So much of getting representation, and acting work, is about perception.

Even if unconsciously, you are being assessed:

Do you have dignity?
Integrity?
Gravitas?

This interview is abundant with actor wisdom and information…Hope you find it as entrancing as I did. I do disagree with Katie Couric’s assertion about Pacino’s kinetic energy…

This interview is abundant with actor wisdom and information…Hope you find it as entrancing as I did. I do disagree with Katie Couric’s assertion about Pacino’s kinetic energy…

One of the things that they have developed is a way to get actors ready for award show season. They have specific exercises for posture, and teach how to stand when on the red carpet. I went and filmed them talking about it.

Act like a professional, in your regard and in respect to your career, with respect to your highest self. Learn to act like a professional actor. That’s why it’s called that. And when you are ready to put something out for the public, and for your future employers to see, make sure it is only at the level that your future employers will want to employ you from…and employ you over all the other actors. Skilled professional actors.

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.

Actor (and very recent Emmy winner) Ken Howard has won the votes of the professional actors of the Screen Actors Guild today. He defeated three other actor candidates: Anne-Marie Johnson, Seymour Cassel, Asmar Muhammed. A little over a quarter of all the actor members of the guild, who were sent ballots due to good standing, [...]