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 ...
From Academy Arts Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences® Press Release, and KABC: Am blogging this, prone, from my phone, because still ill. Ugh. Know though, it's a very valid call and was sent to me ...
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…
Jesse Eisenberg Was My Top Choice For The Best Leading Actor Academy Award® ...So... therefore, I kid because I love (his acting ability)... There's a commercial which about which I ...
...And director Darren Aronofsky texted Mila Kunis that she got the acting part, of 'Lily'. Backstory: Lead actress Natalie Portman thought Kunis would be a good choice to play the other dancer, with whom she would have to have a--shall I say-- pas de deux, in the film. (Portman and Kunis were already friends, ...
Golden Globe Winner, Shoot-From-The-Hip, American Auteur-ish, Director David Fincher Why He Chose The Social Network As His Project “I read a script and I thought it was really good and the story was really compelling,” Fincher said of the reasons why he wanted to make the film. The ...
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)…
Open Casting Call: Auditions—-“Male, 11-13 years-old, Caucasian, Athletic, Independent and Confident.” Lead role.
Dreamworks film studio is holding auditions this Saturday in Hollywood, 12-4-2010… It’s an Open Casting Call for a new movie called ‘Welcome To People’. The lead actors cast are Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks.
Auditioning Expert Casting Directors: April Webster, Heidi Levitt, Marci Liroff + Others…
Auditioning Expert Casting Directors: April Webster, Heidi Levitt, Marci Liroff + Others…
Auditioning Expert Casting Directors: April Webster [LOST], Heidi Levitt, Marci Liroff + Others…Advise actors on video about auditions, casting, tv, and breaking into professional acting.
But you don’t have to worry about the validity of the casting directors widget, which I embed in the very next post. Yes, I see that a few of them do have products that they sell to actors, as of this year; that’s kind of a new thing. But at least, if their intent is to market their product, they are giving you some truly experiential expertise to get you to dish out the dough for whatever they are selling. They aren’t making up the advice out of thin air.
To my knowledge, April Webster, who cast LOST …
You can get to know some of the major TV comedy Showrunners, from the most popular shows, by watching the following videos. I suggest it if you want to work in television; they are the ones who cast the actors.
Chris Colfer’s casting story is the best of all. At the time of the Glee auditions, he had “the least amount of acting experience”, says the Casting Director. Seen for Artie, Colfer left the audition after inspiring the showrunner, Ryan Murphy, to create a part for him. The young actor got a phone call, that night.
So much of getting representation, and acting work, is about perception.
Even if unconsciously, you are being assessed:
Do you have dignity?
Integrity?
Gravitas?
Academy Award Winning Actor, Ben Kingsley, Acted Like He, Too, Wanted To Be Noticed By Michael Bay……Whether or not there was a role for him, or even one available. Just like Heidi Montag.
(Remember her on camera audition, here, at Hollywood Actor Prep? If you didn’t see it already, that’s a link!)
Here’s reality TV star Heidi Montag auditioning for the role of Megan Fox.
Montag posted it to Facebook. Do you think that if someone’s a celebrity they can act?
...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:Watching "Californication", As An ActorL.A.Times Blog Is Biased, Incorrect. About Actors.TV Schedule With Mid-Season Premieres :::: Cheat SheetActor Ed Harris Is [...]
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