{"id":1588,"date":"2022-06-23T02:22:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T02:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2022-06-29T20:08:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:08:27","slug":"acting-career-decision-art-vs-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/acting-career-decision-art-vs-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Career Decision: Art vs. Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1588\" class=\"elementor elementor-1588\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-642be33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"642be33\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61ff78d\" data-id=\"61ff78d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-745ec0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"745ec0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=Y67ofkt2ItY&amp;list=PLEe7fX85ccE2-4f5ob_AHGcFZ8eBYIpGa&amp;index=40&amp;t=1s&amp;ab_channel=TheKevinE&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #000000;\">&#8220;&#8230;but I love talking about the The &#8216;Show&#8217; of Show Business&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"helvetica\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">Don&#8217;t we all&#8230;?<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Heck, I sometimes get caught up in the &#8220;show&#8221; of show business. It&#8217;s easy. It&#8217;s forever glittering all around me. I can&#8217;t take my eyes off it. I watch shows on all the streaming channels. I mean, who doesn&#8217;t? And guess what? I&#8217;m doing the work, right? I mean I could get called in to audition for this show or that show so I better watch them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>I am so laughing as I write this&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>With all the years I&#8217;ve spent as an actor in Los Angeles, doing this professional <u>activity to get paid,<\/u> you&#8217;d think I&#8217;d be immune to the distractions of this profession.&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Stuff happens. We all get into that place. Or at least I do. I know you&#8217;re not guilty.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><i><b>How much are you paying again monthly for streaming?&nbsp;<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><font face=\"helvetica\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">LOL!<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">We all chose to be professional actors and we do this to get PAID!&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">But when we don&#8217;t get paid, do we alI start to wonder what&#8217;s wrong&#8230;? Do we re-set? Do we get back to the basics?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Through my career coaching with actors, the answer is often&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">NO!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">We get sidetracked!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">How does this happen?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">We have all the professional marketing materials necessary for this highly competitive industry.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><i>We have a headshot and resume.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Training? We are all well-trained to audition &#8212; ready to pursue the business of being an artist!!<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Mind-set? Do I see myself&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">literally as a product for sale?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">YES! I am a commodity, Casting Director. I&#8217;m ready for my booking!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Locked and loaded. Or at least we thought when we woke up this morning. And then some doubt creeps in and soon we&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;\">stop doing all the little (and big) things to move our career forward.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><font face=\"helvetica\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><font face=\"helvetica\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">Period!<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Listen.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">I get that most artists are sensitive and we take things personally. No doubt Hollywood &#8212; or anywhere else &#8212; can be a tough place in terms of feeling frustrated or rejected or downright glum.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">I know this.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">And because this is a real problem&#8230;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><i><u><b>&#8230; we just need to collect our thoughts and begin to understand the difference&#8230;&nbsp;<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><i style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><u><b>between &#8220;ART&#8221; and &#8220;BUSINESS.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><u>So let&#8217;s start out with the ART first<\/u>, because that is the &#8220;show&#8221; of show business.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">For me, that is:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\n<\/p><ul style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Auditions&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Callbacks&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Rehearsals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Performances&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">All of the above requires our body and mind. Our instrument. Our singular talent. This is the intangible aspect of our profession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Look. You&#8217;re one of a kind. You&#8217;re unique. There is nobody like you. I don&#8217;t even care if you have a twin. In this profession, there&#8217;s no one like you.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">And the &#8220;ART&#8221; is what comes from inside your physical body. Yes. We all know stars and the stars just below the stars and other assorted performer types that we think highly of&#8230;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><u><br><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><u>But it&#8217;s what comes out of that person that is their art<\/u>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">This includes me and&#8230; YOU!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Your physical type is a part of the business. I&#8217;m not talking about your desire to perform or why you want to become an actor.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">I&#8217;m talking about what we all consider to be the artistic pursuits of a professional actor &#8212; like being on camera.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Television, daytime soap operas, half hour or one hour episodics, feature films hosting, etc. <u>All of these (and more) are part of the &#8220;art&#8221; of performing.<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><b><i><u>What about the &#8220;business&#8221; of performing?&nbsp;<\/u><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">We&#8217;ve all done it. We can spend all the time in the world going to acting class and working on our craft and doing all those things and we think that is going to help us with the business of acting.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">But what happens? We forget a universal economic law:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><b><u><i>Supply and demand is never going to change.&nbsp;<\/i><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Always the case. There has always been more supply of actors than there is a demand for roles. And that just means there&#8217;s always more actors who are willing to be paid products to perform.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">And there is a demand for them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">So you have to realize that when you start discussing the &#8220;business&#8221; of the acting profession, you&#8217;re talking about being your own sales force, marketing team, advertiser, promoter and publicist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Those are all necessary to sell a product &#8212; <i><u><b>to sell your product!<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><b>UGH!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Now, you might be thinking that&#8217;s all well and good, but my true motivation, my desire to perform is that I want to hear the audience clap or to win an award. Inwardly, I admit. Even I want the adulation. Did I just write that? I did and that or anything else can &#8212; and should &#8212; be your reason(s) for being an actor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><br><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">I get it. And all of that is pure &#8220;art&#8221;. It&#8217;s the softer side of this business. The part that goes on a vision board in your bedroom that you review nightly. You connect your five senses to whatever this outlined dream is for your career.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">And for some of you, it will come with little or no focus on the business side of acting. It&#8217;ll just happen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">I&#8217;ve seen it hundreds of times. One day you might be one among many actors and the next day you&#8217;re featured in a film or guest-starring on a television show and your life changes overnight!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Let&#8217;s focus on that Kevin! I want to hit a home-run!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">So do I!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><br><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">More in the next blog!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At some point, when the phone stops ringing, what will you do? 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