-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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Halloween is officially tomorrow and the true Halloween parties were over the past weekend, leaving us smack dab in what is (fucking finally) fall. And real fall. Like, I wore a sweater today fall.  We have ARRIVED! If you live in LA you’ve lasted through the heat-wave that was everyone else’s Pumpkin Spice season opener. […]

October Favs

October 30, 2017

After Ciara’s awesome appearance on the podcast this past week, I thought it would be a great time to re-post her previous article on the blog! And in the greatest way, there is actually way more story to tell in the article below! Enjoy! Up next at bat in our “actors who don’t change diapers […]

1.6- Ciera Payton: Biracial Casting, Hollywood Diversity, Envisioning your Future

October 27, 2017

Maybe it’s the midwesterner in me. Maybe it’s just that I’m a nice person deep (somedays very deep) down. But I have a baseline of kindness I think most people should uphold.  LA gets a bad wrap in my opinion. “This place sucks” and “these people suck” are thrown around all too often for my […]

October 16, 2017

Dear Mr. Weinstein,  Hi. Let me introduce myself. I was your future victim.  I am a working actress in Hollywood with a career in front of her and a lot to prove. I have worked with people whom I did not like and shown a brave face in times of adversity. I have been harassed. I […]

October 10, 2017

If you missed this week’s podcast, you’re not alone!  It came out late due to some technical difficulties, boo. But it was packed full of gems and hilarious stories, yay! Brian Unger gave us some solid auditioning advice I want to reiterate here for you.   The majority of actors I chat with on the small […]

October 10, 2017

Hey guys! Before I release you over to Ben I want to give you some context. In my pervious article, I reached out to a bunch of folks I know who are NON-actors dating/in relationships/married to actors.  I got some stellar responses, but Ben’s (practically an essay) by far took the cake.  Following the podcast […]

October 8, 2017

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