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Behind the Podcast: Mike Moreno of Actor CEO (Run Your Career Like a Business)

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Published January 21, 2020 | Last Updated November 22, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

“Instead of thinking of yourself as a freelancer, think ‘I am a business that partners with other businesses to tell stories. That’s what I do.’ So when I go into an audition, I’m representing my business, and you think that my business might partner well with your business on this project.”  — Mike Moreno   […]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: actors, auditions, brand, business, challenge, explicit, goals, new york, podcast, self-tape, shakespeare, social media

Ep #24: Tony-Winner L. Scott Caldwell (Broadway, Regional Theatre, The Fugitive, Lost, A Million Little Things) on Self-Doubt, Pretending vs. Being, and Meeting Your Destiny

Published January 7, 2020 | Last Updated January 13, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

Scotty in Gem of the Ocean

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, but if you don’t even know the direction you’re going in, the step you’re taking may be away from your ultimate mission or destiny. — L. Scott Caldwell   If you’re looking for what it takes to be an actor long-term, over the course of […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: auditions, august wilson, awards, broadway, california, chicago, film, los angeles, new york, rejection, theatre, tony award, tv, uta hagen

Ep #23: Simon Vance (1000+ Audiobooks: Millennium series, Sherlock Holmes, Jerusalem, The King’s Speech, The Tao of Pooh) on Feeding the Birds, Pushing Yourself, and Wanting More

Published December 10, 2019 | Last Updated November 22, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

I thought being an actor wasn’t for grown-up people, but it didn’t matter whether I considered it that—I discovered it was essential for my soul that I threw myself into this. — Simon Vance   If you’re looking for what it takes to be an actor long-term, over the course of your LIFE, then you’ve come […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: audiobooks, auditions, awards, bay area, bbc, blind, brighton, california, film, london, los angeles, narrator, radio, san francisco, theatre, tv

Behind the Podcast: Audrey Moore of Audrey Helps Actors (Phase 3 Actor, the Top Acting Podcast, and Top 50 of ALL Performing Arts Podcasts)

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Published October 29, 2019 | Last Updated November 11, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Audrey Moore

I wish I could ask actors that are starting out, ‘As hard as you feel like it is now, if I told you the more successful you become, the harder and more competitive it’s going to become—are you still in?’ — Audrey Moore   Today we have another Behind the Podcast episode, with the reigning […]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: actors, auditions, business, energy, explicit, grief, hustle, intention, podcast, self-tape, social media, theatre, time management, value, work

Ep #15: Dawn Didawick (Regional Theatre, Erin Brockovich, Pretty Little Liars) on Being a Sponge, No Credentials, and Daring to Fail

Published December 11, 2018 | Last Updated December 30, 2020 2 Comments - add more!

If you do your work, people will want to work with you again, if they can, if they have the power to do it—and they’ll want to work with you years later. — Dawn Didawick   On the show today is Dawn Didawick, an LA-based actor who has worked at numerous regional theatres, has lived and worked […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: antaeus, auditions, broadway, fear, film, mentor, regional theatre, shame, television, theatre

Ep #14: Francis Guinan (30 years with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, Boss with Kelsey Grammar) on Being Blue Collar and Slightly Undisciplined

Published November 6, 2018 | Last Updated January 29, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

in THE BOOK THIEF at Steppenwolf

You don’t have to act so much. Over the course of [August: Osage County], I ended up doing less and less and less, and ended up revealing more and more and more about the character.  — Francis Guinan   We continue with season two and today on the show is Francis Guinan, a Chicago-based actor who has […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: auditions, broadway, career, chicago, confidence, film, improv, rehearsal, theatre

Ep #13: Tony-Winner Reed Birney (The Humans, Casa Valentina, House of Cards, The Blacklist) on Actor Despair and Roles That Scare You

Published October 9, 2018 | Last Updated October 31, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Reed Birney

Always tell the truth, but in the most interesting way possible. The range of human experience and expression is vast. There are many ways to react to a situation and still have it be utterly and deeply truthful. — Reed Birney   Welcome back to season 2 and I’m excited to have actor and teacher Reed Birney […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: auditions, awards, broadway, career, confidence, film, new york, persistence, struggle, television, theatre, travel

Ep #12: Dakin Matthews (Shakespeare scholar/actor/teacher, Broadway plays/musicals) on Acting the Classics and Your Artistic Family

Published March 13, 2018 | Last Updated July 31, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Dakin Matthews - True Grit

Actors are challenged to bring their instrument to the highest level of availability—their voice, their movement, their psyche, their understanding, their emotional life—so that if they are doing a great play that deals with great issues and great emotions, they can fill that greatness with their instrument. — Dakin Matthews   I’m thrilled to welcome Dakin […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: antaeus, auditions, bay area, career, classics, confidence, conservatory, film, goals, hollywood, new york, persistence, preparation, priest, regional theatre, relationships, seminary, shakespeare, shaw, television, theatre

Ep #11: Ben Whitehair (Z Nation, Tweetup, NextGen Performers) on Building Relationships and Intelligent Rule-Breaking

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Published March 6, 2018 | Last Updated January 9, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

When I stopped measuring my progress and success by what I booked, and measured it by the quantity and quality of relationships I was making, everything changed. — Ben Whitehair   I’m thrilled to welcome Ben to the show! As you’ve already guessed, he is a younger actor and has been pursuing acting professionally for about 10 […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: abuse, auditions, career, casting, colorado, confidence, cowboy, dream, explicit, film, goals, gratitude, hollywood, persistence, preparation, ranch, relationships, social media, television, theatre, university, valedictorian

Ep #10: Gigi Bermingham (Solo Show, Master Class, SoCal Theatre) on Being a Misfit and Living Her Dream

Published February 27, 2018 | Last Updated February 9, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

Gigi Bermingham as Maria Callas

Maintain and foster your relationships: make an effort to stay in touch with people who might connect you with work. — Gigi Bermingham   I’m thrilled to welcome Gigi to the show! She’s an actress and singer whom I first saw onstage in a LA production of Tartuffe and I’ve since been fortunate to work with […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: antaeus, auditions, berkeley, career, casting, dream, film, food addiction, french, goals, gratitude, hollywood, misfit, new york, northern california, persistence, preparation, research, singer, television, theatre, university

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