How to Stop Being Stiff as an Actor
“Yeah, that last take was fine … but can you loosen it up, a bit?” It’s a bummer of a note to get, isn’t it? Worse still is when the note comes from within: the...
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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...
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Setting Goals as an Actor in 2025
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That is, of course, unless you’re an actor staring down 2025 with little thought to what you’re going to do… December and January can be tough...
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How to Take Constructive Criticism
“How do I become a better actor?” is one of the all-time classic questions we field here at StageMilk. Every one of our team members has a slightly different answer—and if I had a...
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How to Recharge as an Actor
Actors are incredibly hard workers. They develop their craft for years, they pour time and effort into maintaining skills. The nature of the industry means that over 90% of actors in any given market...
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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...
Acting Information and Resources
What is a ‘Working Actor’?
For a whole lot of people making not a whole lot of money, actors are strangely obsessed with the lovely, horrible stuff. To some, it’s a symbol of status; to others, money signals a degree...
Dealing with an Acting Job you Hate
A wise man once said: they can’t all be winners. Eventually, in a long and illustrious acting career, you’re going to take on a job that you start to really resent—even actively despise. First of...
How to Act Angry
Emotions and acting are a dangerous combination. While you can’t really have one without the other, both concepts constantly threaten to overwhelm its counterpart—resulting in an acting performance that feels either totally unhinged or far...
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...
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...