You want to be a world class actor right? You want to be taking on those serious challenging roles and get recognition like the world’s greatest Method Actors – DeNiro, Pacino, Brando, Hoffman, Bale, Streep? That is possible but firstly you must learn to walk before you can run. The Method Actors mentioned above and many others …
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Setting goals isn’t something that was impressed upon me at school, college or drama school, so it may seem strange to you that I live my life by goals (at least now anyway) and want to stress the importance of them to you, moreover why your acting career will die without goals. It took me …
London is a magnet for actors, it has this lure about it that can be difficult to resist; If you up sticks and move there to pursue your acting dreams all of your problems will disappear, you’ll land an amazing agent, be at auditions every day of the week, be working with the best actors in the industry – …
If your desire is to be an actor with longevity in your career, the first thing you must have is talent. That’s so obvious isn’t it, but I come across many actors who’s sole aim is to work out how to get their foot in the door. Now whilst that is very important, please don’t overlook …
This is a very personal blog, having had to learn how to handle criticism at a very early age – 14 to be precise, when I’d first decided I wanted to become an actor. I’m sharing this to help you as the acting industry can be rife with criticism. My story At school… I heard everything …
Success is different for everyone, whether it be winning an Oscar, working consistently enough to pay the bills or something in between the two, only you know what success will feel like for you (ooo that rhymed!). So WHAT makes a successful actor? All successful people, no matter what industry they are in have these four …
Your acting CV is one of your marketing tools, so it seems obvious that it should sell you. When writing or editing your CV it’s important to see it from an objective perspective and put yourself in the shoes of an agent or casting director. If you had received your CV among hundreds of others, …
So many actors have big dreams of breaking into Hollywood, the West end or Television but so few actually manage it. It can cause actors everywhere to become fed up because financially – not to mention emotionally and mentally – it can be draining. With very little financial rewards, paying the bills becomes a huge battle …
Auditions should be easy considering the training we have undergone to improve our craft and ourselves, yet so many actors struggle with them. Why? Because auditions are a whole different kettle of fish, and are very often not about the craft of acting but about the business of acting. When I first graduated from drama school I …
One of the main concerns for actors is “feeling the emotion”. Lots of actors believe they haven’t given a good performance unless they “felt it”. I used to be one of those actors too so completely understand the thought process behind it, but I wanted to share with you why that’s not a healthy way of thinking and …
