Imagine Being An Actor, Overcoming All The Professional Actor Hurdles... ...Of breaking into the real acting business, and building an acting career. Making a real good reputation, based on your performances, as a professional actor, within the industry. Regularly guest-starring on a popular show, as a very strong identifiable character on that TV show. Then, booking a pilot ...
Brando: You can see it on the faces of the air hostesses’ expressions, you can see it when you rent a car, you can see it when you walk into a restaurant. If you’ve made a hit movie, then you get the full thirty-two-teeth display in some places…
If you are an actor, and you have this idea that what TV executives are looking for is talent, is creativity…You should listen to this.
Illusions don’t produce prosperity, at all. Kurt Sutter, creator of the TV show, Sons Of Anarchy, reads aloud, from his blog called SutterInk.
Actor Michelle Monaghan on the role of Diane, in the film ‘Trucker’: “I Wanted This Role So Bad! …I Loved The Story And The Character, And I Trusted The Director.” …How she works, her acting process, what she thinks about the business, and women’s parts in movies.
Actor Michelle Monaghan on the role of Diane, in the film ‘Trucker’: “I Wanted This Role So Bad! …I Loved The Story And The Character, And I Trusted The Director.” …How she works, her acting process, what she thinks about the business, and women’s parts in movies.
But… if you are going around doing measly auditions that aren’t really going to highlight you and that no one is going to come to, or uccch, not even hire you for; or you’re spending all your time doing extra work, or worse: paying dues at the unions and barely making rent and not getting any decent auditions…Don’t. Prioritize, to maximize, the priorities, first. The ones that will amount…
But… if you are going around doing measly auditions that aren’t really going to highlight you and that no one is going to come to, or uccch, not even hire you for; or you’re spending all your time doing extra work, or worse: paying dues at the unions and barely making rent and not getting any decent auditions…Don’t. Prioritize, to maximize, the priorities, first. The ones that will amount…
Example: For an actor who has never worked, the $28 dollars that the AMPTP is offering for per-show (with no residuals for any re-play)…well, that may seem great to a young actor who has never had a paying job. Or who has spent a year, breaking their back, suffering indignities, and maybe doing “background”/extra work, so as to get their “3 jobs” so they could qualify for eligibility for a SAG card…)
Which directors were perfectionists, and why Mickey Rourke liked that; which directors were unlikable, and what it was that made them that way…And which ones had unusual ways of motivating the actors…
All of the actors, the directors, that you hear about in this interview clip… are probably familiar names to you.
Current Residual Situation, AMPTP's Offer Explained Found this animation movie, about residuals, on YouTube. Cute...Short... Simple....Clear? Does Acting Have Value? What it basically comes down to is this: The conglomerate corporations think that "talent" shouldn't be paid everytime that they provide the audience with entertainment. With talent. With their visibility. Every time their likeness and abilities, and ...
The SAG Strike–Most people don’t even know what is being negotiated…Actors don’t know…nor do the journalists covering it…It’s quite understandable… I made it really simple here…
For decades, I’ve been accruing and keeping this information (of which I will put all of it on this blog and on the Hollywood Actor Prep Website), and it’s all inside my brain, but I am used to it, and don’t realize how much there really is… that is, until… each and every time I set out to write a post…
I suddenly am aware that there is a whole lot of ground to cover.
For decades, I’ve been accruing and keeping this information (of which I will put all of it on this blog and on the Hollywood Actor Prep Website), and it’s all inside my brain, but I am used to it, and don’t realize how much there really is… that is, until… each and every time I set out to write a post…
I suddenly am aware that there is a whole lot of ground to cover.
Okay, here’s my post on talent agents, and it’s for those actors who haven’t yet tried to get one. (If you have, you can read along, and weep with recognition…) .One of the worst of acting-career-wall-slams has to do with the subject of agents–WHY? Easy. One simple word…
The website for SAG is www.sag.org. You may want to check it out, if you've never been; you may want to bookmark it, and go back to it from time to time. Whether or not you have joined, as yet. There is a wealth of information ...
...Real blog for actors by an authentic, experienced acting + voiceover professional. Time for a site by someone whose been inside the industry.Because the early subscribers are going to get something that I will not show anyone else. For a good long time…Something very special…You will be sooooo surprised at what it is…
Continue Reading »See you all in September!
This doesn’t mean I won’t be posting Emmy winners, or other stuff should I get the urge.
But it does mean I am going to try to shut down my motors, a little.
Here’s a fun, vintage summertime song playlist I put together for you. For in the meantime.
(…You can dance if you want to…)
Why Might These Videos Have Value For Actors?
1. One of the most valuable things to do is to laugh. That’s my opinion.
2. It’s also a gift to be able to make people laugh. Funny Or Die has contributions some of the funniest actors and comedians.
2. Original Web Material. That looks…
Imagine Being An Actor, Overcoming All The Professional Actor Hurdles… …Of breaking into the real acting business, and building an acting career. Making a real good reputation, based on your performances, as a professional actor, within the industry. Regularly guest-starring on a popular show, as a very strong identifiable character on that TV show. Then, [...]
Continue Reading »Patricia Neal was an actress with an unexpected, unmatched, presence… …That were due to a combination of elements that blended together so well, that when she acted there was such an organic quality to the individual characters–they never came off as unexpected, or unusual at all. Not to movies, nor to the times, nor to [...]
Continue Reading »For Actors: Authenticity, Truth, ‘Being Present’ Are Vital Principles
This is beauty….and it’s got some of the elements that I have been writing about here, lately. And so much more.
Continue Reading »Actors Who Are Female– The Top 10 Earning Actresses In The Movie Business, And The Millions They Earn
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For Actors: Authenticity, Truth, ‘Being Present’ Are Vital Principles
This is beauty….and it’s got some of the elements that I have been writing about here, lately. And so much more.
Continue Reading »But then you remember and come back anyway.
That’s the amazing part.
You come back the next day because even when the words don’t come and the costume’s cutting off the blood to your legs, this activity connects you to your most authentic and naked self..
Until the editing is finished and I can post it, I wonder if I can share the questions that I’ve been pondering since. I wonder if any of you all ever think about the role of truth in your artistry. How much does the daily freedom of emotional expression in your daily life, and socially…affect it’s accessibility, facility, in your acting work
Continue Reading »Actor Ray Romano says he gets high from acting. Multiple highs… Which one do you relate to?
Continue Reading »In this video, these Oscar Actors touch on certain acting career experiences, that every actor feels; but aren’t often shared:
Experiencing the excitement of the first time on stage
Realizing the calling…
I know that pressure. I know what Carey Mulligan is talking about, when she defines it. When an actor has only two days of work, one day of work, even a week of work; if it’s a small fraction of time of the entire shoot, as an suppoting actor, you feel that extra pressure. You only have a certain amount of time, and it’s ticking, fast…
Continue Reading »Actor Robert DeNiro said “What else can I say?” Then, with a shrug, “I hope everybody likes it.”
Continue Reading »Actor Robert DeNiro said “What else can I say?” Then, with a shrug, “I hope everybody likes it.”
Continue Reading »An actor in the audience asks Mickey Rourke how he moderates sensitivity and vulnerability, for professional acting. In the 2nd video, they talk about the best audition ever at the Actors Studio.
Continue Reading »I saw a video where Brad Pitt said that his early acting heroes were Mickey Rourke, and Sean Penn…(I put it on my site called “Hollywood Oscar Prep”– http://oscarprep.com.) They are both: Method Actors & nominated for a “Best Actor” Oscar this year, 2009. Watch how Mickey talks about his own early days as an actor, and training…
Continue Reading »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…
Continue Reading »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…
Continue Reading »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.
Continue Reading »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.
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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.
Continue Reading »Actor Robert Wu has made a career in acting; in television, stage, film, voiceovers, in LA. Here’s how.
Continue Reading »VIDEO:And it’s a passion for Paul Provenza, too, this authenticity thing. That’s a big reason why he pitched a show about stand up comedians to Showtime. Have you seen ‘The Green Room’?some comedic actors; those who may also be called outspoken, independent thinkers, etc. ‘Satiristas’ has George Carlin’s very last interview inside…
Continue Reading »Video Of Comedic Television Actresses–Sittin’ Around Talking–talking about acting on sitcoms and comedy television shows.
Continue Reading »What stood out, while watching the film Breathless, was how little time has affected Belmondo’s power of coolness in this movie. Filmed in 1959, his clothes are from that time (and they were, actually, his own clothes), yet nothing looks dated…Not French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo in Breathless… even after decades.
Continue Reading »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…
Continue Reading »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…
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Most actors spend most of their career, on the wrong path, that will never lead them into The Industry. Won’t help them get toward an acting career, even though they think it will.
I am talking about actors who get good training somewhere, maybe even college or grad school, or may even have a good coach!
Still they don’t have a clue about what it specifically takes, to become a professional actor.
And there is no other teacher or website that can teach all this, specifically this. Nope.
And I don’t know if I will want to do this again…
Sign up sheet for those actors interested in Dana Kaminski’s Streaming Workshop. Why??— I will be sharing real insider experiential information and MUST-DO’s, about Professional Acting. And that is nowhere else…to be found.
Continue Reading »The public thinks one-of-two-things about what acting professionals earn:
1. Actors make millions. Actors are rich…20 mill, per movie. **OR**2. You’d have to be a nut to choose acting as a career. Ever hear: ‘starving actor’? I shot a video with Frances Fisher (Oscar Nominated Actress: Unforgiven) on the actor salary myth. (SAG Actor Rally at CBS Studios, Los Angeles, on March 18.) Watch the video in this Hollywood Actor Prep Blog post…
There's a page on this site about Dana Kaminski.Click for Bio PageActor (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, [...]
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