1 Big Shift That Will Change Your Career
You’ve sacrificed so much for the pursuit of an acting career. You’ve invested so much. But it still often feels like guesswork. It’s likely that you’re not where you want to be in you career. [...]
12 Powerful Decisions to Get You to Success
You may be thinking, I train a lot and I do tons of theater. So what am I not doing? You are very likely doing the right things and you want your hard work and dedication to pay off. Rightly so. [...]
Why Isn’t the Industry Chasing You?
What does it take to declare artistic independence? To decide that you don’t have to wait for the industry, for anyone, to allow you to be an artist? To take command of your career and express [...]
Your Agent Isn’t Your Mother
How to Have a Healthy Actor/Agent Relationship Actors often approach an agent in deep need, having invested so much into achieving their dream, desperately needing to be validated. They can see [...]
5 Things to Know Before Stepping on a TV Set
A TV set is full of traps for actors. If you don’t have your wits about you and know what you’re getting into, it’s easy to let it get in the way of your work. But with a little research and a [...]
Make Headshots Great Again!
Make Headshots Great Again! The White House released the First Lady’s Portrait… to your left. We talked on FB Live about why this portrait of Melania Trump does NOT work, and [...]
In Defense of Your Agent
Conventional wisdom suggests that you need an agent and/or manager to make your acting dreams come true. They sign you, introduce you to casting directors who introduce you to the decision-makers [...]
BGB PODCAST: Financial Independence
It’s time to declare your independence from the fear of money. It’s time to take command of your finances. Actor/Tax Preparer Chris Dotson offers tips on how to handle your money. [...]
BGB PODCAST: It’s Time To Stop Sabotaging Your Career
SABOTAGE! We all do it. Your resistance is sneaky, and left unchecked can find new and interesting ways to keep you from creative and professional success. Are you getting in your own way? [...]
BGB PODCAST: How To Love Your Auditions
It’s all about showing up. You have to bring the full force of your creativity into the audition room, into your career, and into your life. The practice of play makes that happen. It’s [...]
The 1 Thing Your Career Needs Right Now
Quick. Do this today. Like, right now. Don’t hesitate. Don’t check Facebook first. Don’t walk. Run. For your career, for your life, it has to happen today. Think about what kind of acting gives [...]
BGB PODCAST: The Booking Mindset
Booking work starts with a booking mindset, letting go of limiting belief that perpetuates a narrative of failure. You can do amazing work in the audition room when it’s all on the line. [...]
BGB PODCAST: A Different Kind of Teacher
Acting careers don’t come from, “Put up a scene. Get notes. Repeat.” Steve Braun isn’t interested in giving you his opinion on how your scene went. He’s [...]
BGB PODCAST: How To Get Your Money
The business is changing and you have to find a way to pay your bills in this new economy. You may have to shift your focus, look deeper and think about money differently. It’s time to look [...]
How to Get Casting Directors to Find You!
With Risa Bramon Garcia You wonder how casting directors are going to find you. Of course you do! Whether you have an agent or not, you’re out there ready to go to work and you want casting folks [...]
BGB PODCAST: What Does Your Acting Career Mean To You?
Is this just the pursuit of a lottery win? Are you doing this so you can book that big show that will give you fame and fortune within the next two years? It’s time to see the real path [...]
How to Fail Your Way to Success
Somewhere amidst the singular focus on your career success, the relentless proving of yourself at every audition, and the daily justification of your choice to be an actor in the first place, [...]
BGB PODCAST: How Not To Be A Miserable Series Regulars
Wait, doesn’t booking a TV show always mean that every problem you have or ever will have goes away? No. In fact many series regular actors don’t feel the ecstasy that we all think [...]
Your Career Wake-Up Call
The BGB Studio is an interesting confluence of casting office and acting studio and it affords us a bird’s eye view of actors and acting careers. We see what works. We get to observe every type [...]
BGB PODCAST: Want Acting Success? It’s Time to Change
You’re in a business that is constantly changing. In fact change is the only constant. And if you’re not seeing the business for what it is, and adjusting as it changes, you may be [...]
BGB PODCAST: How To Manage Rejection
Death, taxes and rejection. As an actor, they’re all that’s certain. So, you’re going to have to figure out a way to manage it, use it and/or transcend it. Even with all the [...]
The One Great Success You Can Have in 2015!
It’s 2015! A new year and we feel the pressure to change. It’s in our cultural consciousness as the ball drops. We want to make some changes. Lose weight, eat healthier, get to the gym more, get [...]
4 Things You Must Do to Make It as an Actor
Awards Season. Strategically scheduled before and during pilot season to offer a ray of hope to the myriad of actors scratching and clawing their way through the darkness towards a role in a [...]
A Simple Key to Success
There was “The Secret”—a hot subject for a while—and we all sort of figured out what that was: the law of attraction. What we put out is what we attract. Makes sense. And then [...]
Nashville
My husband and I choose to spend every Thanksgiving in an American city we’ve never been to and spend four days immersing ourselves in local food and culture and avoiding turkey. This [...]
5 Habits of Our Most Successful Clients That Actors Need to Know
The BGB Studio offers classes and coaching for actors of all levels, but a few of our actors are the kind of people you see on television and in movies often. These are the actors who don’t [...]
Coming to America: 5 Tips for International Actors Moving to L.A.
You live outside the U.S.—in Rome, Sydney, Hong Kong, or Berlin—and you are an actor. It’s not just that you dream of red carpets and mansions in the Hollywood Hills. No, you hear the calling; [...]
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