March Reel Competition!

Every month, ActorBean.com has a competition for The Best Actor Reel, ever. We rotate between the absolutely ridiculous and the submission of standard “serious”, agent-submission material.
This month we celebrated Meisner with the “Worst Meisner Exercise, Ever”

Grand Prize: Jackson wins a free round trip ticket on Virgin America from New York to Los Angeles!

Winners [...]

Have $3 In Your Paypal? Use it to Finance A Film with KickStarter.com

It’s almost midnight in LA but… how cool is this site?
Kickstarter.com is a site we accidentally stumbled upon thanks to Nate Taylor (his feature film Forgetting the Girl will be unveiled this year), that actually helps young film directors FINANCE projects!
Take this young chap for example. He’s bald, he’s kind of funny, and he’s [...]

Acting Reel: How Long Should It Be?

An actor’s reel is ideally about 2 minutes long. Any shorter, they don’t get to see what you can do. Any longer, the attention span is shot — unless you’re the next Meryl Streep. And let’s face it — your probably aren’t. No offense! You may — and hopefully will [...]

How To Be Confident In The Audition Room

Short of drinking a gigantic bottle of Vodka… it’s a a bit tough to walk into a major network television audition completely relaxed.

And you know what?  At an audition, you don’t really want to be completely relaxed… the natural energy stirred about by being excited and nervous at the same time is a good thing. [...]

The Actor’s Agency List

Ever wanted a list of agencies you could research and submit to? Check out our list here — these are the hottest big agencies & boutiques out there, complete with contact information like address, phone numbers, emails, and agent names.
The “BIG” Celebrity Agencies

Creative Artists Alliance (CAA)
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
USA
Phn: 424-288-2000
Fax: [...]

How To Get An Agent’s Attention

There are a few ways to get the exclusive eyeyballs of a top four agent — i.e. a powerplayer at William Morris Endeavor, CAA, ICM, or UTA.  You can do one of three things, essentially:
1)  Sleep with a big agent
2)  Be related to a big agent
3)  Do something unconventional and affectant to a big agent

There [...]

Headshot Session: WHAT DO I WEAR?

Like we’ve touched on before, a headshot session is a freakin’ stressful part of an actor’s career.  The shots have to rock, and you’re dropping quite a bit of money in an effort to “get this one right”.
So, two days before the session — you’re rummaging through your closet, wondering:  what the heck do I [...]

How to Choose an Awesome Headshot Photographer

Let’s face it… headshots (besides the eternally wallet-opening get an agent One-on-Ones), are one of the most expensive tools in an actor’s career.  They’re absolutely unavoidable, some can cost more than a month of rent, and they have to turn out absolutely, utterly fantastic.  Easy deciding who to shoot with?  Yeah right.
So… who are the [...]

Headshot Session: How to Shoot for Free

We’re all feeling the economic crunch — and let’s face it.  We actors always seem to be in a… ‘less than awesome’ financial state.  So when it comes to headshots, some of us literally can’t afford to spend any money getting them.   Do we give up, and get Bob across the hall in 4C to [...]