ActorCEO 104: How Actors Can Grow Their Instagram Account with Actor Influencer
Actor Influencer has been growing actor’s Instagram followers by the thousands with real people and casting takes notice! Hear how you can save $20/month for LIFE thanks to our discount code!
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Actor CEO 103: Actor Taxes with Sandra Karas
Sandra Karas has been an actor and leader on the front lines of tax law for actors and artists. She shares a ton of valuable insight and pratical information in this episode to help actors do their taxes right while building better financial habits.
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ActorCEO 102: Money Management Tips for Actors from Best Selling Author of The Broke and Beautiful Life Stefanie O’Connell
Stefanie O’Connell is the author of the best selling book The Broke and Beautiful Life. As the millennial money expert, Stefanie shares how actors can take control of their money and build more sustainable careers with tips, tricks and a ton of practical advice.
read more
ActorCEO 101: A Life in Acting with Paul Calderon
Paul Calderon’s work is always powerful, grounded, specific, and engaging. He’s worked for years in film and television from Pulp Fiction and Miami Vice to 21 Grams and Bosch. Paul also teaches actors at Playwrights Horizons and the Lee Strasberg Institute.
read more
ActorCEO 100: Be Your Own Advocate with Juan Javier Cardenas
Juan Cardenas talks about the need for actors to be their own advocate in episode 100. He stresses the importance of cultivating the drive to make the right connections, build the right relationships, and learn the necessary skills to continue to push their career forward regardless of the challenges.
read more
ActorCEO 98: From Musicals to Film with Bret Shuford
Bret Shuford has dedicated his life to creating theatre and helping others do the same. He made his Broadway debut in the ensemble of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, followed by Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Amazing Grace. Most recently, he was seen on Broadway in Cirque du Soleil Paramour, and in the Martin Scorsese feature film The Wolf Of Wall Street.
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Actor CEO 97: Ruby Mercado Actor, Mom and Vlogger
Ruby Mercado has appeared on shows like Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans, Jane the Virgin and Scorpion.
Since moving to Los Angeles Ruby has become one of the go to “Latina Moms” and has been building a career with a solid understanding of her brand, her network, and her patience. Ruby vlogs about her life as a Hollywood mom and also hosts a podcast called Awakenings in Real Life.
ActorCEO 96 Heidi Dean Social Media Strategy for Actors
Heidi Dean is the industry’s top social media expert for actors. She has helped Emmy Award-winners, Broadway stars, recording artists, directors, producers, filmmakers and actors just like you go from social media rookies into ROCKSTARS at Marketing4Actors.com where you’ll find over 100 free articles and trainings to help you rock your social media.
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ActorCEO 95: Mike Provenzano Business Mind Meets Actor Mind
In less than 2 years, Mike Provenzano has quickly built his acting career with the help of some tricks he learned from the corporate world.
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ActorCEO 94: Bridget McKevitt Just Graduated – Now What?
Bridget McKevitt is no stranger to the transition phase after graduating from acting school. She studied at the 2 year Maggie Flanigan conservatory in New York, before going to MFA school, and began building a career as a working actor. She’s been on Person Of Interest, All My Children, the film Days And Nights, and the HBO EMMY nominated, Casting By.
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ActorCEO 91 Taylor Coriell Website Wonderland
Taylor and I talk about what actors can learn from creating their own work and why it’s more important than ever to share the real, everyday voices of the people and characters you create.
read more
Actor CEO 90: Elizabeth Inghram Listen to Your Own Advice
Elizabeth has been seen opposite Kristen Wiig in the film Girl Most Likely, the Netflix show Gypsy, Person of Interest, The Black List, Royal Pains, I Love You But I Lied, Gossip Girl. Up next, you might catch her on the upcoming AMC show Dietland and the new Ocean’s 8 film. Elizabeth is a voice actor and has done several national commercials both on-camera and behind the mic. She is also proud to be a teacher at the Terry Knickerbocker Studio!
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ActorCEO 87 Jeremy Loncka The Prison Project
Jeremie Loncka is an actor with the Actors’ Gang Theatre Company in Culver City where he serves as Director of Programming for The Actors’ Gang Prison Project.
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ActorCEO 86 Kari Nissena Actor Transformation
In this episode Kari Nissena of Actor Transformation discusses the importance of spending time on the actor’s digital and social foot print. How can you make sure your spending your money and time in the right places and not opening yourself up to social media faux pas. As we have discussed on the show before, now is the best time to take charge of your career because you as an individual have more reach than ever.
read more
Actor CEO 85: David Huynh Best Acting Advice is Build a Village, Also Don’t Be a Dick
David Huynh is an actor based in New York. Off-Broadway, he recently appeared as Kenji in No-No Boy with Pan Asian Repertory. His regional credits include Quang in Vietgone at TheatreSquared and Mixed Blood Theatre Company, the latter winning an Ivey Award for Best Acting Ensemble.
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Do Actors Need Business Cards?
Do you carry your headshot around in your pocket? Does your resume fit inside your wallet? Can you pull your website out of your handbag? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re Mary Poppins and I’d like to schedule a top to...
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ActorCEO 84 Abbie Getty Be Like a River
Abbie Getty is an NYC based actor, teacher, and voice actor. She has a master’s in classical acting from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and specializes in playing fierce and witty women. Abbie shared her experiences of transitioning from Grad School to the working actor life and some tips to make that transition easier.
read more
Episode 83 Ryan McCurdy Actor Musician
Ryan McCurdy is a New-York based Actor/Musician, Music Director, and Music Supervisor who has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally at Rattlestick Playwrights, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, and HERE amongst others. He is a twelve-instrument singer/songwriter and co-founder of the rock band Bonfire Falls.
read more
ActorCEO 82 Lauren Sowa Don’t Wait to Create
In 2016, she and Tim Eliot founded Form & Pressure Films to tell stories that inspire and provoke thought, while encouraging diversity and equality on set and on screen. Well before the “inclusion rider” statement, Lauren and her company were working hard to ensure everyone with the skill was adequately represented above and below the line.
read more
Episode 81: Alveraz Ricardez An Actor’s Journey Starting Later
Alveraz Ricardez always had a passion for acting, but life tends to take many artists on detours. Having spent some time away from that passion and coming to the end of his work to obtain a law degree, Alveraz had just to take the bar exam to begin pursuing a career as an attorney at 43 years old. There was just this little voice inside that asked him to give his dream of acting one last chance before moving on. He listened.
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Episode 80 A Whole New World
The Actor CEO Podcast is now on Patreon.com. You can support the show you love made by actors for actors. Learn all about treating your career like a business with weekly interviews with industry pros.
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Episode 79: Actors Fast Track with Valorie Hubbard
Ep. 79 brings Actor’s Fast Track’s Vallorie Hubbard shared some amazing tips and actionable advice for any actor looking to commit full force. She’s got 30 years as an actress under her belt and has helped hundreds of actors refine their audition technique, business savvy, and creative planning to start BOOKING! http://actorceo.com/79
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Episode 78: Jamie H Jung Acting Tips and Lessons from Across the Country
Jamie H Jung is an English-American actor. He pursued Performance Studies at Queen Mary College of the University of London and continued to train for 3 years at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City. Don’t miss his feature film “Monday” which is part of the Rebel Without A Crew project screening at the SXSW Film Festival next month.
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Episode 77 Andy Roth Voice Over Casting
Andy Roth is one of the most popular voice over casting directors in the business with over two decades of experience.
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Episode 76: Voice Over Mastery with Tawny Platis
Tawny is a full time professional voice over talent/coach (with her editor and husband George), podcaster on The Dirty Bits Podcast on the Orbital Jigsaw Network, and marketing/business consultant in San Diego, California. During her senior year in high school, Tawny began the process of purchasing her first brick and mortar retail store. After selling the store to her management team in 2016, Tawny began her career as a voice over talent, having been a child actor in San Diego.
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Episode 75 Jonney Ahmanson Poor Dog Group and Experimental Theater
Los Angeles theater is always a challenge. Jonney Ahmanson is an actor that has taken on that challenge for over 10 years with his own theater company, Poor Dog Group.
read more
Episode 74 Pandora Scooter How to Create a Solo Show
Want to create a solo show but don’t know how? Don’t want to have it be the same as all the others? Pandora Scooter can teach you.
read more
Episode 73: Mauricio Bustemonte on Method Acting
Mauricio Bustemonte has some simple explanations of method acting and why it works so well for film and television, and what makes it so attractive to actors. He’s a teacher of almost 40 years at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute.
read more
Episode 72: Fisher Neal The Hunting Actor
Fisher Neal is an actor with a unique side job. He runs LearntoHuntNYC.com and teaches city slickers how to hunt.
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Acting Class for the Modern Actor: Why Masterclass is Great
You can do a Google search for “the best acting class in Los Angeles” or “the best acting class in New York.” In fact, you could do that same search for any city in the country and you will probably get 100’s of results with 100’s of different answers. That’s to be...
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The 7 best acting self tape tools under $20!
Here is my list of the 7 best acting self tape tools for under $20 to help you capture a great audition from wherever you happen to be. You can use just a couple to have a professional on-the-go set up, or you can add them together to build out a streamlined kit in your apartment that makes your last minute audition look and sound spectacular.
read more
Episode 71: Clifton Samuels Acting on Broadway, Film and TV
Clifton Samules offers insights that have helped him as he has worked with the Cohen brothers, on NBC’s The Blacklist, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and on Broadway.
read more
Episode 70: Michael Frederick and The Alexander Technique for Actors
Michael Frederick teaches workshops all over and helps actors get out of their own way using a method of body and mind alignment called the Alexander Technique.
read more
Episode 69: 2017 Holiday Highlights from The Actor CEO Podcast
Take a listen to some of my favorite selections from our 2017 interviews.
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Episode 68: Molly Goforth An Actor Repairs
Molly Goforth is a Spiritual Wellness Practitioner and the founder of An Actor Repairs, which offers workshops and facilitation to help actors reclaim the joy in their artistic lives.
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Episode 67: Jeff Seymour The real Life Actor
Jeff Seymour started work as an actor in Television in 1979. In 1980 he began teaching acting. As a teacher, he’s travelled all over north America and Australia, teaching and lecturing. He wrote the highly acclaimed book on acting, The Real Life Actor. He currently has a podcast on iTunes about acting and the business.
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Episode 66: Alexandra Boylan Producer
Alexandra also owns Mustard Seed Entertainment whose film “Catching Faith” had a two year run on Netflix and can be found on the shelves of Wal-Mart. Her most recent film “Wish For Christmas” sold to Pure Flix Entertainment and Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
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Episode 65: Brendan Sokler Comic Creator
Brendan Sokler is a NY based actor who is the co founder of Punching Up Productions. He and his producing partner Max Clark were recently up at Just For Laughs and ITVF with one of their pilots. They are starting a reel service for actors called For Reel.
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Episode 64: Julian Silver TV Writer and Actor
Julian Silver grew up in Boston to a mother from a large Korean family and a father from a tiny Jewish family. He went to Wesleyan University to study film and psychology. After graduating, he moved to LA to pursue a career in film and television. He is currently writing for CBS’ SEAL TEAM, and will appear as a guest star on ABC’s GREY’S ANATOMY in November.
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Episode 63: Victoria Negri
Victoria Negri is an award-winning multi-hyphenate filmmaker. Her feature directorial debut, Gold Star, which she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in, alongside Oscar nominated actor Robert Vaughn in his last on-screen performance will see a November 2017 theatrical release and on video on demand.
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Kimberly Leemans from The Walking Dead talks finding balance
Kimberly Leemans spent time doing photo shoots and working the runways as a model in NYC. Then she had the opportunity to really commit to her life as an actor and packed up and moved to Los Angeles. Since then, she’s worked on shows like Nashville and The Walking Dead, moving to different living locations while being able to submit for auditions thanks in large part do to the opportunities provided by self submissions and the shift in the industry that is now taking those tapes much more seriously. It has become a lifestyle for many who consider themselves “digital nomads.”
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Episode 61: Rish Mitra
Rish comes from an engineering background but has decided to follow his passion of acting. He is taking somewhat of a non-traditional path with workshop classes and studying filmmaking through an online course.
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Episode 60: Mary Dallas
Mary Dallas is a Greek actress from Chicago who decided to move out to Southern California and pursue her dream of creating an acting career for herself at the age of 48. This is certainly not your typical story of starting out in Hollywood, but Mary has put in the work to courageously learn all she can about her craft, and take no prisoners when it comes to hustling auditions.
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Episode 59: Reynaldo Piniella
Reynaldo Piniella is an actor who was born and raised in NYC. He knew he wanted to be an actor early on and auditioned for BFA school. Twice. Sadly, both times he was not given the opportunity to join a degree program, but that did not stop him. If there is one thing that inspired me out of our interview it was Reynaldo’s unwavering commitment and focus on becoming an actor.
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Episode 58: Steph Lynn Robinson Voice Over Artist
Steph Lynn Robinson is an actress & producer best known for her animation voiceover work.
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ActorCEO 57 Audrey Walters
Audrey is an actress and entrepreneur. As a self-proclaimed “gypsy actress” not bound by a physical location she has representation in multiple markets and travels coast to coast.
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Episode 53: Filipe Valle Costa Working on TV and Transitioning from Theater
Filipe Valle Costa currently stars in the new FX series Snowfall, a show that follows the growth of the crack cocaine epidemic in 1980s Los Angeles. Filipe had a wild ride when auditioning for the role and talks all about the craziness that an actor can experience when in that limbo of Yes or No from casting.
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ActorCEO 52: A Year of an Acting Business Podcast with Mike Moreno
I’ve decided to take it up a notch and create a space for not only the listeners of the podcast, but the acting community as a whole. As of this broadcast I’m launching the Acting Business Mastery Facebook Group. This will be a closed group where listeners to the show, actor friends that you invite and more of our peers can come together and work as a community build the
acting business that best suits your and become the entrepreneur that you can be. There’s gunna be lots of resources, interviews with some of my guests, exclusive Q & A’s, I’ll be going live in the group a lot to talk about some of the latest developments in the entertainment marketplace and also really to help motivate you guys to stay committed to making this career your own and being in control of your own work.
Episode 51: Dewey Moss Producing Theater
Producer Dewey Moss jumped on the podcast in the middle of his Off Broadway run of the critically acclaimed and award winning The Crusade of Connor Stephens to talk about what it takes to be a professional theater producer. His experience as a writer and director of both film and theater gave him the creative experience of knowing how to create projects, but there is a whole other side to getting the funding in place to build these projects out to their full potential and ensure they get the exposure and life they deserve.
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Episode 50: Alex Spieth and Blank My Life
It’s one thing to create your own work to give yourself opportunities you’re currently not getting in the casting offices. It is a whole other thing to be devoting yourself to creating work and telling stories because you feel those voices need to be heard, and you want to see those underrepresented stories become part of the mainstream conversation.
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How Actors Can Grow Their Instagram Followers and Why It’s Important
Grow your Instagram followers by the thousands with REAL PEOPLE, not bots or fake accounts. Actor Influencer is a one of a kind service that drives real traffic to the Instagram accounts of actors, artists, musicians, and more. Plus use the discount code to save $20/month for LIFE!
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ActorCEO 104: How Actors Can Grow Their Instagram Account with Actor Influencer
Actor Influencer has been growing actor’s Instagram followers by the thousands with real people and casting takes notice! Hear how you can save $20/month for LIFE thanks to our discount code!
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Money Saving Tips and Financial Advice for Actors from an Expert
Stefanie O’Connell is the millennial money expert and author of the best selling book The Broke and Beautiful Life. She joined The Actor CEO Podcast to share her money tips for actors and artists.
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Actor CEO 103: Actor Taxes with Sandra Karas
Sandra Karas has been an actor and leader on the front lines of tax law for actors and artists. She shares a ton of valuable insight and pratical information in this episode to help actors do their taxes right while building better financial habits.
read more
ActorCEO 102: Money Management Tips for Actors from Best Selling Author of The Broke and Beautiful Life Stefanie O’Connell
Stefanie O’Connell is the author of the best selling book The Broke and Beautiful Life. As the millennial money expert, Stefanie shares how actors can take control of their money and build more sustainable careers with tips, tricks and a ton of practical advice.
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Affordable Housing is (Finally) Open to Actors
Affordable housing for actors is now available thanks to the Actors Fund and the Clinton Housing Development Company. read to find out when to apply. The application dates close soon.
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Erika Cohn – Emmy Winning Creator of The Judge and In Football We Trust on Fundamental Filmmaking for Our Times
Emmy Award winning filmmaker Erika Cohn is a powerful example of the incredible possibilities of women creatives telling stories that are critical, stunning, fresh, profound, and riveting. She is building the creative world she wants to operate in and her latest film, The Judge, had it’s network premiere on PBS Independent Lens and can be streamed on Amazon Video along with her Emmy Award winning film In Football We Trust.
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Black Friday Check List for Actors
I’ve put together a The Black Friday Checklist for Actors which greatly expands on The 7 Best Pieces of Self Tape Gear Under $20 that I’ve shared before. You may find some of the same products but this list has so much more to get you ready for the new year with professional gear, real opportunities, and cash in your pocket.
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Actor CEO Blog Interview #1 with Marisa Vitali on her film GRACE
Marisa Vitale, award Winning Actor, producer, film festival consultant, motivational speaker and author in Los Angeles shares here newest film, GRACE www.grace-the-movie.com
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Amazon Prime for Actors
Amazon Prime is an incredible resource for ACTORS! Order self tape gear that arrives in 24 hours with free shipping. Watch incredible videos to for research on Emmy award winning shows that you may audition for. Get a discount if your a student. What’s not to love?
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ActorCEO 101: A Life in Acting with Paul Calderon
Paul Calderon’s work is always powerful, grounded, specific, and engaging. He’s worked for years in film and television from Pulp Fiction and Miami Vice to 21 Grams and Bosch. Paul also teaches actors at Playwrights Horizons and the Lee Strasberg Institute.
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7 Unique Actor Day Jobs
Here are 7 unique and surprising actor day (other than waiting tables) jobs you may not have heard of.
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ActorCEO 100: Be Your Own Advocate with Juan Javier Cardenas
Juan Cardenas talks about the need for actors to be their own advocate in episode 100. He stresses the importance of cultivating the drive to make the right connections, build the right relationships, and learn the necessary skills to continue to push their career forward regardless of the challenges.
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ActorCEO 99: Our Future
The Actor CEO Podcast is now featured in Backstage, has grown to just under 8,000 followers and has listeners all over the world. This is an incredible resource for actors that has been built and supported by actors. Thank you. Now here’s what’s next.
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ActorCEO 98: From Musicals to Film with Bret Shuford
Bret Shuford has dedicated his life to creating theatre and helping others do the same. He made his Broadway debut in the ensemble of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, followed by Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Amazing Grace. Most recently, he was seen on Broadway in Cirque du Soleil Paramour, and in the Martin Scorsese feature film The Wolf Of Wall Street.
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Actor CEO 97: Ruby Mercado Actor, Mom and Vlogger
Ruby Mercado has appeared on shows like Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans, Jane the Virgin and Scorpion.
Since moving to Los Angeles Ruby has become one of the go to “Latina Moms” and has been building a career with a solid understanding of her brand, her network, and her patience. Ruby vlogs about her life as a Hollywood mom and also hosts a podcast called Awakenings in Real Life.
ActorCEO 96 Heidi Dean Social Media Strategy for Actors
Heidi Dean is the industry’s top social media expert for actors. She has helped Emmy Award-winners, Broadway stars, recording artists, directors, producers, filmmakers and actors just like you go from social media rookies into ROCKSTARS at Marketing4Actors.com where you’ll find over 100 free articles and trainings to help you rock your social media.
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ActorCEO 95: Mike Provenzano Business Mind Meets Actor Mind
In less than 2 years, Mike Provenzano has quickly built his acting career with the help of some tricks he learned from the corporate world.
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ActorCEO 94: Bridget McKevitt Just Graduated – Now What?
Bridget McKevitt is no stranger to the transition phase after graduating from acting school. She studied at the 2 year Maggie Flanigan conservatory in New York, before going to MFA school, and began building a career as a working actor. She’s been on Person Of Interest, All My Children, the film Days And Nights, and the HBO EMMY nominated, Casting By.
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ActorCEO 93: Chris Petrovski Madam Secretary and In The Moment
Chris Petrovski booked his recurring role on Madame Secretary off a self tape! He also manages a Facebook page for actors titled, IN THE MOMENT with over 120k followers.
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ActorCEO 92 Jordan Gelber The Actor as an Entrepreneur
Jordan Elizabeth Gelber is a New York City based Actress and film producer. She is the CEO of the award winning marketing and production company Starbaby Enterprises.
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ActorCEO 91 Taylor Coriell Website Wonderland
Taylor and I talk about what actors can learn from creating their own work and why it’s more important than ever to share the real, everyday voices of the people and characters you create.
read more
Actor CEO 90: Elizabeth Inghram Listen to Your Own Advice
Elizabeth has been seen opposite Kristen Wiig in the film Girl Most Likely, the Netflix show Gypsy, Person of Interest, The Black List, Royal Pains, I Love You But I Lied, Gossip Girl. Up next, you might catch her on the upcoming AMC show Dietland and the new Ocean’s 8 film. Elizabeth is a voice actor and has done several national commercials both on-camera and behind the mic. She is also proud to be a teacher at the Terry Knickerbocker Studio!
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Actor CEO 89: Dylan Mooney The Actor Trade App
Introducing The Actor Trade app; the first ever free, instant, live-rehearsal app and self-tape service for actors
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ActorCEO 88: Anchor
The Podcast will be available on Anchor.com Lot's of good things going on in the back ground! Hey actors, Mike Moreno here. And I'm a bit under the...
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ActorCEO 87 Jeremy Loncka The Prison Project
Jeremie Loncka is an actor with the Actors’ Gang Theatre Company in Culver City where he serves as Director of Programming for The Actors’ Gang Prison Project.
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ActorCEO 86 Kari Nissena Actor Transformation
In this episode Kari Nissena of Actor Transformation discusses the importance of spending time on the actor’s digital and social foot print. How can you make sure your spending your money and time in the right places and not opening yourself up to social media faux pas. As we have discussed on the show before, now is the best time to take charge of your career because you as an individual have more reach than ever.
read more
Actor CEO 85: David Huynh Best Acting Advice is Build a Village, Also Don’t Be a Dick
David Huynh is an actor based in New York. Off-Broadway, he recently appeared as Kenji in No-No Boy with Pan Asian Repertory. His regional credits include Quang in Vietgone at TheatreSquared and Mixed Blood Theatre Company, the latter winning an Ivey Award for Best Acting Ensemble.
read more
Do Actors Need Business Cards?
Do you carry your headshot around in your pocket? Does your resume fit inside your wallet? Can you pull your website out of your handbag? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re Mary Poppins and I’d like to schedule a top to...
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ActorCEO 84 Abbie Getty Be Like a River
Abbie Getty is an NYC based actor, teacher, and voice actor. She has a master’s in classical acting from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and specializes in playing fierce and witty women. Abbie shared her experiences of transitioning from Grad School to the working actor life and some tips to make that transition easier.
read more
Episode 83 Ryan McCurdy Actor Musician
Ryan McCurdy is a New-York based Actor/Musician, Music Director, and Music Supervisor who has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally at Rattlestick Playwrights, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, and HERE amongst others. He is a twelve-instrument singer/songwriter and co-founder of the rock band Bonfire Falls.
read more
ActorCEO 82 Lauren Sowa Don’t Wait to Create
In 2016, she and Tim Eliot founded Form & Pressure Films to tell stories that inspire and provoke thought, while encouraging diversity and equality on set and on screen. Well before the “inclusion rider” statement, Lauren and her company were working hard to ensure everyone with the skill was adequately represented above and below the line.
read more
Episode 81: Alveraz Ricardez An Actor’s Journey Starting Later
Alveraz Ricardez always had a passion for acting, but life tends to take many artists on detours. Having spent some time away from that passion and coming to the end of his work to obtain a law degree, Alveraz had just to take the bar exam to begin pursuing a career as an attorney at 43 years old. There was just this little voice inside that asked him to give his dream of acting one last chance before moving on. He listened.
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Episode 80 A Whole New World
The Actor CEO Podcast is now on Patreon.com. You can support the show you love made by actors for actors. Learn all about treating your career like a business with weekly interviews with industry pros.
read more
Episode 79: Actors Fast Track with Valorie Hubbard
Ep. 79 brings Actor’s Fast Track’s Vallorie Hubbard shared some amazing tips and actionable advice for any actor looking to commit full force. She’s got 30 years as an actress under her belt and has helped hundreds of actors refine their audition technique, business savvy, and creative planning to start BOOKING! http://actorceo.com/79
read more
Episode 78: Jamie H Jung Acting Tips and Lessons from Across the Country
Jamie H Jung is an English-American actor. He pursued Performance Studies at Queen Mary College of the University of London and continued to train for 3 years at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City. Don’t miss his feature film “Monday” which is part of the Rebel Without A Crew project screening at the SXSW Film Festival next month.
read more
Episode 77 Andy Roth Voice Over Casting
Andy Roth is one of the most popular voice over casting directors in the business with over two decades of experience.
read more
Episode 76: Voice Over Mastery with Tawny Platis
Tawny is a full time professional voice over talent/coach (with her editor and husband George), podcaster on The Dirty Bits Podcast on the Orbital Jigsaw Network, and marketing/business consultant in San Diego, California. During her senior year in high school, Tawny began the process of purchasing her first brick and mortar retail store. After selling the store to her management team in 2016, Tawny began her career as a voice over talent, having been a child actor in San Diego.
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Episode 75 Jonney Ahmanson Poor Dog Group and Experimental Theater
Los Angeles theater is always a challenge. Jonney Ahmanson is an actor that has taken on that challenge for over 10 years with his own theater company, Poor Dog Group.
read more
Episode 74 Pandora Scooter How to Create a Solo Show
Want to create a solo show but don’t know how? Don’t want to have it be the same as all the others? Pandora Scooter can teach you.
read more
Episode 73: Mauricio Bustemonte on Method Acting
Mauricio Bustemonte has some simple explanations of method acting and why it works so well for film and television, and what makes it so attractive to actors. He’s a teacher of almost 40 years at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute.
read more
Episode 72: Fisher Neal The Hunting Actor
Fisher Neal is an actor with a unique side job. He runs LearntoHuntNYC.com and teaches city slickers how to hunt.
read more
Acting Class for the Modern Actor: Why Masterclass is Great
You can do a Google search for “the best acting class in Los Angeles” or “the best acting class in New York.” In fact, you could do that same search for any city in the country and you will probably get 100’s of results with 100’s of different answers. That’s to be...
read more
The 7 best acting self tape tools under $20!
Here is my list of the 7 best acting self tape tools for under $20 to help you capture a great audition from wherever you happen to be. You can use just a couple to have a professional on-the-go set up, or you can add them together to build out a streamlined kit in your apartment that makes your last minute audition look and sound spectacular.
read more
Episode 71: Clifton Samuels Acting on Broadway, Film and TV
Clifton Samules offers insights that have helped him as he has worked with the Cohen brothers, on NBC’s The Blacklist, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and on Broadway.
read more
Episode 70: Michael Frederick and The Alexander Technique for Actors
Michael Frederick teaches workshops all over and helps actors get out of their own way using a method of body and mind alignment called the Alexander Technique.
read more
Episode 69: 2017 Holiday Highlights from The Actor CEO Podcast
Take a listen to some of my favorite selections from our 2017 interviews.
read more
Episode 68: Molly Goforth An Actor Repairs
Molly Goforth is a Spiritual Wellness Practitioner and the founder of An Actor Repairs, which offers workshops and facilitation to help actors reclaim the joy in their artistic lives.
read more
Episode 67: Jeff Seymour The real Life Actor
Jeff Seymour started work as an actor in Television in 1979. In 1980 he began teaching acting. As a teacher, he’s travelled all over north America and Australia, teaching and lecturing. He wrote the highly acclaimed book on acting, The Real Life Actor. He currently has a podcast on iTunes about acting and the business.
read more
Episode 66: Alexandra Boylan Producer
Alexandra also owns Mustard Seed Entertainment whose film “Catching Faith” had a two year run on Netflix and can be found on the shelves of Wal-Mart. Her most recent film “Wish For Christmas” sold to Pure Flix Entertainment and Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
read more
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How Actors Can Grow Their Instagram Followers and Why It’s Important
Grow your Instagram followers by the thousands with REAL PEOPLE, not bots or fake accounts. Actor Influencer is a one of a kind service that drives real traffic to the Instagram accounts of actors, artists, musicians, and more. Plus use the discount code to save $20/month for LIFE!
ActorCEO 104: How Actors Can Grow Their Instagram Account with Actor Influencer
Actor Influencer has been growing actor’s Instagram followers by the thousands with real people and casting takes notice! Hear how you can save $20/month for LIFE thanks to our discount code!
Money Saving Tips and Financial Advice for Actors from an Expert
Stefanie O’Connell is the millennial money expert and author of the best selling book The Broke and Beautiful Life. She joined The Actor CEO Podcast to share her money tips for actors and artists.
Actor CEO 103: Actor Taxes with Sandra Karas
Sandra Karas has been an actor and leader on the front lines of tax law for actors and artists. She shares a ton of valuable insight and pratical information in this episode to help actors do their taxes right while building better financial habits.
ActorCEO 102: Money Management Tips for Actors from Best Selling Author of The Broke and Beautiful Life Stefanie O’Connell
Stefanie O’Connell is the author of the best selling book The Broke and Beautiful Life. As the millennial money expert, Stefanie shares how actors can take control of their money and build more sustainable careers with tips, tricks and a ton of practical advice.
Affordable Housing is (Finally) Open to Actors
Affordable housing for actors is now available thanks to the Actors Fund and the Clinton Housing Development Company. read to find out when to apply. The application dates close soon.
Erika Cohn – Emmy Winning Creator of The Judge and In Football We Trust on Fundamental Filmmaking for Our Times
Emmy Award winning filmmaker Erika Cohn is a powerful example of the incredible possibilities of women creatives telling stories that are critical, stunning, fresh, profound, and riveting. She is building the creative world she wants to operate in and her latest film, The Judge, had it’s network premiere on PBS Independent Lens and can be streamed on Amazon Video along with her Emmy Award winning film In Football We Trust.
Black Friday Check List for Actors
I’ve put together a The Black Friday Checklist for Actors which greatly expands on The 7 Best Pieces of Self Tape Gear Under $20 that I’ve shared before. You may find some of the same products but this list has so much more to get you ready for the new year with professional gear, real opportunities, and cash in your pocket.
Actor CEO Blog Interview #1 with Marisa Vitali on her film GRACE
Marisa Vitale, award Winning Actor, producer, film festival consultant, motivational speaker and author in Los Angeles shares here newest film, GRACE www.grace-the-movie.com
Amazon Prime for Actors
Amazon Prime is an incredible resource for ACTORS! Order self tape gear that arrives in 24 hours with free shipping. Watch incredible videos to for research on Emmy award winning shows that you may audition for. Get a discount if your a student. What’s not to love?
ActorCEO 101: A Life in Acting with Paul Calderon
Paul Calderon’s work is always powerful, grounded, specific, and engaging. He’s worked for years in film and television from Pulp Fiction and Miami Vice to 21 Grams and Bosch. Paul also teaches actors at Playwrights Horizons and the Lee Strasberg Institute.
7 Unique Actor Day Jobs
Here are 7 unique and surprising actor day (other than waiting tables) jobs you may not have heard of.
ActorCEO 100: Be Your Own Advocate with Juan Javier Cardenas
Juan Cardenas talks about the need for actors to be their own advocate in episode 100. He stresses the importance of cultivating the drive to make the right connections, build the right relationships, and learn the necessary skills to continue to push their career forward regardless of the challenges.
ActorCEO 99: Our Future
The Actor CEO Podcast is now featured in Backstage, has grown to just under 8,000 followers and has listeners all over the world. This is an incredible resource for actors that has been built and supported by actors. Thank you. Now here’s what’s next.
ActorCEO 98: From Musicals to Film with Bret Shuford
Bret Shuford has dedicated his life to creating theatre and helping others do the same. He made his Broadway debut in the ensemble of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, followed by Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Amazing Grace. Most recently, he was seen on Broadway in Cirque du Soleil Paramour, and in the Martin Scorsese feature film The Wolf Of Wall Street.
Actor CEO 97: Ruby Mercado Actor, Mom and Vlogger
Ruby Mercado has appeared on shows like Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans, Jane the Virgin and Scorpion.
Since moving to Los Angeles Ruby has become one of the go to “Latina Moms” and has been building a career with a solid understanding of her brand, her network, and her patience. Ruby vlogs about her life as a Hollywood mom and also hosts a podcast called Awakenings in Real Life.
ActorCEO 96 Heidi Dean Social Media Strategy for Actors
Heidi Dean is the industry’s top social media expert for actors. She has helped Emmy Award-winners, Broadway stars, recording artists, directors, producers, filmmakers and actors just like you go from social media rookies into ROCKSTARS at Marketing4Actors.com where you’ll find over 100 free articles and trainings to help you rock your social media.
ActorCEO 95: Mike Provenzano Business Mind Meets Actor Mind
In less than 2 years, Mike Provenzano has quickly built his acting career with the help of some tricks he learned from the corporate world.
ActorCEO 94: Bridget McKevitt Just Graduated – Now What?
Bridget McKevitt is no stranger to the transition phase after graduating from acting school. She studied at the 2 year Maggie Flanigan conservatory in New York, before going to MFA school, and began building a career as a working actor. She’s been on Person Of Interest, All My Children, the film Days And Nights, and the HBO EMMY nominated, Casting By.
ActorCEO 93: Chris Petrovski Madam Secretary and In The Moment
Chris Petrovski booked his recurring role on Madame Secretary off a self tape! He also manages a Facebook page for actors titled, IN THE MOMENT with over 120k followers.
ActorCEO 92 Jordan Gelber The Actor as an Entrepreneur
Jordan Elizabeth Gelber is a New York City based Actress and film producer. She is the CEO of the award winning marketing and production company Starbaby Enterprises.
ActorCEO 91 Taylor Coriell Website Wonderland
Taylor and I talk about what actors can learn from creating their own work and why it’s more important than ever to share the real, everyday voices of the people and characters you create.
Actor CEO 90: Elizabeth Inghram Listen to Your Own Advice
Elizabeth has been seen opposite Kristen Wiig in the film Girl Most Likely, the Netflix show Gypsy, Person of Interest, The Black List, Royal Pains, I Love You But I Lied, Gossip Girl. Up next, you might catch her on the upcoming AMC show Dietland and the new Ocean’s 8 film. Elizabeth is a voice actor and has done several national commercials both on-camera and behind the mic. She is also proud to be a teacher at the Terry Knickerbocker Studio!
Actor CEO 89: Dylan Mooney The Actor Trade App
Introducing The Actor Trade app; the first ever free, instant, live-rehearsal app and self-tape service for actors
ActorCEO 88: Anchor
The Podcast will be available on Anchor.com Lot's of good things going on in the back ground! Hey actors, Mike Moreno here. And I'm a bit under the...
ActorCEO 87 Jeremy Loncka The Prison Project
Jeremie Loncka is an actor with the Actors’ Gang Theatre Company in Culver City where he serves as Director of Programming for The Actors’ Gang Prison Project.
ActorCEO 86 Kari Nissena Actor Transformation
In this episode Kari Nissena of Actor Transformation discusses the importance of spending time on the actor’s digital and social foot print. How can you make sure your spending your money and time in the right places and not opening yourself up to social media faux pas. As we have discussed on the show before, now is the best time to take charge of your career because you as an individual have more reach than ever.
Actor CEO 85: David Huynh Best Acting Advice is Build a Village, Also Don’t Be a Dick
David Huynh is an actor based in New York. Off-Broadway, he recently appeared as Kenji in No-No Boy with Pan Asian Repertory. His regional credits include Quang in Vietgone at TheatreSquared and Mixed Blood Theatre Company, the latter winning an Ivey Award for Best Acting Ensemble.
Do Actors Need Business Cards?
Do you carry your headshot around in your pocket? Does your resume fit inside your wallet? Can you pull your website out of your handbag? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re Mary Poppins and I’d like to schedule a top to...
ActorCEO 84 Abbie Getty Be Like a River
Abbie Getty is an NYC based actor, teacher, and voice actor. She has a master’s in classical acting from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and specializes in playing fierce and witty women. Abbie shared her experiences of transitioning from Grad School to the working actor life and some tips to make that transition easier.
Episode 83 Ryan McCurdy Actor Musician
Ryan McCurdy is a New-York based Actor/Musician, Music Director, and Music Supervisor who has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally at Rattlestick Playwrights, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, and HERE amongst others. He is a twelve-instrument singer/songwriter and co-founder of the rock band Bonfire Falls.
ActorCEO 82 Lauren Sowa Don’t Wait to Create
In 2016, she and Tim Eliot founded Form & Pressure Films to tell stories that inspire and provoke thought, while encouraging diversity and equality on set and on screen. Well before the “inclusion rider” statement, Lauren and her company were working hard to ensure everyone with the skill was adequately represented above and below the line.
Episode 81: Alveraz Ricardez An Actor’s Journey Starting Later
Alveraz Ricardez always had a passion for acting, but life tends to take many artists on detours. Having spent some time away from that passion and coming to the end of his work to obtain a law degree, Alveraz had just to take the bar exam to begin pursuing a career as an attorney at 43 years old. There was just this little voice inside that asked him to give his dream of acting one last chance before moving on. He listened.
Episode 80 A Whole New World
The Actor CEO Podcast is now on Patreon.com. You can support the show you love made by actors for actors. Learn all about treating your career like a business with weekly interviews with industry pros.
Episode 79: Actors Fast Track with Valorie Hubbard
Ep. 79 brings Actor’s Fast Track’s Vallorie Hubbard shared some amazing tips and actionable advice for any actor looking to commit full force. She’s got 30 years as an actress under her belt and has helped hundreds of actors refine their audition technique, business savvy, and creative planning to start BOOKING! http://actorceo.com/79
Episode 78: Jamie H Jung Acting Tips and Lessons from Across the Country
Jamie H Jung is an English-American actor. He pursued Performance Studies at Queen Mary College of the University of London and continued to train for 3 years at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City. Don’t miss his feature film “Monday” which is part of the Rebel Without A Crew project screening at the SXSW Film Festival next month.
Episode 77 Andy Roth Voice Over Casting
Andy Roth is one of the most popular voice over casting directors in the business with over two decades of experience.
Episode 76: Voice Over Mastery with Tawny Platis
Tawny is a full time professional voice over talent/coach (with her editor and husband George), podcaster on The Dirty Bits Podcast on the Orbital Jigsaw Network, and marketing/business consultant in San Diego, California. During her senior year in high school, Tawny began the process of purchasing her first brick and mortar retail store. After selling the store to her management team in 2016, Tawny began her career as a voice over talent, having been a child actor in San Diego.
Episode 75 Jonney Ahmanson Poor Dog Group and Experimental Theater
Los Angeles theater is always a challenge. Jonney Ahmanson is an actor that has taken on that challenge for over 10 years with his own theater company, Poor Dog Group.
Episode 74 Pandora Scooter How to Create a Solo Show
Want to create a solo show but don’t know how? Don’t want to have it be the same as all the others? Pandora Scooter can teach you.
Episode 73: Mauricio Bustemonte on Method Acting
Mauricio Bustemonte has some simple explanations of method acting and why it works so well for film and television, and what makes it so attractive to actors. He’s a teacher of almost 40 years at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute.
Episode 72: Fisher Neal The Hunting Actor
Fisher Neal is an actor with a unique side job. He runs LearntoHuntNYC.com and teaches city slickers how to hunt.
Acting Class for the Modern Actor: Why Masterclass is Great
You can do a Google search for “the best acting class in Los Angeles” or “the best acting class in New York.” In fact, you could do that same search for any city in the country and you will probably get 100’s of results with 100’s of different answers. That’s to be...
The 7 best acting self tape tools under $20!
Here is my list of the 7 best acting self tape tools for under $20 to help you capture a great audition from wherever you happen to be. You can use just a couple to have a professional on-the-go set up, or you can add them together to build out a streamlined kit in your apartment that makes your last minute audition look and sound spectacular.
Episode 71: Clifton Samuels Acting on Broadway, Film and TV
Clifton Samules offers insights that have helped him as he has worked with the Cohen brothers, on NBC’s The Blacklist, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and on Broadway.
Episode 70: Michael Frederick and The Alexander Technique for Actors
Michael Frederick teaches workshops all over and helps actors get out of their own way using a method of body and mind alignment called the Alexander Technique.
Episode 69: 2017 Holiday Highlights from The Actor CEO Podcast
Take a listen to some of my favorite selections from our 2017 interviews.
Episode 68: Molly Goforth An Actor Repairs
Molly Goforth is a Spiritual Wellness Practitioner and the founder of An Actor Repairs, which offers workshops and facilitation to help actors reclaim the joy in their artistic lives.
Episode 67: Jeff Seymour The real Life Actor
Jeff Seymour started work as an actor in Television in 1979. In 1980 he began teaching acting. As a teacher, he’s travelled all over north America and Australia, teaching and lecturing. He wrote the highly acclaimed book on acting, The Real Life Actor. He currently has a podcast on iTunes about acting and the business.
Episode 66: Alexandra Boylan Producer
Alexandra also owns Mustard Seed Entertainment whose film “Catching Faith” had a two year run on Netflix and can be found on the shelves of Wal-Mart. Her most recent film “Wish For Christmas” sold to Pure Flix Entertainment and Universal Studios Home Entertainment.