-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.”

advice, stories, tips & tricks, and a hell of a lot of opinions: welcome to the OBA blog

You may have noticed a quite space on here in the last few weeks. Is that selfish to think that people notice when I don’t do 1BA posts? Probably.  Anyway, after I finished Season 2 of the podcast I was so very burnt out. I loved every minute of it (except the tech side….that shit […]

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June 11, 2018

The full video from our Podcast with badass makeup artist Molly Garder is live, enjoy! PS: below is a full list of the products she loves for us actors (women AND men) so get that Amazon cart ready and clean out that bathroom drawer! Beauty Products Black pro version of Beauty Blender  Laura Mercier primer […]

On Camera Makeup {Video} + Products From Our Favorite Makeup Artist

May 17, 2018

If you have been keeping up with the second season of the podcast, you’ll notice a subtle theme that seems to be arising…getting out of that me-focused space. All out guests have said it in some way or another, the constant focus on ourselves that is asked of us in the industry is exhausting and […]

May 7, 2018

This is really hard for me to admit. But it took me until about a year ago to actually be happy for other actors when they booked jobs. I would say I was happy for them. I would act excited and supportive. But I was none of those things. I would analyze why they’re working […]

April 30, 2018

You got put on hold!  HELL YEA BABY!  And now…what the actual fuck do you do?  This is a really good question and one that I am still figuring out. I spent 2017 referring to myself as the “Queen of Almost” because I was put on hold for a shit ton of stuff! It was […]

April 19, 2018

I have written several posts on side jobs in the past and it has been one of the most popular topics of discussion in the Bunch of Broke Actors FB group as well as on other platforms.  {See: History of Day Jobs Part 1, Part 2, oh and this too} I LOVE this topic, so […]

April 13, 2018

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