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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
As usual, it’s not a simple yes or no answer. And it also depends on your definition of ‘master’. If you mean master the technical aspects of an accent, then no. A technically perfect Russian...
Congratulations! You’ve made it to the end of the toughest point in your whole career! Now you can relax, because it’s smooth sailing from here on out. Jokes. The pain is not over. Whether you...
A review of Patsy Rodenburg’s Masterclass at 16th Street Actors Studio. As actors we sometimes want to fast track the process. We’re passionate, and all we want is to get out there and do it...
Experience as seen in the Oxford Dictionary; practical contact with and observation of facts or events. And; the knowledge or skill acquired by a period of practical experience of something. Exposure as seen in the...
The number one question I get emailed, and I get emailed quite a lot running StageMilk, is how to get acting work. For most actors that means professional acting work in film, theatre or TV,...
All too often, during pilot season especially, we get caught up in the whirlwind of possibilities. After all, there is nothing more seductive than the hope of landing that meaty role that will bring us...
There’s been some pretty iconic and impressive performances that have come from the Method. Who can argue with techniques that have been tested and proven to work by Marlon Brando? But as time has passed,...
It’s a tough road that we’ve chosen. Not only is there an immense amount of competition for such a brief opportunity to share our work – compared to the hourly commitment of a 9-5 –...
The intensity of an extreme close-up, the dramatic cut-away to a frenzied action sequence, the swelling score and exotic locations OR the electricity of a full auditorium, the collective breath of a sea of raw...
Working as an extra can provide you with a wealth of valuable experience. Some of the blockbuster stars of our time started there, working their way up the ladder rung by rung – and no...
