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WORKING ACTOR
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| Craving a Copy, Jonesing for Juliet
November 21, 2008
I agreed to shoot a short scene with an acquaintance from acting school thinking I would receive a copy. I never signed a contract or any legally binding agreement. Do I have any recourse to get my work?
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Indie Worries, Grad School Wonders
November 17, 2008
If you're an an independent filmmaker planning to make a SAG-signatory film and using SAG actors, what will happen if SAG strikes? Will you have to put your production on hold?
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ASK A PROFESSIONAL
Do you agree with Stella Adler that talent is in choices?
November 06, 2008
Acting choices, career choices, life choices, strong choices, strange choices, no choices! Choices can be provided, taught, offered, worried about, and ignored.
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ACTORS CRAFT
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| 'Bedroom' Source
November 20, 2008
Here's a question worth considering: Do American actors donning British accents have more or less trouble than British actors donning American accents?
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Invalidation
November 19, 2008
Self-invalidation is the worst. It's you doing yourself in. It's you creating something and then, like Pac-man, chewing it all up. It's the worst. The fact is that almost always, this self-invalidation was originated by somebody else.
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BUSINESS OF ACTING
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| Forecasting Your Spending
November 21, 2008
The best way to combat uncertainties about money is to recognize which aspects of your financial life you have the power to control and to immediately employ tools allowing you to do so.
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Calculating SAG Residuals
November 14, 2008
Who doesn't love residuals? Each day holds the promise of my plain old mailbox becoming the magic mailbox. Let's briefly discuss how those checks that make our mailbox magic are calculated.
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FIRST PERSON
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| A Deer in Headlights
November 20, 2008
This can't be it. My agent would never send me to a private house for an audition, although I've heard this happens. I re-check the address on the email I printed out from my agent, and I'm in the right place. I open the gate.
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CAREER ADVICE
For actors, the same kinds of questions arise again and again. How can I get a headshot? How to join a union? To assist, Back Stage has created Career Advice. Concerned about your taxes as an actor? Look under Acting as a Business. Need tips on avoiding scams? Look under Getting Started. If you don't see your answer on any page, search our archives. Or click on any of the helpful links on each acting resource page. Good luck!
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Does Anyone Know... ?
Need advice on photographers? Classes? Moving to L.A. or NYC? Ask fellow actors on our message board.
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Is Starbucks Downsizing Affecting You?
November 17, 2008
Back Stage would like to speak with actors, writers, directors, and other performing artists who have worked at Starbucks who have been affected by the cutbacks.
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