If you are an actor, and are a leading-man-type, and you gotta let me know and I will let Disney, some casting people at major movie studios, AND the press (including VARIETY) know…because they think there are no actors like that around, and I they only need to be able to see more actors than can make it, in this dumb system…
If you are an actor, and are a leading-man-type, and you gotta let me know and I will let Disney, some casting people at major movie studios, AND the press (including VARIETY) know…because they think there are no actors like that around, and I they only need to be able to see more actors than can make it, in this dumb system…
An actor, or actress as some prefer, falls while playing blind Helen Keller, in this video; actors, remember to keep your eyes open….!
If a director doesn’t guide the actor, what does a professional actor do? A film director handles the entire overview of a movie, all the technical and artistic elements, before-during-and-after the shooting schedule. What is really surprising, is that sometimes the director never talks to an actor, at all!?… I can tell you what I did, and what is expected…
“Movie quality gone downhill?” Maybe. However, it’s exceptions like this that make it all so very grand, and remind me what I love about acting, about the craft; and about the beauty of it all, in our little world of this lovely, wonderful, exciting artform.
Thanks to Variety, I learned that YouTube has a live, streaming, concert planned to honor those talents made on the video network, on the internet! The “stars” that are slated, are those that succeeded on YouTube. They are mostly musical acts, and I noticed that a Hollywood Film Studio, Lionsgate, is involved, and will be promoting “Saw V”.
John Mendoza, a stand-up comedian, and actor who had his own TV series on network, gives me an interview…in typical Mendoza-style, and there’s some footage from his sitcom, too; here, at Hollywood Actor Prep.
John Mendoza, a stand-up comedian, and actor who had his own TV series on network, gives me an interview…in typical Mendoza-style, and there’s some footage from his sitcom, too; here, at Hollywood Actor Prep.
Actors, please be aware about our union’s struggles now. Please write SAG to lend some emotional support, and to ask that they all join together for one cause.
Actor Terrence Howard is sensitive, deep, and possibly depressed, in this interview by Scott Smith on NPR. He clearly mourns his mother. He makes only a slight reference to his recent “firing” from “Iron Man 2″, but says a lot about acting craft and how he got to be a professional actor.
Wayne Wang, major Hollywood Film Director (and an actor) is premiering a movie on YouTube. I have it here, full length, before that! I got it from “Thompson On Hollywood” who has a blog on Variety. Watch it here, on the widget, entirely. The whole film. First, and for free.
Marlon Brando auditioned for “Rebel Without A Cause”? On film??
Like Paul Newman and James Dean, in the last post: another great actor, on film, before anyone knew how great he really was! This is most likely Brando’s first film audition, when he was new to acting in Hollywood, new to film auditioning, new to the movie industry. He hadn’t even made any movies yet…and it shows in the way he auditions.
Video clip is Paul Newman and James Dean, together, auditioning for Elia Kazan who is behind the camera, for “East of Eden”. Both Newman and Dean are fresh from the Actors Studio, and fresh to film. They are clearly young and inexperienced, and I dissect this clip, from an acting perspective; while discussing what was going on in their lives and the world, that influenced what you see here.
While acting and performing, the people in these videos clips made some unexpected mistakes! The fairy who falls from the sky, to the stage, is first.
Actor terror can cause you to blow your audition. Allowing mistakes, accepting failures, can be the key to winning auditions. Here is a way to laugh, out loud, at mistakes!
...Real blog for real actors by an authentic, experienced acting + voiceover professional. Dana Kaminski had an acting career that succeeded and lasted. Amongst her credits are starring regular role on ABC series, and substantial feature film roles. (Bio page.)
I am putting this on my auditions page. Here’s a link to where all the videos of auditions are, by actors you may recognize: Hollywood Actor Prep : Actors Audition. I wanted to mention that I am adding this one, because it is so great an audition, in it’s auditioning. Yeah, in it Steve Carrell [...]
Video:–’50s show called ‘A Dark, Dark Hour’ with James Dean and Ronald Reagan starring together (as James Dean dances to jazz as ‘Hep Cat Killer’.) Text about Reagan and how this show prepped him for Presidency. Also about why so many great actors got their start on these ‘Golden Age’ Anthology shows doing live theatre.
Actors Never Know W-H-A-T Is Going On Inside Their Producer’s Head (Offices)Even actors and actresses who are series regulars, who get star-billing-single-card…
Just somewhat…I’m paring down the time I put into Hollywood Actor Prep… Now, I will be additionally working on: My own creative projects A different project (beside Hollywood Actor Prep) that is also for the benefit of actors, but with a more direct effect, with specific results. I love this blog for actors about acting, [...]
Results of today’s Screen Actors Guild announcement, the SAG-AFTRA merger vote. Also, 2 reactive commentaries by Dana Kaminski.
The SAG And AFTRA Merger Vote, General + Simplified, PART 2 In that last post, I wrote ‘Part 2, A’ in the proposal by Vote-Yes-on-SAG-AFTRA side, alleged that merging the 2 acting unions together might create a more powerful single union; and that one actor union would then become a powerful force unlike the inferred [...]
SAG-AFTRA merger bottom line: What are the general, basic issues? What is the core debate about, between SAG and AFTRA’s union members, about this merger of the professional acting guilds. What do actors really need to know, who are the sides?
Rejection is to be expected, for any professional actor, for any professional creative type. HANDLING REJECTION in a healthy way, takes work. But it’s an absolute essential, for acting career success…Some thoughts on healthy handling of rejection…
Amongst the advice that actress Amy Poehler included in her 15 min. biting, funny, and wise speech, to the graduating Harvard class, (besides the semi-joking, ‘Don’t think you’re better…) -VIDEO
For Actors And Other Creative/Artistics:
The Optional Time Categories Are The Imperative Time Chunks.
We need to add them in, in order to actualize artistic RESULTS.
Yesterday, I wrote about Natalie Mendoza, Broadway Spider-man’s lead actress, before the big news broke everywhere else today. I just KNEW. This actress just got the biggest break of her life, maybe her career… and SHE WASN’T ONSTAGE, ACTING…
Natalie Mendoza wasn’t appearing in Spiderman on Broadway because she physically could not.
I went on the Twitter page of the Spider-man actress who, injured by a concussion in early previews of the show, is not performing at present, on Broadway. I read what was in her tweets… And my heart broke for this Broadway actress.
Professional actors are responsible, throughout their acting career… about safety decisions. Under pressure. This story is about a Broadway actress in Spiderman, who, once injured, was not…
Most Actors And Actresses Hate When Their Dialogue Contains Exposition. It’s like: Am I talking or am I simply explaining the movie for the audience?? Why actors and actresses don’t like it, from an tech acting standpoint, is because exposition can be challenging to make real. Often, when actors are speaking some bit of dialogue [...]
Elizabeth Taylor acted in 50 films. She was a great beauty, a great actress, an iconic movie star, and a great humanitarian. Movie clips of films where she gives some of her finest acting performances.
The Independent Spirit Awards honor independent film and those artists (actors included) who make independent films.
(Can I yell a loud”YEAH!) (James Franco won best actor, photo)
I have touted the Independent Spirits and even more fanatically, their filmmaker support and development organization called FILM Independent, because they have a program that is un-matched…
I Can Never Get Enough Of These Videos, When Actors Reveal How They Got To Play The Roles That I’ve Already Seen…They Share Their Process For This Year’s Oscar® Nominated Acting Performances. I love discussing acting preparation, anytime…anywhere…with anyone who has an acting process. By acting prep, I mean all that an actor chooses to [...]
Artistic, experienced actors know there’s a major difference between acting from the head; versus acting from the heart, soul, instinct, acting-instrument. Only after quite a bit of experience, do actors know that the latter is acting at a higher level. It takes some acting experience to know that emotional, ‘real’ acting cannot be [...]
‘Zeitgeist (German pronunciation: [ˈtsaɪtɡaɪst] is “the spirit of the times” or “the spirit of the age.” Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and/or political climate…’
Actors: It takes a certain amount of intelligence to be able to analyze a script. It also takes an actor who already knows things, to be able to recognize what any script’s theme [underlying message] might be. In auditions…help you ‘get’ what a script is really all about…
Recording of the real King George VI announcing war, 1939. It’s the same speech that Colin Firth delivers in THE KING’S SPEECH climax. There’s other footage of the real King, his speech difficulty plain. Much more: Actor Geoffrey Rush on their+rehearsal, the actors’ acting collusion on the material. Stammerers Of Britain with very valuable information, and some film scenes with the 2 Actors…and the trailer. –*Phew*
I Can Never Get Enough Of These Videos, When Actors Reveal How They Got To Play The Roles That I’ve Already Seen…They Share Their Process For This Year’s Oscar® Nominated Acting Performances. I love discussing acting preparation, anytime…anywhere…with anyone who has an acting process. By acting prep, I mean all that an actor chooses to [...]
Actors share more agent stories with me, than about any other topic.
Actors who I have never met (never even saw a headshot) have emailed me and told me stories like that. And worse. Much.
There’s a big ‘Number 3′.
IT IS THE ACTOR-AGENT RULE…Always true, transparently, between professional actors and the agents that represent them…
When you are working, in acting, you have representation. A talent agent not only negotiates an actor’s salary after they book an acting role; but before that, the agent makes appointments with casting directors for you to audition…for roles that they feel are right for you.That’s where a lot of professional problems, for actors, begin.
Octavia Spencer on inspiring the character of Minny in THE HELP — Soundcloud From Melissa Silverstein, Women And Hollywood: Octavia Spencer has the breakout role of her lifetime as Minny Jackson in The Help…Spencer was so real and honest… Women and Hollywood: You were known as more of a comedic actress so I’m wondering [...]
Backstage at the Academy Awards®, when talking about acting, and how he feels about being recognized for his acting work in THE FIGHTER…Christian Bale expressed gratitude and humility, openly, easily. He also spoke of other actors who may not have the same opportunity to show how talented…
Who is this he? This first ‘foreign’ actor cast to play Superman in a movie?
Superman–Henry Cavill is a British actor who was cast as the lead role in major films that never got made. Worse, he spent years being an almost-cast lead actor in other major movie franchises; only to have the part go to another actor, in the final part of the casting process…(Talkin’ years here, actors.)
BUT, when you are in an acting career position such as Garfield is currently…playing leads and supporting leads in Oscar nominated films, smarter films, and simultaneously snapping up the newest Spider-man movie lead role(s)…
Chemistry In Acting Handling An Unusual Amount Of Nudity In The Script Questions And Answers in Preparing A Character With Conflicting Characteristics Preparing Acting Roles In The Following Video Interview With Film Lead Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal And Anne Hathaway, For LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS “I knew Jake was a great guy and that he was [...]
In this Hollywood Actor Prep video, Armie Hammer talks about one of the acting problems that needed overcoming, (and made particular character choices) so that the portrayal was as dimensional people, of the Vinkelvoss twins. What specific acting prep went into the characters he played in The Social Network.
There's a page on this site about Dana Kaminski.Click for Bio PageI am putting this on my auditions page. Here’s a link to where all the videos of auditions are, by actors you may recognize: Hollywood Actor Prep : Actors Audition. I wanted to mention that I am adding this one, because it is so great an audition, in it’s auditioning. Yeah, in it Steve Carrell [...]
Video:–’50s show called ‘A Dark, Dark Hour’ with James Dean and Ronald Reagan starring together (as James Dean dances to jazz as ‘Hep Cat Killer’.) Text about Reagan and how this show prepped him for Presidency. Also about why so many great actors got their start on these ‘Golden Age’ Anthology shows doing live theatre.
Actors Never Know W-H-A-T Is Going On Inside Their Producer’s Head (Offices)Even actors and actresses who are series regulars, who get star-billing-single-card…
Just somewhat…I’m paring down the time I put into Hollywood Actor Prep… Now, I will be additionally working on: My own creative projects A different project (beside Hollywood Actor Prep) that is also for the benefit of actors, but with a more direct effect, with specific results. I love this blog for actors about acting, [...]
Results of today’s Screen Actors Guild announcement, the SAG-AFTRA merger vote. Also, 2 reactive commentaries by Dana Kaminski.
The SAG And AFTRA Merger Vote, General + Simplified, PART 2 In that last post, I wrote ‘Part 2, A’ in the proposal by Vote-Yes-on-SAG-AFTRA side, alleged that merging the 2 acting unions together might create a more powerful single union; and that one actor union would then become a powerful force unlike the inferred [...]
SAG-AFTRA merger bottom line: What are the general, basic issues? What is the core debate about, between SAG and AFTRA’s union members, about this merger of the professional acting guilds. What do actors really need to know, who are the sides?
Davy Jones was fated to be an actor, and a famous one. He was on British TV at 11, and pulled back into acting after quitting at 14…backstage at The Beatles 1st US appearance; within 2 years himself, a teen idol…
This guest actor “ACTUALLY READ THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION”, with an expert attorney.
Laura writes about some of the worst that’s in the ‘fine print’…and what’s NOT THERE?
I’m ready to tackle the SAG AFTRA Merger explanation here at Hollywood Actor Prep.
I know I can provide you with an easy overview; and a fair one to both sides. So if a celebrity asks you to vote, don’t. Not yet…
Film + Theatre Actor Ed Harris Explains Reasons To Vote Against The Merger. I’ve already presented some discussion, from actors who are voting for the SAG-AFTRA Merger. ACTORS, don’t vote until you know thoroughly how this will merger affect your future. Both sides will be here at Hollywood Actor Prep…
Huh. They really do shoot ‘Parks And Recreation’ in a park. Was driving by this ‘Parks And Recreation’ film set today. Stopped and took some snapshots for my acting blog. Tweet This Post! Related Reading:'Slumdog Millionaire' Won Best Ensemble at SAG AwardsActors + Ensemble Casts ::Film + TV Nominations For 17th SAG Awards Actor Andrew [...]
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