Cold reading used to TERRIFY me, in fact if I haven’t done it for a while those old terrors can start to creep back in IF I let them. Nobody’s perfect are they? Back when I first graduated from drama school I had no idea how to smash cold read auditions because everything I’d done …
I hear many aspiring actors regularly talk about how they are lacking motivation to keep going with their acting dreams and questioning why they’ve not made it as an actor. The regular knock backs and lack of income from acting can contribute to a slump in motivation, along with there being no obvious quick route …
Wouldn’t it be lovely to have a varied career where you never get stuck playing the same type of role? Wouldn’t it be great to get away from the prostitute, the lover, the cad, the soldier, the mum, the dad, the girlfriend, the dumb blonde… You are capable of more than that right? THE PERILS …
What’s the shortcut? Once you’re a student of acting, you’re a student for life according to award winning actor Dustin Hoffman. And according to another award winning actor – Jack Nicholson, “the minute you stop learning you’re dead”, so why are there so many aspiring actors who want to take those tempting short cuts (the bare …
Method actors have this amazing ability to not only get into character, but live through the character and bring a depth that is unsurpassable. What I love about Method Actors is that they don’t appear to be acting, they appear to be living; they know how to get into character so well that you …
There are so many actors whose careers never take off because they never master the art of auditions. I know from personal experience because I spent a long time avoiding them, this led me to miss out on years of work. I felt like time was slipping by so quickly that my career was never …
Whenever we hear of Method actors immersing into their characters, it’s always the crazy stuff the media latch onto – actor A “went Method” and lost 440 pounds in a day to “become” the role, or actor B divorced his wife so he could experience the grief of a break up, leaving his spouse and newborn …
I want you to understand that you are not alone in wanting to know how to connect to the character. It is one of the first things aspiring actors say they want to be able to do, yet struggle with. Hit and miss character development When you don’t connect authentically to a character it …
Self-tapes are a blessing yet they come with their own set of problems for actors, mainly technical and over-analysing performances (which can be self-tape killers). Self-tapes are the next step after seeing your headshot, so it’s crucial that you get it right, as everything you do is a reflection of yourself and your brand. Having …
Auditions appear to be a microcosm of the acting industry, yet you will spend much of your acting career in auditions as oppose to productions and an even larger majority of time applying for auditions. Let’s assume you’re fairly confident with applying for auditions (if not this blog covers cover letters) and you’re getting a good …
