Pin It Be honest. If you saw a businessman on a corner, dressed in suit and tie, desperately begging for work, you’d ask yourself: “Why doesn’t he do something more effective?” The standard actor dream seems to be: do good work, get discovered, become famous. Believe it or not, the toughest part of the equation [...]
At one point or another, every actor is confronted with the prospect of working for free. If it isn’t performing live, it’s working on a student film, or an internet short, or some other performance venue… But is it really free?
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat forever. Teach an actor to use the Net and he won’t book work, but he will spend a lot of time looking at YouTube.”
–Author Unknown
Fishermen are the perfect example of success being dependent on small, seemingly insignificant tasks.
Nick Coleman is passionate about getting actors working. The best headshots you can get are the first step, but Nick invests in actors, not their faces. Nick's first acting role was playing a donkey named Russell. His second role was Simple Simon, who met a Pieman, going to the fair. SAG, AFTRA, and friend to the beginner actor too.
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