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?
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What Actors Can Learn from Fishermen
“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.
Are Headshot Photographers Greedy @$$holes?
This weekend, I received a comment on a recent post about professional headshots and it brought up an ongoing misconception that many actors have:
‘Even lighting, shallow depth of field, and a 10 minute photoshop touchup are not hard to explain… Guys like you are greedy @$$holes that spread disinformation.’
