What clips belong in your demo reel? Here are some tips for aspiring actors!
Of course, quality over quantity is the theme of today. You may be inclined to fill your reel with as many clips as possible to show that you have experience, but this will work against you.
Read MoreTamara was hired as an extra for $600 to walk in the background of a commercial. To get the job, all she did was make another connection like she’d done a million times before, chat with them a bit on a shoot, and shortly after had an opportunity for a fun, easy job with great pay dropped at her feet. The same thing will be happening to you, too, with just a bit of effort on your part.
We know that success in the entertainment industry is all about making connections, so how exactly is that done?
Read MoreWhat if you have no experience as an actor? What do you do?
Do you start taking acting class, or find an acting group?
Read MoreWith Seth Rogan and Amy Schumer and Ronda Rousey!
This is one of the Superbowl spots I did in January!
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Today I’ve got a question that is for those people that have been working so hard, working on the craft. They love to act and they have done so much for themselves.
“How the heck do I get people to notice me how I get going to get to these TV show roles, these commercials, the stuff that I can be out there and be seen? I can actually get my career moving, growing, and I have paying stuff. How can I get to the good stuff, how do we get people to notice me?”
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One concern that I hear is – “you know what, I’m just not sure if the industry wants my look. I’ve got this look and I am not gorgeous, I’m not tall, blonde, and you know they don’t seem to be paying that much attention to me. I’m not where I want to be. So I’m not really sure if the industry wants my look”.
That’s a very disempowering thought to have in your head, isn’t it? How can you do anything with that thought in your head?
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I’m gonna share with you something that I only teach my mentorship students, but you know what, I just feel like sharing it with you today. That is how I find the best people, that are the working actors, all these people are working with.
How do I find those people? I know if I find the best people and I get training from those people, then I’m gonna be connected. I’m gonna have great training and I’m probably gonna be moving the fastest.
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Hello everybody, Janet Urban here, founder of Friends in film and today’s question is “How do I make money acting? I just wanna make money doing what I love, how to heck can I make this happen and fast?”
Okay, great question.
Read MoreI asked someactorswhat were their top 3 things they are uncertain about. It boiled down to these 3 things for most people.
1) Not having enough money.
2) Am I talented enough?
3) Am I marketable?
I've failed many times over and at some point, I think recently, it became an experience and not a failure.
I remember walking out of an auditionthat I bombed inabout a month ago and thinking to myself, WoW, that was bad!! Then I just forgot about it. It didn't kill me or even hurt me and it surely didn't end my career. It was just something thathappened.
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