Due to the recent tax laws, many actors are weighing the options of turning their business into a corporation. In most cases, becoming an S-Corp.There are many financial variables that go into deciding to incorporate. There’s a great discussion of it in this episode of Audrey Helps Actors. And if you’re seriously considering making this move, I recommend talking to one of the fine tax preparers at … Read More about What Should I Name My Corporation?
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What Does It Mean When Casting Redirects Your Audition?
After your solid performance in the audition room, the casting director gives you a few notes and has you do it again. Maybe even a third time. Finally you get a, "Great job! Thanks for coming in!" and they send you on your way. Now you're in the car, replaying the interaction and trying to predict your future. Ah, the old “Try to decode the seven words a casting director said.” game - I … Read More about What Does It Mean When Casting Redirects Your Audition?
What’s Your Motivation? (Reframing Your Acting Career With The McGuffin)
Have you ever heard of a McGuffin? McGuffin: an object in a movie or book that serves merely as a trigger for the plot. For further context, below is paraphrased from this article: "Alfred Hitchcock described it as the linchpin of the mystery; the motivating or primal force behind the narrative.It's the device, the gimmick, if you will, or the papers the spies are after. The only thing that … Read More about What’s Your Motivation? (Reframing Your Acting Career With The McGuffin)
3 Mistakes You’re Making In Your Acting Career
No more struggling actors! 💪🏼 Let's talk about three mistakes actors make that slow them down. I'll admit it, I did these for years. But all that matters is where we go from here. ☄️ So I'm inviting you to stop running on your lil’ hamster wheel 🐭and get a strategy that works for your unique career and makes it fun again. Your voice is too special to not be heard. … Read More about 3 Mistakes You’re Making In Your Acting Career
Stop Attracting The Wrong Auditions
I know you’ve been there. Minding your own business when BANG! You’ve got an audition. Only instead of doing your happy dance, you’re doing your panic dance. Your stomach starts turning, your throat is dry. You call your best friend, Nancy, for advice. YOUI have an audition and they want me to speak Spanish!NANCYDo you speak Spanish?YOUNot… really. STOP!Be honest. Are you writing in special … Read More about Stop Attracting The Wrong Auditions
You're Wasting Money On Headshots
I don’t need to tell you that you need professional headshots to be a professional actor. Unless you have friends who are directing or producing their own work and casting you, it’s the very first thing you need to get to submit yourself for acting jobs. The problem? They are so dang expensive! Worse yet, when you’re first starting out in a major acting market, you don’t yet have the … Read More about You're Wasting Money On Headshots