Acting Business Boot Camp

Nobody in this industry ever says this out loud, so I am going to. Greed is making you a terrible actor. Not greed in the cartoon villain sense. I am not talking about people twirling their mustaches trying to steal...

I want to start this episode with someone I lost recently. A dear colleague of mine, Riff Hutton, passed away a couple of weeks ago from a brain tumor. I am opening with him because I just used something he taught me. I...

A student of mine forwarded me an email she got from a voiceover guru. One of those here is the truth nobody tells you posts. And after reading it, she asked me, very sincerely, if she was a terrible voice actor. I...

Energy Vampires in the Acting Industry Not everyone around you wants you to be emotionally healthy. That is not paranoia. That is a pattern worth recognizing. Because some people feed off insecurity, confusion...

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Let me ask you something. When an audition lands in your inbox, what is your first reaction? Is it excitement? Or is it, oh no. Not another self-tape. If it is the second one, we need to talk about that. Because that...

I'm going to say something a little unpopular. Most SMART goals don't work. Not because the framework is bad. Not because I don't believe in it. I make SMART goals every quarter for myself. But what I actually see with...

The Career Stages Every Actor Goes Through There is a coaching phrase I keep coming back to. It gets better, it gets worse, it gets different, it gets real. And then it starts again. Better, worse, different, real. Over...

"Make Your Own Content" Is Incomplete Advice. Here Is What It Actually Means. I was scrolling TikTok, as one does, and I came across an actor who was fired up. She said the advice to make your own content is terrible...

One of the hardest parts of an acting career is actually not the rejection. I know. That surprises people. But as a young actor, the hardest part for me was the emotional roller coaster. One day I'd feel so hopeful. I'd...

Let me walk you through a scenario. A voice actor gets an offer. Major food delivery brand. Session fee is $500. Buyout is $10,000. Usage is worldwide, all media, in perpetuity. Broadcast TV, streaming, social media...

I want to reframe something for you. Because if auditioning feels heavy, like a test, like a judgment, like a moment that could determine your entire future, I get it. I have been there. I remember walking into audition...

Quick question. What's the voice you hear describing what's happening on screen during a movie or a TV show for blind and low vision viewers? That's audio description. And somebody has to record it for every show, every...

What Casting Directors Notice in the First 10 Seconds Most actors believe the audition starts when they begin the scene. It doesn't. The audition starts the moment casting sees you. And casting directors often know...

<p > I want to tell you about a little experiment I ran.</p> <p > I was helping a director find and cast actors for some ADR for a film. I reached out to my network and posted in a very popular voiceover group. It was...