-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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Taking you on an inside peak into my kitchen, my makeup bag, my TV watch-list, and beyond…I bring you the revamped (formerly “Stuff I’m Obsessed With”), My Monthly Product Placement.  {Why the overtly obvious name? I hate when bloggers pretend they are giving you their “fav things” or whatever. Like, bitch I saw you open […]

My Monthly Product Placement: February

February 9, 2018

When you move to LA you will panic. If you’re from here, you will panic less probably. I dunno, I’m not from here.   I totally fucking panicked. Money panic was high on that list. So of course I did what you do and got on Craig’sList and stared searching for jobs like a mad […]

Get a Day Job You Like

February 6, 2018

This very common phrase throws actors for a loop often! You are not alone. This vague sentence can be very daunting: do they mean my full reel and headshot and resume OR do they want to see my commercial work and my portfolio of looks? Ahhhh my reel and headshot are OLD. OMG I don’t have […]

January 30, 2018

Piggy-backing on last week’s post, I hate to break it to you, but I am pretty on point with this. Here are some things you will roughly 99% do in your first few years in LA, in no particular order: – Everyone from where you used to live will think everything you do is interesting […]

January 25, 2018

Oh the perks of being in SAG….well…screeners mostly. I love being able to vote for these awards because it really pushes me to watch things I would not have and see some performances I would have sadly missed. So let me encourage YOU to sample a little of all of these, but if you’re curious, […]

January 20, 2018

I can’t tell you how often this comes up in conversations since I started this site, and even before that. I have never been bothered by this question because to me it means I must come off as knowledgeable in some way….cool.  In our awesome Broke Actors Facebook group (if you’re reading this and you’re […]

January 16, 2018

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