Practice makes perfect, right? Wrong! First of all, nothing’s ever perfect. I’d even say you don’t really want anything to be “perfect.” Why not? Well, once you’ve reached perfection, where else is there to go but backwards or, even worse, nowhere? No, the point of practice isn’t perfection. We want to strive for perfection, yes, […]
There’s a book out there called “Life Was Never Meant to be a Struggle” by Stuart Wilde. The title pretty much says it all, yes? You sure wouldn’t know it by the way actors live and work at their career. The fact is many actors suffer through the journey of reaching their dreams. They do […]
There’s a good chance you made a New Year’s resolution this year, and there’s also a pretty good chance you’ve already broken it.
For some reason I love numbers. There have been certain numerical patterns in my life I’ve noticed. For example I have lived at 3 different places in 3 different cities, all with 407 as the number in the street address. Weird, huh? I also seem to wake up naturally at the exact same time every day when I […]
Every actor has a dream for themselves and their career. And a goal, after all is a dream with a deadline. I find it ironic how so many people on the “talent” side of the industry are full of hopes, wishes and dreams, but rarely set goals. Like shooting an arrow at a target, you […]
As much as we want the reader of our cover note/letter to “get us” and call us in for an audition or possible representation, for many actors writing the cover note/letter is a chore. Here’s 7 ways to put some joy into your fingertips. 1. Take a few minutes to write about what’s on your […]
I know it sounds odd, but I’ve been looking forward to turning 50 since I turned 49! I’ve been telling everyone that “I’m almost 50 or it’s only 6 months until I’m 50” for a while now. I’ve reverted back to a time, like when I was a kid, when it was COOL to be […]
In 1997, while doing a little dinner theater show in Boca Raton, FL, I had the privilege of meeting a woman in her late 70’s who was a dialect coach for the Yiddish required in the show. She was a cheerful sort, very interested in people and particularly interested in teaching what was her area […]
I can’t believe more than a week has passed since I attended my BFF girlfriend, Donna Moore’s premiere of Cougar the Musical in New York. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. The process has been more than 6 years in the making. Many readers have heard of this project via my emails and […]
AOTB ShowBiz Insider News Week of August 20th, 2012 / Issue #7 From Sundance to the New York Film Festival, TOP filmmakers present their works to the world, but so do the “little” guys (often actor/filmmakers)…and they’re the ones to watch! Even though the just announced main line up of films for the 2012 […]