Actors, listen up: If you want to make your life (and everyone else’s) easier—memorize your lines. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been ready to jump into a scene, only to be stalled by someone (or myself—gasp! 😱) fumbling with lines. Know. Your. Damn. Lines. 📝 It’s the easiest way to be a prepared, professional, …
The Audition That Left a Mark Several years ago, I stepped into an audition room, as actors do—hopeful, and ready to give it my best shot. I was asked to utilize my body as part of my craft for a commercial. But in that space, someone in power—one of the producers—unfortunately made a joke at …
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Actors! Ever felt like you needed something on set but were too afraid to ask? Newsflash: The whole reason everyone is there is to capture the best possible performance. So if you need something to make that happen—ASK. 🗣️💡 Need a quick break to reset? Need the lighting adjusted? Need a different blocking cue? SAY SO. 🎬 In …
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Working on a movie set is like a marathon—not a sprint. And honey, if you’re spending all your energy trying to please everyone, you’re gonna burn out before lunch. 🍽️😵 In this video, I explain why this method saves your energy and keeps you sharp for the job you were hired to do. Watch, take notes, and reclaim …
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Happy to see casting director Cathy Reinking addressing this topic.“Who are you at your core? What do you hold dear? Create a list of your top five values–values that run so deep in you that if any one of them were compromised you would suffer. When you are first starting out in the industry, you …
On the set of The soviet sleep experiment
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Spent the afternoon cold reading scripts with an amazing group of MCAD film students.From left: actor & director Patrick Coyle, and actors Rachel Weber and Paul Cram.#sagaftra #workingactors #twincities #education
Funny thing about acting — auditioning is similar in a lot of ways to interviewing for work at any other job, you just keep doing the interview process every week, and often they go with someone else.
With fellow actor Charles Hubble