San Diego Film and Television Acting Blog
Acting Wisdom – Steven Spielberg
This week's Acting Wisdom quote comes from Steven Spielberg ~ "I don't dream at night, I dream all day. I dream [...]
Audition Room Tips
Here are 12 tips to use in the casting room: 1. Come to work and not to please or get approval. 2. Enter the room with [...]
Acting Wisdom – Alan Rickman
This week's Acting Wisdom quote comes from Alan Rickman ~ "All I want to see from an Actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening." [...]
Acting Wisdom – Sanford Meisner
This week's Acting Wisdom quote comes from the late, great acting teacher, Sanford Meisner ~ "Acting is Behaving Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances." [...]
AWS Reaches 400 Facebook Page Likes!
Yay! We just passed 400 Likes on our Facebook page. Thank you to all who have supported us and liked our page. We’re starting 2016 Strong, [...]
Happy New Year 2016!
A New Day, A Fresh Start! A celebration is in order. Here is to all of you at the top of 2016. Make this the best [...]
Acting Wisdom – Liam Neeson
This week's Acting Wisdom quote comes from Liam Neeson ~ "If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and [...]
Agents and Managers
Choosing The Right One The Agent The right Agent can be an actor’s greatest champion, strongest supporter, and wisest counsel. The SAG-AFTRA Union “franchises” Talent Agents [...]
Tips for Self-Taped Auditions
Actors are being asked with greater frequency to “self-tape” their auditions and e-mail them directly to the casting office or production team. What’s great about this [...]
21 Things To Make Casting Directors Happy
Casting directors are your advocates and your champions. Your work reflects on them. Your disconnected, tentative, muddled work does nothing for anyone. They want you to [...]
3 Ways to Memorize Lines
Casting directors are your advocates and your champions. Your work reflects on them. Your disconnected, tentative, muddled work does nothing for anyone. They want you to [...]
Headshots – Put Your Best Look Forward
For any actor, a headshot is key in making the best first impression. So how do you nail that awesome headshot? Here are a few trade [...]
Curing Audition Nerves
Auditions make people nervous. That’s understandable. There’s a job on the line and the rent needs to be paid. But you can’t let nerves take away [...]
Acting in Film
Sir Michael Caine conducted a movie acting workshop filmed by the BBC in 1987, and out of that that presentation came the book Michael Caine Acting in Film. [...]
Acting Goals for 2015
ACTING GOALS FOR 2015 by Gregory Watkins It's a good time to think about your acting goals for the year. Your goals should be unique to [...]