Day in the Life of an Actor
Wake up. Pray for work. Pray to Shakespeare. Sit in local pub in long coat. Receive call from agent and get part in latest Marvel film. Learn lines for five hours. Shoot self-tape hours before...
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Being an Actor in 2024
Buckle up, friends: this one’s a biggie. In this article, we’re talking about the year that lies ahead, and everything you can put towards being an actor in 2024. With most people winding down...
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Side Hustles For Actors
So you have started acting. This is it! You’re gonna be a damn millionaire: starring in feature films, touring the world for press—hell yeah, you’re living the dream! Literally, the dream. Waking up from...
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What is Subtext in Acting?
Words unspoken. Meaningful silences. Talking around the subject. In all of human interaction, subtext can be found wherever we need to convey our thoughts and feelings but don’t want to come right out and...
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Best Romantic Comedies for Actors
Romantic Comedies. Some people absolutely love them and herald performances by some of the greatest actors of all time as the focal point of their value. Other people completely despise them as vacuous, lowest...
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How to Work Internationally as an Actor
So you wanna follow those thousands of actors before you, pack your life into a suitcase, jump on a bus/boat/plane and go international to really take your acting career to the next level? Love...
Acting Information and Resources
Acting Career Start-up Costs
Can you put a price tag on a rapt audience? An unforgettable performance? A stellar, five-star review? Turns out you can, actually: and it’s generally not as small as some would hope. An acting career...
The First Thing To Do With Your Script
Where on earth does time go? I’m typing this in 2025, and yet it feels like mere moments ago I was spiralling into existential dread during a script analysis class in 2020. How times have...
Is Acting Easy?
Depending on who you are, or who you ask, this question might come across as honest, curious or down-right ridiculous. “Is acting easy?” Can read as very reductive in the wrong context, as it would...
What is a Super Objective?
What’s the point of it all? Ever wonder that about a character in a script you’re reading? Why are they doing what they do, enduring tests and hardships and heartbreak with the odds stacked against...
How Do I Make Actor Friends?
We place a lot of importance on fostering and nurturing community, here at StageMilk. A lot of that is to do with the fact that we are, ourselves, a community—populated by an incredible global network...
Profit Share: Being Paid as an Actor
When Donald Sutherland filmed his two days on comedy classic Animal House, he was offered a flat fee of $50,000 or a reduced fee and 15% of the eventual box office takings. He took the guaranteed...
How to Find Theatre Auditions
If you’ve ever spent time as part of the community here at StageMilk—as a member, reader of our articles or an actor who dips into our free script resources—you’ll know all about our attitude towards...
Can I Take a Break from Acting?
Stress. Pressure. Rejection. External commitments. Losing sight of your goals. Losing sight of the fun. There are a multitude of reasons you might take a break from acting. And all of them are entirely valid....
Best Hobbies for Actors
There is no such thing as an actor who doesn’t deserve to have a little break. And we don’t mean that in the context of “Go on, slack off, you deserve it this once…” We’re...