This is a lovely producer I worked with at National Geographic. Listen to him talking about standing out. He’s so wonderful. On our shark trip, he got hepatitis C. That was a total bummer, love the guy. But he’s ok now!

As the entire world is stuck inside of the house with nothing to do but sit in front of their TV screens and watch their favorite entertainment selections, streaming services are seeing a substantial boost is users logging online. A recent report produced in March found that Netflix alone is responsible for about one-third of all video streaming directed to television in recent weeks since the pandemic started.

Netflix is not the only streaming platform that offers a huge selection of premium entertainment options for you to choose from. Nielsen just published a study that shows that Americans have spent a total of approximately 400 billion minutes streaming various content to their media devices in the first three weeks of March alone. 

If you have been preparing to become an actor, but haven’t been getting on sets, you need to be.

Practicing your craft, learning as much as you can about acting and what makes you stand out as an actor is great! But all that preparation is not going to give you what you need to create a career in acting. What you MUST HAVE are professional relationships, and the only place to meet professionals is on professional sets, and you don’t need to be there only as an actor.

What acting classes should you take? The best classes are the ones that the most successful, working actors are taking. But how do you find those?

You have to be referred to the best acting classes.

Have you thought about how to become a stuntman or stuntwoman for movies and music videos?

Parker is a professional action actor doing character work on Disney Fairy Tale Weddings and the Dance Gavin Dance music video “Head Hunter”. In this video she goes over stunt double requirements and how to find job openings in Hollywood. Finding a niche in the film industry like stunts does huge things for your career! Now Parker has this additional skill and unique experience for her passion which is acting!

Many people have fear when it comes to networking. They don’t know what to say to start the conversation or what to say after. So, they may shy away from talking to precisely the people they should be talking to.

A lot of people view small talk and networking as something they “have to” do. Which makes them a victim to it, instead of something they “get to” do.