We wanted to share this short interview with Josh from VoyageLA as he talks about the evolution of CI, and how he uses it in his work… By the way… Wanna learn from Josh directly? Whole bunch of classes coming up. See below!
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How to give your audience what they want
Regardless of what you do – you have an audience. And your audiences wants one thing more than anything else. THEY WANT YOU. Specifically: they want your truth. They want to connect to your aliveness – your authentic present self. Obvious, right? But it’s often unclear HOW exactly we can do this. I want to […]
Continue Reading33 Pieces of Advice
My first professional actor training was very traditional. It was great training – but it often left me in my head as I tried to do a technique the RIGHT way. Needing something else, feeling incomplete, and full of angst, I went on a 2 year journey. I sought out directors and teachers from all […]
Continue ReadingFrom Ferris Bueller to Succession: Alan Ruck
I love hearing HOW someone booked a career-changing role. I had the great fortune to be reunited with my good friend, Alan, on the Hulu show we’ve been working on the past few months. Alan and I met 15 years ago when we worked on a mini-series, The Bronx is Burning. Most recently I’ve been […]
Continue ReadingHow I Booked The Joker
When I went in for my callback for The Joker with director Todd Phillips my energy was buzzing. It was pretty intense. I really wanted the job. This is exactly the kind of high-stakes situation that could cause me to check out mentally and crash and burn. Before I started doing this one thing, that […]
Continue ReadingHow to Memorize Lines
“How the heck am I going to memorize my lines for this audition?!” If you’re an actor, chances are you’ve had this panicked thought, more than once. “I’ve been offered a spot to give a Ted Talk. I’m scared that I’ll forget what I’m going to say once I get on the stage.” If you’re […]
Continue ReadingAre you second guessing yourself out of work?
Friends, I know I’ve done this. You? Have you ever… – Set yourself up to do a self-tape – Sat down to make a video promoting something online – Decided now you are finally going to put yourself out into the world And then had the thought “I’m just in the wrong space to do […]
Continue ReadingMy Chat With Marie Forleo
Friend In this day and age – we creatives gotta push ourselves out into the marketplace. Yes, MARKETPLACE – that word used to make me cringe – because I am an ARTISTE. “And, if I just do good work the world will recognize me, and my career will take off.” #Nope. Unfortunately, success requires more […]
Continue ReadingHow Jealousy Impacts Your Career
You ever feel jealous when people around you are succeeding? Your friends are booking jobs, and getting out there – tapping into their creative badassery. Getting ahead. And you feel left behind. You wish you were the one booking the job that they just booked. You’d prefer they didn’t succeed so much – certainly not […]
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