How to Upgrade to a Better Agent
Acting agents and managers are the gatekeepers of this industry, and an actor’s success, or lack thereof can largely depend upon their representation. This is not to say that talent and hard work doesn’t go...
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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
StageMilk Interview: Director Wade K. Savage
For those unfamiliar with the work of award-winning Australian director, Wade K. Savage, you might just be about to hear his name a whole lot more. With a number of ambitious projects both behind and...
Acting: The Career You Can Just Walk Into
Jennifer Lawrence was spotted by a talent agent in Union Square when she was 12. Charlize Theron was at the bank arguing with a Bank Teller, aged 18, when her moment came. Harrison Ford was...
5 Ways to Get an Audition This Week
Ah, the age old dilemma of being an incredible actor, but not getting any auditions… The cold hard truth of the matter is; regardless of how incredible you are at acting, that does not guarantee...
Practice Makes Progress
“Practice makes perfect” Maybe for beer pong, but when it comes to acting, or anything creative for that matter, practice does not make perfect. But it does make progress. This one’s for all the perfectionists...
How to Have a Lasting Acting Career
You’re probably thinking: how can an actor under thirty talk about having a long-lasting acting career, when it’s barely even started!? Well, at the tender age of twenty-nine, I can already see talented actors dropping...
Work that actors should be doing every day
Wake up. Check your phone. Shower. Eat. Go work your casual job in a cafe down the road. Finish work. Go home. Eat. Watch Netflix. Does your day look a little bit like this every...
The Art of Relaxing…
For a creative ambitious perfectionist, relaxing is much easier said than done. I wanted to take some time to talk about relaxing, and taking time off for creative people, because often we feel like we...
As You Like It
As You Like It. One of Shakespeare’s most celebrated comedies. I see As You Like as a close cousin of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Young love, running off into the forest, and plenty of fun...
How to Warm Up in a Share House
We all know the importance of warming up our voices. It is not only vital if we have an audition or performance that day, but for the ongoing development of vocal range, flexibility and strength....