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Guys & Gals: Show Off Your Best Self When You Get a Make Over in ELLE Magazine this Fall
ELLE copyThis just in: ELLE Magazine’s Creative Director Joe Zee wants to make YOU over for his upcoming column. Hurry and click here to apply today: this casting expires on November 2nd! I would hate for you to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime chance to get huge exposure in a leading fashion mag! Just think…once you’ve done a shoot in ELLE magazine you’ll have a great clip to send to casting directors, modeling agencies… anyone… nationwide! How impressive!
Acting Tips
Life is a roller coaster… Stay balanced, no matter what comes your way!

BlackberryThe life of a performer can definitely be a roller coaster. You can go from working several gigs at once to none at all. This unpredictable spin makes life challenging and can affect you physically as well as emotionally.

Say you aren’t working– you might wake up everyday at noon and go to the gym, cook meals, run errands, meet up with friends. Then all of a sudden, you have a new gig that involves 12 hour days and a bad commute.
Acting Tips
Casting Director Courtney: How to Network When You’re On Location!

Coffee shopJust about everyone feels most comfortable in their home city, where they have developed close relationships with friends and coworkers. It’s refreshing to go to your favorite coffee stop, see your local hairdresser, jog by your favorite park, and so on.

However, in this business, you may not always have the comfort of being in your hometown. But there are also amazing opportunities where you go on location!

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I finally attended an audition last week. I studied my monologue for a few days and was ready to show them my talent. Then, when the casting director called me in to perform, they took one look at me and gave me a whole different monologue to read ice cold! I was so nervous an unprepared that I blew it. How can I better prepare for a cold read next time?

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A cold read can be a scary thing. You've never read the script in your life, so how can you give your best performance? Well, you don't have to...

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