You could say he’s the most present person in the acting industry. He never tries to alter himself for the situation – he’s absolutely in his shoes. And if we could each do that ten percent more in our lives, we’d be better and cooler people for it. Bill...
Every actor wants an agent, so how does one get one? A better question to ask is how does one get an agent that’s worth their salt? There are too many agencies who might take an actor on board just to fill up their quota and let the actor just sit on their ‘waiting’...
Hugh Bonneville considers himself one of the luckiest actors he knows. He has managed to keep working since 1986 in theatre, radio, TV and film but beyond turning up on time and not punching the director he has no great tips of the trade to impart. Yet, there are...
For those who haven’t heard of Steven Pressfield he is an American author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays. And in his younger days he struggled to make a living as an author, at one point becoming homeless and living out of the back of his car. In...
When Nick started out as an amateur actor he was going through a breakdown. A crack up. But he saw it as a self inflicted coming of age ritual and one of the best things that happened to him. Like the insect that undergoes a process of metamorphosis into a flying...
In our final part for ‘how to become a working actor’ we’re going to talk about the fourth component which is very much to do with people. And what do I mean by that? It really doesn’t matter what line of work we’re in, at the end of the day we are in the people’s...
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