ANNA wants to audition for a role in the Broadway play, “Fat Pig”. She asked: Do I have to be part of Actor’s Equity to be able to audition for a role in a Broadway play? What does “Equity Principal Auditions” mean to me?
I asked one of our honorable subscribers, Arthur, for some insight into this question.
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What traits do we need to develop in ourselves, to practice and live by, to keep improving?
To make our dreams happen?
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When I was living in South Africa (I worked in news around when Mandela became President), I hung out with Joao & these great guys, now known as the Bang Bang club, who risked their lives documenting what’s really happening in the world. Joao is a sweet guy & risks his life so we can see what really happens. It’s a blast of reality for me.
Read MoreRESHOOT!!! The actress said she could ride a motorcycle.
We show up and she’s sitting there on the motorcycle surrounded by production and agency, looking scared shitless.
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Last night I did a split shoot. That’s the term for starting at 12 noon and going to 12 midnight. We were shooting at Downey studios in Los Angeles. Fake street, fake snow, fake snow falling. they used this sudsy substance that they blew out of these machines that looked just like big snowflakes. Very cool and fun shoot!
Read MoreOn one of our conference calls, we discussed getting on the radar of casting directors and producers.
Here is a great example of someone who wrote, produced and acted in her own film. Nobody says it better than Bonnie Gillespie, a respected casting director. She wrote a fantastic post in her column, The Actors Voice, at
Read MoreI am re-posting this awesome blog post by Jenna Fischer, who is an actor for The Office. What she says in this post is very similar to what I hear from actors I work with in Los Angeles. It could be summed by the very true saying: “There is no free lunch.”
To understand the real story of people who have made it in the business is valuable. In my opinion, it’s valuable because you can adjust, plan, and bring more determination and action to your plan. It’s the “go-getters rule!”
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Do you ever wish you could go to a huge party, with cool people, eat gourmet food for free all day long, and get paid handsomely for it? Kind of sounds like the celebrity lifestyle huh?
I swear… some days I have to pinch myself it’s so good. And if you get into this business, these kind of days will be common for you too.
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