{"id":1945,"date":"2022-09-25T04:47:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T04:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2023-04-07T20:23:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T20:23:35","slug":"the-business-of-show-business-quick-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/the-business-of-show-business-quick-check-in\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business of Show Business: An Actor&#8217;s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1945\" class=\"elementor elementor-1945\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61ff3c07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61ff3c07\" 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-69c98bd8\" data-id=\"69c98bd8\" 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-4471359e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4471359e\" 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\">So..You Want To Be 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-236363cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"236363cc\" 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-40fd1b90\" data-id=\"40fd1b90\" 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-1654e4cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1654e4cb\" 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;\">I cannot emphasize enough the &#8220;business of show business.&#8221;<i><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><i><b>Really&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Before many of us settle into our creative pursuits, we are hooked by the lights, camera, action of Hollywood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">I know I was.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">It&#8217;s a signal of hope!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Then reality hits and you realize there&#8217;s work to be done to get yourself in front of decisionmakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">And then, it&#8217;s all about the &#8220;work.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><i>For example, first starting out, <u>it&#8217;s very important to find an acting teacher<\/u>.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">And then that teacher becomes a little more than that for you. They&#8217;re going to work with you and by that, <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I mean all of you.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">This will be someone that is going to work with your head, heart and soul. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The totality of your instrument.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">So make sure that you realize that before you sign up with someone, you will do plenty of research to evaluate instructors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><i>Words of wisdom: Just&nbsp; because somebody is considered a good teacher doesn&#8217;t mean that they&#8217;re going to be a good teacher for you. <\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">That&#8217;s a really, really important distinction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">You must be auditing classes to truly experience what this person is about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/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-5d0f1de4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d0f1de4\" 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-1341240c\" data-id=\"1341240c\" 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-3c7242cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c7242cc\" 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>What did I look for in an instructor?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Want the working actor whose instructions are relevant and timely? Maybe you want someone more professorial &#8212; a reminder from your BFA\/MFA pursuits. Maybe more emphasis on the psychological. 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font-size: 14pt;\">I have had two principal acting coaches in my life and I will tell you this&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><u><i><b>If you CANNOT consistently and knowledgably deliver a performance with whatever sides you&#8217;re given based on that person&#8217;s instruction, then quite frankly, having studied with them has no value. <\/b><\/i><\/u><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Painfully, I know a lot of people who have taken a lot of classes and gone to a lot of teachers and the first thing they do when they get a piece of material is just look at the lines they have and try to learn them, which, of course, is an important part of acting. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">But it&#8217;s not the foundation of the craft. You need to go further. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/the-business-of-show-business-no-consequences\/\">I&#8217;ve stated this clearly here.\u00a0<\/a><\/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-54bcdc1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54bcdc1c\" 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-7eb3e7df\" data-id=\"7eb3e7df\" 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-1906120e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1906120e\" 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\">Does This Apply To Other Areas? <\/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-c6254b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6254b2\" 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-514d49ae\" data-id=\"514d49ae\" 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-45c58c4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45c58c4f\" 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-58672699\" data-id=\"58672699\" 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-1f71a0bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f71a0bd\" 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;\">Yes.&nbsp;<\/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 );\">Photographers. Touch-up experts. Website Developers. Fitness consultants. Dialect coaches.&nbsp;<\/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 );\">It&#8217;s never-ending for actors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Believe me, I&#8217;m very disturbed when I hear about actors not doing their due diligence and relying on advice.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Do research! Do a lot of it. Really know what it is you&#8217;re paying for and the work that the person does<\/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-3e862ffc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e862ffc\" 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-6d52c23d\" data-id=\"6d52c23d\" 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-ac27e25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac27e25\" 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;\">Does This Apply to Representation?<\/h2><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1190fdbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1190fdbd\" 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;\">Of course. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/the-business-of-acting-talent-agent\/\">Emphasized here.<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Here&#8217;s a fresh thought&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">As an actor, you don&#8217;t have a lot of time to get better at this business relationship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Sometimes it just doesn&#8217;t work out. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">No one&#8217;s questioning the fact that our profession is show business. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">When it comes to the &#8220;show&#8221; and respect for the art, it is all about the work.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">No argument. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It doesn&#8217;t matter how much we discuss the business of show business in our careers. When you walk in that room, when you step on that stage, when you are called to say&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">You have to be good. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">As my good friend David Westberg used to say&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><i><b>&#8220;It ain&#8217;t called &#8216;Show Art'&#8221; <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It&#8217;s called <b><u>Show Business<\/u><\/b> and it&#8217;s a business that can be unforgiving to even the most talented. At the extreme,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/acting-career-coaching-you-are-a-product\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">we are commodities or products for sale\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">and we don&#8217;t like to think of it like that.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">We just want to think of ourselves as artists. Totally understand it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">However, to survive and really succeed, you have to find a way to really compartmentalize the core belief that you are special and worthy of the light despite the forces sometimes against you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Remember&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The best and most talented person doesn&#8217;t always get the job. Eventually your essence and type matters and books and the transaction is complete.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Your product was bought!!\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b307494 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b307494\" 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-3c29c2d3\" data-id=\"3c29c2d3\" 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-4022a002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4022a002\" 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;\">How Does An Actor Face This Overwhelm?<\/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-4bd08e53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bd08e53\" 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-51caec2d\" data-id=\"51caec2d\" 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-18279ded elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18279ded\" 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; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">I have had a wonderful acting career, along with being the president and founder of &#8220;The Actors&#8217; Network&#8221;,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">I&#8217;ve been speaking to actors on this since 1991, so what I&#8217;m telling you is not always found in a book, per se.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Doesn&#8217;t mean that books are useless. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">I&#8217;ll never tell anybody not to read. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Just make sure that you keep in perspective what you&#8217;re reading or being told, because my big thing will always be this&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Often, I see people just tell you what to do. They don&#8217;t tell you&#8230; <i><b>what not to do!<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">And in this incredibly subjective human profession, they don&#8217;t give you the real specifics of why or<\/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 );\">&nbsp;they don&#8217;t really know how to explain it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><u style=\"\"><b><i>Then what good is it&#8230;?<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Modesty aside, I feel this is where I excel and it has become a calling.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<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 );\">Mind you, one has to tackle a few books to get a Bachelor of Arts or a Master of Fine Arts. These are college degrees where you certainly matriculate through a very codified academic process.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<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 );\">My early experience with actors from those institutions, is that the universities were not introducing the real world experience that awaits the graduating actors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><i style=\"\"><b>Much has changed on that&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Let me wrap up with this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">There&#8217;s a lot I&#8217;m going to share through experience, insights and opinions. Some of it, you might not want to hear&#8230;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">I completely get it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">My only goal here and this blog is to lessen the mystery. To give you an action plan that works, saves you time and money and reduces anguish. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">A dream is a goal without a deadline. The deadline needs<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">&nbsp;tangible goals and tangible tasks.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">I advocate completely that knowledge is power; and right here, I&#8217;m going to give you a lot of knowledge.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">This profession is very subjective and it needs perspective. As we go forward, this is really my goal with this blog:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><u><b><i>To put you in a position that you don&#8217;t just know stuff and you don&#8217;t just have a perspective on stuff, but that the knowledge coupled with the perspective empowers you to do stuff in an intelligent fashion as intelligent as it can be and move yourself forward in this business.<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Every year, Hollywood finds that one story where an actor out of the blue, showed up here and a week later they rocketed to fame on TV or in a movie. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It happens. And it thrills us because that could be us. 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