-Michael Caine

 “First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.”

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We’re back with another installment in our headshot photographer miniseries with Atlanta based photographer Chase Anderson. Recommended by our resident Atlanta Queen Gabrielle Byndloss, Chase is a renowned photographer who has used his acting experience to enhance his clients session and get shots that work. In this episode we get into Chase’s journey from working […]

Headshots According to Atlanta Photographer Chase Anderson

February 1, 2024

In this comprehensive guide, I’m using my 13 years in the acting industry to provide you with a step-by-step process to fostering a long-term, sustainable acting career in 2024. The emphasis is not just on how to break into the industry, but how to stay in it. I’m dispeling the myth that talent always equates […]

How To Be An Actor in 2024: step by step process of starting your acting career

January 22, 2024

Happy New Year!! Gabrielle and I are right back into the swing of things and dive into a candid conversation about the ups and downs of being both a actors and entrepreneurs. I just moved, and so it truly feels like such a fresh start. With each fresh start though, it’s so important to set […]

January 11, 2024

In this episode, I sit down with the fabulous Gabrielle Byndloss to reflect on the past year and discuss our wins and losses, or what we did well and what we did poorly. I’ve been doing this ever since my friend Ashli Pollard shared it with me, and I’ve found it to be a great […]

December 7, 2023

Gabrielle Byndloss is back for more candid conversations about our Working Actor Life. We dive deep into one of our most asked questions: how the heck did we get started on our side jobs? We get honest about the pros and cons about working from home (including having to work when you are deathly ill […]

November 17, 2023

I had an entirely different plan for this video but, after one scroll session on TikTok, I am fired up. I saw video after video of day-in-the-life-of-an-actor content, which I love and think we need more of, but each one only showed the highlight reels. The days on set. Working for Netflix. Booking a dream […]

August 24, 2023

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