How to write an effective email (For Actors) Jun 06, 2018

How to write an effective email

To agents, casting directors, producers...?

Tough sometimes isn't it?

They Never Write Back

Ok so look, you are not always going to get a reply from casting directors when you write to them. In fact, more often it will be tumbleweed...

Casting directors get hundr...

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When discipline is difficult for actors... discipline productivity taking action Mar 17, 2018

When discipline is difficult?

Ok so I know this refers to everyone else and NOT you, right? :-)

But hey it can sometimes be very tricky to stay on track, all of those ideas you are learning now about getting your name out there, your self out there - becoming visible, getting noticed. and even mor...

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Everything is perfect as it is right now mindset Mar 06, 2018

Perfectionism For Beginners (And Everybody Else - Including Me :-)

  1. What if everything was perfect exactly as it is right now?
  2. What if you didn’t need anything to change for you to feel good?
  3. What if the timing of all that is (and isn’t) happening for you was perfect?
  4. What if the space you have
  5. ...
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How to make ANY kind of tough acting decision! business of acting save money Jan 24, 2018

How to make ANY kind of tough acting decision!

Sometime we get very tricky decisions to make don't we?

I was coaching a young Irish actor once who had to choose between a year long contract in Harry Potter in the West End of London and a 3 month contract playing a leading role at The Abbey theatre...

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Everything is perfect actors life gratitude Jan 24, 2018

Gratitude

It's very important to take stock sometimes and focus on what we DO have as actors rather than what we do NOT have, isn't it?

Think about some of the things you do have? Things you can be grateful for...

Make a list.

Start with:

  1. Access to a roof over my head
  2. Access to clean healthy
  3. ...
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Creating a positive mindset for actors mindset positive self tapes Jan 01, 2018

Your Positive Mindset

I play tennis on a fairly regular basis, and on some days I can't do anything right, on other days it's move over Roger Federer!

So what changed? My mindset...

Auditions used to be like that as well...If I got a job I used to call it 'luck", or chance or something else...any...

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