Don Draper’s Advice For Actors

If you’re a “Mad Men” fan, you know that the series finale recently aired…And it got me thinking about you. Yup…YOU and your acting career.

Pour yourself a scotch, light up a cigarette and I’ll tell you all about it. ;-)

Shockingly Simple Sabotage You Inflict On Your Acting Career Daily

There is one simple thing you may be doing that’s hurting your own acting career.

It’s not obvious. It’s sneaky. It’s subtle…It’s shockingly simple. But it has profound results. And it’s all in the VIDEO below. Read more >>

How To Hit An Audition Curveball Out Of The Park

Watch out. It’s coming. And if you’re not careful, it will knock you out.

Audition curveballs can hit you hard. And they’re not only painful, they can KILL your audition.

What Is An Audition Curveball?

Audition Curveball: When a Casting Director (or Producer or Director) says or does something at your audition that you weren’t expecting and hadn’t planned for that could possibly throw you for a loop and tank your audition. Read more >>

3 Little Words That Are Quietly Killing Your Acting Career

We need to talk about your acting career.

Yup. I said it. We need to talk.

You see, often times I write blogs, do videos and give acting tips and auditioning tips based on my experience in the audition room and from my experience as an executive at HBO. And those tips are all valid, solid, tangible and real. And they work. Big-time.

But today is different. Today we need to talk about the INtangible in your acting career. Read more >>

Uh-Oh, Your Acting Agent Dropped You…Now What?

Okay, your acting agent dropped you. It may feel like the end of the world…or certainly the end of your acting career.

But it's NOT!

You have two choices in this situation, you can spiral into despair or turn it around.

In this video, you learn how to do that (turn it around, that is. I'm pretty sure you know how to spiral into despair ;)

Watch this video to see what I mean:

How To Be An Actor When “They” Don’t Support You

Knowing how to be an actor — an actor who is happy, an actor who works and has a life — can be challenging enough.

But when you have people in your life who don't support your choice, it can be even more challenging….IF, you don't have some strategies in place to help you.

The first thing you must do Read more >>

3 Acting Lessons I Learned From Robin Williams

Acting lessons come from many places. And I keep asking myself how can we make sense of the seemingly senseless loss of a great talent like Robin Williams. My way of dealing with tragedy has always been to first acknowledge its innate sadness, then let it go and THEN to find a way to FEEL GOOD when I think about it.

And then I thought of you. So here are 3 acting lessons you can run with from the great performances of of Robin Williams.

6 Reasons Becoming An Actor Was the Worst Decision of Your Life

When it comes to becoming an actor, you are quite literally inundated with an unlimited supply of obstacles from others on what can and will go wrong.

Whether it’s the odds being stacked against you, Read more >>

Tips On Acting | Why Most Actors Fail

When it comes to tips on acting, the biggest void that exists is actor training on belief. Yes, belief.

As an actor, you need to train yourself in how to maintain your belief in order to succeed as an actor, so you can land squarely on that red carpet where you belong.

Of all the tips on acting I share when it comes to helping you be better and book more, my absolute favorite thing to discuss is in the area of belief, largely because there is such a void.

What I’ve found is Read more >>