NYCastings - DirectSubmit » Kurtis Bright https://www.nycastings.com Casting Tools for Casting Directors and On-Camera Talent Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:20:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Five Habits of Actors Who Consistently Book Work https://www.nycastings.com/five-habits-of-actors-who-consistently-book-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-habits-of-actors-who-consistently-book-work https://www.nycastings.com/five-habits-of-actors-who-consistently-book-work/#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2023 21:58:16 +0000 http://www.nycastings.com/?p=13405 They say it takes 21 days to create a habit – or to break one. If you want to start an exercise program, or quit eating added sugar, or wake up earlier, science and self-help gurus will tell you that your big, bad, overly complicated human brain can be trained in just three weeks. Whether […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/five-habits-of-actors-who-consistently-book-work/feed/ 0 The Eternal Actor’s Question: How Can I Join SAG-AFTRA And Should I? https://www.nycastings.com/the-eternal-actors-question-how-can-i-join-sag-aftra-and-should-i/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-eternal-actors-question-how-can-i-join-sag-aftra-and-should-i https://www.nycastings.com/the-eternal-actors-question-how-can-i-join-sag-aftra-and-should-i/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:52:26 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=15673 For many actors the question of whether they want to join an actors’ union is a given: hell yes, I want to join! After all, that’s the dream, isn’t it? To be a true PROFESSIONAL actor, to make more money and to make steady money doing what you love. Who wouldn’t love to have higher […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/the-eternal-actors-question-how-can-i-join-sag-aftra-and-should-i/feed/ 0 Want to Get Better Actors? Write Better Casting Notices! https://www.nycastings.com/want-to-get-better-actors-write-better-casting-notices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=want-to-get-better-actors-write-better-casting-notices https://www.nycastings.com/want-to-get-better-actors-write-better-casting-notices/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:40:43 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=17100 It’s been said by great directors that 90% of great directing lies in great casting. So get started the right way… We spend a lot of time here focused on the industry from the perspective of the actor. And while that makes sense – there’s a whole lot of actors out there competing for a precious […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/want-to-get-better-actors-write-better-casting-notices/feed/ 0 5 Top Improv Movie Scenes https://www.nycastings.com/5-top-improv-movie-scenes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-top-improv-movie-scenes https://www.nycastings.com/5-top-improv-movie-scenes/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:32:03 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=17790 When we talk about the greatest movie scenes of all time, sometimes it’s easy to forget all the work that goes into them – and all the takes. That is, what you see on the screen, that couple of hours that’s burned into our memories, all those beautiful, epic, heart-rending and iconic moments we all […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/5-top-improv-movie-scenes/feed/ 0 Joaquin Phoenix’s Best ‘Joker’ Scenes https://www.nycastings.com/joaquin-phoenixs-best-joker-scenes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=joaquin-phoenixs-best-joker-scenes https://www.nycastings.com/joaquin-phoenixs-best-joker-scenes/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:20:00 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=17682 As awards season heats up and the Oscar nominations are grabbing entertainment headlines, one actor’s heartfelt, tortured performance in particular is the subject of much water cooler talk: of course that is Joaquin Phoenix for his brilliant turn as Arthur Fleck, aka Joker. (Spoilers ahead, but if you’re an actor and you haven’t seen Joker […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/joaquin-phoenixs-best-joker-scenes/feed/ 0 Typecasting Versus Finding Your Type: Embracing It Versus Fighting It https://www.nycastings.com/typecasting-versus-finding-your-type-embracing-it-versus-fighting-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=typecasting-versus-finding-your-type-embracing-it-versus-fighting-it https://www.nycastings.com/typecasting-versus-finding-your-type-embracing-it-versus-fighting-it/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:27:10 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=17530 One of the primary stepping stones that most actors have from a very young age, and what often drives us to pursue a career in acting is imagination. We were the kids who loved to play dress up, who created elaborate games of make-believe, who tormented our younger siblings (as tyrannical directors) to play bit […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/typecasting-versus-finding-your-type-embracing-it-versus-fighting-it/feed/ 0 Why Study Acting? https://www.nycastings.com/why-study-acting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-study-acting https://www.nycastings.com/why-study-acting/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:48:55 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=17527 “The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates “You know nothing, Jon Snow.” – Ygritte, Game of Thrones “I know.” – Jon Snow, Game of Thrones Did you ever have one of those friends, or a co-worker, or a cousin, who always claims to know all about whatever topic comes up no […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/why-study-acting/feed/ 0 5 New Years’ Resolutions for Actors to Take Your Career To The Next Level https://www.nycastings.com/5-new-years-resolutions-for-actors-to-take-your-career-to-the-next-level/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-new-years-resolutions-for-actors-to-take-your-career-to-the-next-level https://www.nycastings.com/5-new-years-resolutions-for-actors-to-take-your-career-to-the-next-level/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:47:58 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=17353 Well, we’re fully immersed in the doldrums season around the holidays where most everybody is in recovery from the overindulgence of Thanksgiving and already gearing up for the next big holiday. It’s really easy right about now to just rest on your laurels and halfheartedly hit whatever auditions happen to be around while your mind […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/5-new-years-resolutions-for-actors-to-take-your-career-to-the-next-level/feed/ 0 Don’t You Forget About Me: How to Make Sure You’re an Actor They’ll Remember https://www.nycastings.com/dont-you-forget-about-me-how-to-make-sure-youre-an-actor-theyll-remember/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-you-forget-about-me-how-to-make-sure-youre-an-actor-theyll-remember https://www.nycastings.com/dont-you-forget-about-me-how-to-make-sure-youre-an-actor-theyll-remember/#comments Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:33:36 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=17158 If you’ve been a working actor for any length of time, you’ve surely experienced the surreal moment of walking into an audition waiting room and seeing a dozen or more people who look a whole lot like you. I had the privilege of meeting the incredible John Carroll Lynch (Fargo, American Horror Story) after a […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/dont-you-forget-about-me-how-to-make-sure-youre-an-actor-theyll-remember/feed/ 0 Using Instagram to Launch Your Career https://www.nycastings.com/using-instagram-to-launch-your-career/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-instagram-to-launch-your-career https://www.nycastings.com/using-instagram-to-launch-your-career/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:15:10 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=14953 It’s hard to imagine in this social media-saturated world that there was a time before Facebook, before Twitter, even before MySpace. But that’s the ancient past of course. These days if you want to make a splash and grab some online eyeballs, you’re looking to Instagram, especially if you’re a performer. While platforms like Twitter […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/using-instagram-to-launch-your-career/feed/ 0 Get Your Look Together And Get Cast: The Importance Of Creating An Overall Package https://www.nycastings.com/get-your-look-together-and-get-cast-the-importance-of-creating-an-overall-package/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-your-look-together-and-get-cast-the-importance-of-creating-an-overall-package https://www.nycastings.com/get-your-look-together-and-get-cast-the-importance-of-creating-an-overall-package/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2019 19:20:03 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=15544 If you’re dedicated to the life of the working actor, then you know as well as I do how much fun we get to have doing the best job in the world. (The secret is we get to play!) And unlike mentally checked-out 9-to-5ers, we get the privilege of being fully engaged with doing what […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/get-your-look-together-and-get-cast-the-importance-of-creating-an-overall-package/feed/ 0 Actors Pay & Vetting – How Productions Shoot Themselves In The Foot Before They Ever Start Shooting Film https://www.nycastings.com/actors-pay-vetting-how-productions-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot-before-they-ever-start-shooting-film/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=actors-pay-vetting-how-productions-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot-before-they-ever-start-shooting-film https://www.nycastings.com/actors-pay-vetting-how-productions-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot-before-they-ever-start-shooting-film/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2019 20:38:14 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=17141 There’s an old truism regarding computers and data: garbage in, garbage out. If your data is flawed, you’re going to end up with flawed results. That should seem obvious, right? But what should also seem obvious but often isn’t discovered until it’s far too late to do anything about it is that if you lay […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/actors-pay-vetting-how-productions-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot-before-they-ever-start-shooting-film/feed/ 0 Success in Acting Means a Need for Speed https://www.nycastings.com/success-in-acting-means-a-need-for-speed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=success-in-acting-means-a-need-for-speed https://www.nycastings.com/success-in-acting-means-a-need-for-speed/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:49:45 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=17067 “Take all the time you need, and just go ahead and start whenever you’re ready.” As actors we’ve all heard some version of this sentence as we’re getting ready to read audition sides, rehearse something, or perform in a scene. There isn’t an acting coach or director out there who is going to rush you […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/success-in-acting-means-a-need-for-speed/feed/ 0 Be Prepared: It’s a Great Slogan For Actors And Scouts Alike https://www.nycastings.com/be-prepared-its-a-great-slogan-for-actors-and-scouts-alike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-prepared-its-a-great-slogan-for-actors-and-scouts-alike https://www.nycastings.com/be-prepared-its-a-great-slogan-for-actors-and-scouts-alike/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:42:28 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=16955 As creative professionals, it’s one of the great joys in any actor’s life to get thrown into an unexpectedly extra-creative situation while on stage or on set. Who doesn’t love it when a director or AD says something like, “Hey, why don’t you just try something and see what happens?” If you’re a newbie director […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/be-prepared-its-a-great-slogan-for-actors-and-scouts-alike/feed/ 0 15 Vital Production Terms Actors Need to Know On Set! https://www.nycastings.com/15-vital-production-terms-actors-need-to-know-on-set/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=15-vital-production-terms-actors-need-to-know-on-set https://www.nycastings.com/15-vital-production-terms-actors-need-to-know-on-set/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:36:19 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=16944 So you just got cast in your first professional production. Congratulations! Beyond the excitement and anticipation, for many first-time professional actors, stepping onto set can be a little intimidating. They don’t quite know where to go, or what to expect, and that nervousness can cause them to need more time to get fully into the […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/15-vital-production-terms-actors-need-to-know-on-set/feed/ 0 How To Get Directors To Notice You https://www.nycastings.com/how-to-get-directors-to-notice-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-directors-to-notice-you https://www.nycastings.com/how-to-get-directors-to-notice-you/#comments Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:58:27 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=16216 “A star does not compete with other stars around it; it just shines.”  – author Matshona Dhliwayo Anyone who has been in the acting game for more than five minutes realizes that it’s a crowded industry. Who among us hasn’t waited far too long in a hot, crowded room, absorbing the nervous, stressed-out energy of […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/how-to-get-directors-to-notice-you/feed/ 0 Show Them What You Got: The Importance of Updating Your Resume’s Special Skills https://www.nycastings.com/show-them-what-you-got-the-importance-of-updating-your-resumes-special-skills/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=show-them-what-you-got-the-importance-of-updating-your-resumes-special-skills https://www.nycastings.com/show-them-what-you-got-the-importance-of-updating-your-resumes-special-skills/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2019 19:19:38 +0000 http://www.nycastings.com/?p=12483 “If something isn’t special, then it’s ordinary.”  –Nora Roberts “It’s not usual to be unusual.”  –Syed Sharukh If you’re an actor, you are special, and you already know it. Don’t let anyone ever tell you different. Actors and other types of performers share a unique weirdness that compels us to behave in ways that are […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/show-them-what-you-got-the-importance-of-updating-your-resumes-special-skills/feed/ 0 Be a Cold-Blooded Killer: Bringing Your A-Game to the Cold Read https://www.nycastings.com/be-a-cold-blooded-killer-bringing-your-a-game-to-the-cold-read/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-a-cold-blooded-killer-bringing-your-a-game-to-the-cold-read https://www.nycastings.com/be-a-cold-blooded-killer-bringing-your-a-game-to-the-cold-read/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:57:02 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=16508 As actors we spend a lot of time obsessing about auditions – with good reason, of course. We are in the only profession that I know of that requires workers to go to job interview after job interview for much of their career. No sooner do you get hired for one job before you’re off […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/be-a-cold-blooded-killer-bringing-your-a-game-to-the-cold-read/feed/ 0 How to Get Seen at Equity Auditions https://www.nycastings.com/how-to-get-seen-at-equity-auditions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-seen-at-equity-auditions https://www.nycastings.com/how-to-get-seen-at-equity-auditions/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:36:45 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=16347 How to Get Seen at Equity Auditions… It’s a tale as old as time – or at least as old as our modern definition of work: you get out of school, your fresh little brain just jam-packed with new knowledge that you’re eager to parley into work in your field to earn some sweet, sweet […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/how-to-get-seen-at-equity-auditions/feed/ 0 Unions and Other Resources for the Working Actor in the U.K. https://www.nycastings.com/unions-and-other-resources-for-the-working-actor-in-the-u-k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unions-and-other-resources-for-the-working-actor-in-the-u-k https://www.nycastings.com/unions-and-other-resources-for-the-working-actor-in-the-u-k/#comments Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:46:49 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=16331 We’re all different, we actors. Especially when it comes to the creative industries, everybody carves out their own path. No two roads are exactly the same when it comes to becoming a working actor – some of us start out acting literally just out of the cradle, others come to the business later in life. […]

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