Why Some Actors Book TV Roles (And Others Don't)
Ross from Act On This names the five patterns he sees, after coaching over 41,500 UK actors, that separate the actors...
Mindset Videos for Actors
60 videosThe part of the job nobody auditions for: handling a run of no, keeping a practice going with no deadline attached to it, and deciding what counts as a good year.
Juan Pablo Di Pace for ‘Before We Forget’ | Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Juan Pablo Di Pace talks about writing, directing and starring in Before We Forget, a film built from his own first...
Stop over-thinking it and start the Substack already (or podcast, YouTube Channel, IG account etc)
Kat Elizabeth on why the urge to start a Substack, podcast or channel is worth following even if it never leads...
Stop making excuses to avoid being seen. You're as ready as you'll ever be.
Kat Elizabeth on why the list of things to finish before you start posting keeps growing, and why showing up is what...
If you're tempted to start a new YouTube Channel (or IG), watch this first.
Kat Elizabeth started a new YouTube channel to escape her old one, then came back. The reality checks she got, and the...
What to Do When Everyone Around You Is Booking and You're Not | Powerhouse Conversations Ep. 31
Powerhouse Actor on the pang you feel when a classmate books, why actors are so prone to it, and a five step plan to...
John Goodman Career Retrospective | Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
John Goodman looks back on 50 years with an Equity card: dinner theater, commercials, the Coens, Roseanne, Karl...
Why the Actors Who Enjoy the Process Are the Ones Who Book the Most
Why the waiting is the career rather than the toll on the way to it, three traps that turn a good year into a...
David Dastmalchian
David Dastmalchian on getting clean, what casting director John Papsidera told him before The Dark Knight, and...
Danny Boyle, Jack O'Connell and Guy Pearce for ‘Ink’ | Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Danny Boyle, Jack O'Connell and Guy Pearce on rehearsal, researching Rupert Murdoch from 1969 interview footage, and...
The 5 Lies That Keep Actors Invisible
Five beliefs that stop actors from reaching out, why each one sounds reasonable, and what actors who did 21 days of...
Leveling Up: First Lead Role | Conversations | SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Three actors on the auditions that became their first leads, the months of silence in between, and what changes when...
Cast & Creators for for ‘I Hate Myself and Want to Die’ | Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
The cast and filmmaker of I Hate Myself and Want to Die on playing a dark premise for real, finding comedy in small...
Devon Sawa, Sarah Murphree & Brando Benetton for ‘The Girl in the River’ | Conversations
Devon Sawa and Sarah Murphree on The Girl in the River: drawing on your own past, building a backstory the script...
The 560 Power Moves That Changed 10 Actors' Careers in 21 Days
What happened when 10 actors made about 560 outreach moves in 21 days: manager referrals nobody asked for, a film offer...
Kate Siegel
Kate Siegel on the random Thursday Hush was greenlit, her step by step monologue process, what letting go really means,...
How Karim Diane Books Hollywood Roles | Acting Coach Brad Heller
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy actor Karim Diane on how he started booking once he stopped imitating other leading men...
Hollywood Values Clash? Actress Reveals How to Stay True! #shorts
What to do when the work asks for something you will not do, and why the decision has to be made before the audition...
Actor Confidence: Your Path to Authentic Performance #shorts
Confidence as something you build rather than something you have, and the one sentence that reframes it: competence...
The TRUTH About 'Overnight Success' in Acting #shorts
What is actually underneath a career that appears to happen all at once, from someone who taught the people it appeared...
Actor Interview J. Teddy Garces Part 2
Why preparation counts as telling the truth, what to ask a prospective rep, and the reason being good is not why most...
Actor Interview wth J. Teddy Garces Part 1
A working television actor on bombing an audition and booking it anyway, why a callback is a win, and the backstory...
Actor interview with Samantha Cochran
Samantha Cochran on booking the auditions she hated, getting an agent with one headshot and an honest email, and why...
Financial Stability for Actors
A day job is not a failure of commitment, desperation ruins auditions, and a rep who asks you for money is the reddest...