Philosophies

Set clear goals!

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.
- Les Brown

If your goal is to book more television, including a series pilot this season, then set up a plan of action that will add value to your skills in that market.

1. Be sure to practice your acting skills every day. 15 minutes of cold reading practice will REALLY keep you sharp if you do it EVERY DAY. If you aren’t super sharp at cold reading, then practice for AN HOUR PER DAY until it becomes as effortless as breathing.

2. Break down a new scene every day and get the rhythms of the speech. Go on the SIDES services and download as much material as you can and work on it.

3. TV IS FAST…so SPEED UP your speech patterns. One of the problems I’ve seen is actors practicing at a SLOW pace, when the shows are performed at a RAPID pace.

4. If you aren’t taking workshops EVERY CHANCE YOU GET, then you aren’t building your KNOWLEDGE and INFORMATION base within the industry. SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU LEARN is unique to a show, a network, a production company, or a producer/writer. The more knowledge you have the MORE EFFECTIVE you are at using your skills. Plus WORKSHOPS keep you sharp by having you work your cold reading scenes under the practiced eye of a BUSY Coach.

5. Be BUSY, and postcard your successes and do your drops at key offices so you are constantly reminding the industry WHO YOU ARE!
Make sure you have a GOOD REASON to send a postcard, however, like a booking, a play, an airing, a new agent, a premiere, or some other STRONG REASON that says I’M BUSY and WORKING and IN DEMAND! Postcards for their own sake are wasted.

That’s enough to think about for now….

See you in class !
Diane