It’s easy to give advice. It’s not so easy to take it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of situations that apply to nearly everyone that start out in the entertainment industry. You hear whispered warnings or stories that seem to have an urban legend flair, but if these situations weren’t so common, they wouldn’t turn into word-of-mouth cautionary tales.
Everyone pursues a career in entertainment for different reasons. The want the glitz, the glamour, the recognition. They want to be fulfilled, creative, challenged. They want to follow their passion, their dreams, make their souls sing. Most people want a little bit of each of those things, but on the journey to starting a modeling career, we can find ourselves losing interest, growing frustrated, and wanting to give up.
[caption id="attachment_475" align="alignleft" width="400" class=" "] illustration via: monkeykatos.com[/caption] There are literally hundreds of thousands of actors in Hollywood alone and chances are, most of them have meatier resume's than you do. The idea of going up against a legion of actors armed with your headshot and...
If you're in between acting gigs then you may be surprised to find out that working as 'scareactor' at Universal Studios this Halloween is a great way to make some extra cash. Sure, it may not be respectable Richard III at the Globe Theatre or pay as much as a...
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To wear a police uniform or not to wear a police uniform for an audition? That is the question. The general rule for what to wear to an audition is to not come in costume but to wear something that suggests the character. For example, if you're...
Last week we focused on the best acting coaches so this week we decided to check out the acting studios and schools. As with the acting coaches, you should always do your research and audit one of their classes to see if it's a right...
Target learned a valuable lesson a few days ago after the website Jezebel spotted poorly excited retouching job. It's anyone's guess why this images was ever OK'd by Target. There are several reasons being thrown around as to why this could have happened. It could have...
Getting new headshots can be a pretty stressful time for an actor. With photographers charging between $300-$600 for a session on top of that, you have printing costs and online fees. It can be an expensive process! Photographer Sophia Field has an excellent guide for people...