…
Get yourself out there If you are an actor who doesn’t have anything to put on their resume under film, television, etc. Then you write “available upon request.” You need to get on acting websites. LA Casting, Actors Access, Backstage, etc. Start promoting yourself and get yourself out there. Submit yourself for different projects: student…
Allow your character to live and breathe When you get your sides, read it from your perspective, from the perspective of the audience, and then read it from the perspective of the character. What I see too often is actors who focus too much on how authentic they themselves are in their audition, which of…
Never stop being Creative Get into the habit of having an insatiable need for art. Imagine that tomorrow you get an agent and a manager. What happens next? Do you wait by the phone for it to ring? Wait in anticipation for your next chance to audition? Forget it. Keep being artistic. It sounds like work, but…