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I Love The Holidays!
When I’m working, I mean. When I’m not I’m broke and the holidays are lousy. Being poor is not what I wanted for Christmas, and I’m so sorry if I should be grateful just to b… more →
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I Love The Holidays!
toddrobertanderson wrote 4 days ago: When I’m working, I mean. When I’m not I’m broke and the holidays are lousy. Bei … more →
Friday the 13th!
toddrobertanderson wrote 3 weeks ago: Sure, I had a terrible audition on Monday. I went in on a sitcom, made my choices and did them one … more →
The Joy of Acting
toddrobertanderson wrote 1 month ago: I know I’ve been posting chapters from my book about acting, but I’ve decided to self-pu … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #33: Your livelihood will be completely dependent on dumb luck.
toddrobertanderson wrote 4 months ago: Yes, I know I’ve mentioned luck plenty of times already, but I’ll continue to do so, since success i … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #32: You will find yourself unable to thrive off a “verbal tip”.
toddrobertanderson wrote 4 months ago: In the waiting profession, there is something that is known as “the verbal tip.” The verbal tip com … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #31: You’ll be proud of things you shouldn’t be, like appearing in soft-core porn.
toddrobertanderson wrote 7 months ago: It’s so painfully easy to lose perspective when one is completely desperate. If you’re like me, and … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #30: You will suffer endless humiliation.
toddrobertanderson wrote 7 months ago: Did I mention I dressed up like a butterfly?[1] You may remember the ad campaign. The l … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #29: You will not be allowed to improvise while at the same time improvisation is the only way you will be able get work.
toddrobertanderson wrote 8 months ago: The first job I ever booked I booked because I was willing to improvise in the audition. … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #28: You will discover that less than two percent of the Screen Actors Guild makes a livable income as actors.
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toddrobertanderson wrote 8 months ago: Getting into SAG and paying your dues (the literal ones, not the figurative ones[1]) is no great sh … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #27: You’ll have to join an actor’s union (or several.)
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toddrobertanderson wrote 9 months ago: For the longest time, the Screen Actors Guild—generally referred to by its unflattering acronym, SAG … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #26: You will sell your soul for a lousy thirty seconds of screen time.
toddrobertanderson wrote 9 months ago: Back when I was in college, I remember a lot of fellow actor classmates saying such nonsense as, “I … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #25: You will become the victim of subjectivity.
toddrobertanderson wrote 10 months ago: Okay, okay. I apologize for that last essay. Its theory is born purely out of bitterness, and is c … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #24: You will constantly be trumped by nepotism and extreme good looks.
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toddrobertanderson wrote 10 months ago: A brief note before we get to the latest “Don’t Act” entry: Okay, I’m back. … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #23: You will become blisteringly aware of how unattractive you are.
toddrobertanderson wrote 1 year ago: That last essay naturally leads me to this horrifying place. America is a funny country when it com … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #22: You will never be invited onto the “casting couch.”
toddrobertanderson wrote 1 year ago: If people could really fuck their way into movie roles, the whole town would be working, because I g … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #21: You will have to “create your own work.”
toddrobertanderson wrote 1 year ago: This is going to be very tricky to explain. “Creating your own work” essentially means building you … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #20: You will have to “pay your dues.”
toddrobertanderson wrote 1 year ago: This is one of my most favorite of all favorites. As a struggling actor, you will be told time and … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #19: You will watch your best friends in the world constantly get screwed.
toddrobertanderson wrote 1 year ago: Chances are, if you make any sense as an entity, many of your friends will be in, or at least aspire … more →
Don’t Act, Reason #18: You will feel immensely insecure.
toddrobertanderson wrote 1 year ago: I realize of course the irony of my own life in regard to this topic, insecurity. I was hugely inse … more →
