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View and Share this Online 95% of us can’t make a living from acting 85% of us make less than £10,000 a year from it. Low pay Minimal royalties ai. We are increasingly being forced into positions that keep us weak. Financially weak. Spiritually weak. And the worst part is, we think we can’t do anything about it. How do I make $8 (£5.91) last for six days? That was the question Ashlea Bassham had been struggling with. 32p per meal. Until she came upon a secret facebook group, 50 people strong….

Book #1 saved me from being a 32 year old man still afraid of checking his bank account (I was 31 when i read it) In Book #5 I discovered the meaning of life Book #2 was how i survived being humiliated on set. Book #3 said that i could become a Macbook Pro, if I just figure out my backstory. I did and i did. Book #4 confirmed my deepest beliefs: I was a fucking amateur. Now I am not. None of these are about acting. All will make you a better actor. If you prefer to watch your books, I’ve…

I’m just going to outline what I am doing here I started writing this letter because I was fed up with seeing the same generic advice over and over again: Network Work on your craft Take a workshop in the X, Y, Z methods Use your Industry connections This is how to get into drama school Attend this casting director workshop Blah blah blah. All either for beginners, or relying on the “get more lucky by doing this” notion. But nothing concrete. And nothing really for us. The actors in the…

some common sense… Are You An Idiot? Here are some things I have been thinking about this week: A) Common sense I heard my neighbour yelling at her kid the other day “For god’s sake, just use your common sense!” From what I can gather, the kid sprayed a garden chair with a hose. I