{"id":1753,"date":"2022-08-27T05:54:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T05:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2022-09-25T22:32:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T22:32:07","slug":"the-business-of-show-business-actor-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/the-business-of-show-business-actor-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business of Show Business: Actor Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1753\" class=\"elementor elementor-1753\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25b5b34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25b5b34\" 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-d07467c\" data-id=\"d07467c\" 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-12ad36f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12ad36f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">The Consequences of Being an Actor<\/h2>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00fb237 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00fb237\" 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-0025537\" data-id=\"0025537\" 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-83b3d8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83b3d8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\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-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Don&#8217;t sweat it. There are NO consequences in our industry.<i><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><i><b>Not really&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">There are plenty of life decisions that can have a consequence at work, with friends or even immediate family.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">I bring this matter to actors who are first starting out that have survival jobs and\u00a0 know that if they&#8217;re late to said job or do something outside of company policy, often quickly a supervisor or peer informs them they might get a pass the first time, but a second time, there&#8217;ll be a consequence for that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Bottom line: They learn there are consequences to doing or not doing certain things.<\/span><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c914268 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c914268\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c994550\" data-id=\"c994550\" 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-2d29861 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d29861\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\"><em>How does this apply to the business of acting?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Well it&#8217;s difficult for actors to truly experience consequences if they (or we) are not daily\/weekly\/monthly pursuing the business.\u00a0<\/span><\/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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d5985e\" data-id=\"7d5985e\" 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-5fae659 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5fae659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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.e-hosted-video .elementor-video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-video,.e-con>.elementor-widget-video{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-020e710 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"020e710\" 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-c6f8299\" data-id=\"c6f8299\" 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-0c213ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c213ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Actor \"Actions\" Create Consequences?<\/h2>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4531662 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4531662\" 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-6dc8480\" data-id=\"6dc8480\" 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-8b4e792 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b4e792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Let&#8217;s start in the audition room.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">What you do and\/or say as an actor can have both positive and negative consequences &#8212; and I know this personally from my early years in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Since actors are on one side of the camera and everybody else is on the other,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">the people &#8220;over there&#8221; &#8212; representatives, executive producers, writers, casting, etc., when you&#8217;re not a star, are especially tuned to what you do or say.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">For example, when they don&#8217;t inherently need you as a talent, chances are they won&#8217;t say anything. Not a thing. They&#8217;re going to see what you did or what you said and they&#8217;re going to render a judgment &#8212; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">which is kind of human and normal, right?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">And then what&#8217;s going to happen &#8212; and this is the important part &#8212; there exists the possibility they might never consider you again.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Why? Hard to say often. It&#8217;s just something you have that they don&#8217;t want. It can be as simple as just being likable and the decision-makers don&#8217;t want to have you around.<\/span><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79d461e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79d461e\" 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-9179e27\" data-id=\"9179e27\" 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-ca4caf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca4caf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Do We Manage Our Actions?<\/h2>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d24919b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d24919b\" 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-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ba8b08\" data-id=\"1ba8b08\" 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-0bef86e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0bef86e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/theactormba\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KEW-Coanching-Link.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1815\" alt=\"Book Coaching with Kevin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KEW-Coanching-Link.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KEW-Coanching-Link-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93ad0e5\" data-id=\"93ad0e5\" 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-8163f60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8163f60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Acting is a solo profession. We are our own CEO. Your representatives are your representatives. They&#8217;re not you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">I have said it on other posts, <i><b>but once you take being an actor so seriously that your actions loudly shout to anyone watching you that this is serious for you, you will be fully engaged in managing your actor life and gracefully managing the consequences there from.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-154a764 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"154a764\" 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-6969e86\" data-id=\"6969e86\" 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-76f88a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76f88a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-family: Voces, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.1em; color: rgb(156, 62, 46); font-size: 30px;\">How Can I Better Manage The Results Of My Career?<\/h2><\/h2>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c455858 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c455858\" 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-64154f4\" data-id=\"64154f4\" 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-16889c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16889c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>First, let&#8217;s not talk about the craft of this profession. That will be the next blog. I&#8217;ll comment on acting classes since they are important &#8212; but it&#8217;s not what I&#8217;m discussing here.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Sadly, far more people treat this profession like a hobby than they would like to admit. In fact, we aren&#8217;t really required to do anything. Anybody can just wake up on a random Tuesday and say&#8230; &#8220;I&#8217;m an actor.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">You don&#8217;t have to go to class to say that. You don&#8217;t have to actually have work to say that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">In fact, wherever you may be right now, you can probably just pay some money to upload your photo on a talent site in your city and you&#8217;re now an actor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">VOILA!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Now, does that really make you a professional actor? It does not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b><span style=\"font-family: book antiqua, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">Second, be mindful you<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u00a0could be destroying your career with every audition you take because your skill set is not high enough yet to get them thinking highly of you in terms of your talent.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Do you know what c<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 18.6667px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">asting offices <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">won&#8217;t do? Well, typically they&#8217;re not going to give feedback. Now in a smaller market like Atlanta or Nashville, it&#8217;s possible you can get your representative to get you feedback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">But in a larger town like Los Angeles, it&#8217;s not likely someone ever calls or emails you with career-defining guidance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">So you don&#8217;t ever even really know what consequential results you created by your actions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Look.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">This is tough because we&#8217;re talking about human behavior. So when you don&#8217;t have something to lose and you&#8217;re not aware of how you&#8217;re doing or progressing, then how do you know where you stand as an actor inside this professional community?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Well, let&#8217;s look at the next question.<\/span><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ce5a9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ce5a9c\" 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-f86309a\" data-id=\"f86309a\" 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-afd2840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"afd2840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight ); line-height: var( --e-global-typography-primary-line-height );\"><\/h2><h2 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-family: Voces, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.1em; color: rgb(156, 62, 46); font-size: 30px;\">What Then Do I Really Need To Consider?<\/h2><\/h2>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc48acc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc48acc\" 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-1825621\" data-id=\"1825621\" 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-89fc758 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89fc758\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">So, how do we as actors get evaluated???<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Well, many years ago, you could pay to go do what are called <b><u><i>workshops<\/i><\/u><\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">These workshops would be in front of a casting representative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><i><b>Would they give you the real feedback on what they thought of your work if it was not something that they felt was up to what I call contemporary professional standards???<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Maybe&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">If they didn&#8217;t, then the consequence for you was money and time and the quiet conclusion they may never call you in. Is it fair? No. Should there be an expectation they will at least give you some direction?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Maybe&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Here&#8217;s the reality.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">AT ALL TIMES&#8230; You need to focus on the &#8220;business of show business.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Yes, there&#8217;s the show part &#8212; your skill in the audition room for which you may or may not get feedback, but then there&#8217;s the business part.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">This is where you have to be the master of your own destiny.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">You have to create a GIANT, ALL-CONSUMING consequence for yourself that nobody is going to tell you one day that you cannot be an actor!!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">PERIOD!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">This is your business and you&#8217;re going to treat it as such. You&#8217;re not waiting for the call, the pat on the back, the peer to peer approbation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">You&#8217;re just you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">With work to do..<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">You have to make tasks and lists. You need to set aside time for yourself and start to plan out short and long term plans. You have to create your own consequences through goal-setting and self-discipline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Turn your focus to short\/medium\/long-range career goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">You must define &#8212; or re-define &#8212; what your acting career pursuit is!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It is NOT just a headshot and being in acting class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">That&#8217;s not enough. You are now raising the bar and creating consequences for your career that will benefit you greatly.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Pursuing an acting career is making sure that on a daily\/weekly\/monthly basis, you are making a consistent effort to put yourself in front of the professional acting community without worry and full of confidence!<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Create a game plan, a weekly strategy, so that and if you&#8217;re not accomplishing it, then you&#8217;ve got to give yourself some kind of consequence for that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">For me, I have to do better because, as we all know, someone, somewhere who has not seen me, will hand me sides and say&#8230; &#8220;Let&#8217;s see what you got!&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>AND WE NEED TO BE READY!!\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">This is THE danger in the entertainment profession.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Forget actors for a moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Can you call yourself a dancer and then not dance? 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