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“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you” Anne lamott Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe Here Don’t worry if you are feeling a bit blurgh at the moment. If you are feeling overwhelmed or brain foggy. If you have had a rejection-filled week. If you have been made to feel small in an audition. If you’re getting fed up with hearing nothing back. If you feel creatively drained or demotivated. If you are uncertain about where you will be in the next…

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” Haruki Murakami Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe Here I’m really very sorry about this. I was in the middle of sending you a breakdown of the selftape that booked me a job on the scottish docu-drama, Outlander. It was supposed to be a glorious return of Selftape Pizza, the first of the year. But just before I sent it to you my deep research team (me) realised the tape has plot spoilers in it (that i’d completely forgotten about) and the…

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves” viktor frankl Buenos Dias. Today we’re looking at why one actor said this: and another said this: and why they’re both wrong. Let’s begin. Our industry thrives on scarcity. On gatekeepers. On making us think we are competing with each other for scraps. But we are not. We’re not fighting for the same 10 roles. We’re all trying to build sustainable careers in a broken system that wants us desperate and…

“…not because it is easy, but because it is hard.” JFK Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe Here Good Bank holiday monday morning to you today we’re travelling around the moon. Coming up in the letter: 🚀 What an actor can learn from an astronaut Let’s get to it the Moonshot… This week i have been glued to the Nasa Live stream. or as Margot put it: “Big Brother in Space” I’ve collected some of my favourite pictures from the last 5 days of space, along with some thoughts about how it…

“NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP” thomas the tank engine Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe Here There is so much shit out there telling you to give up. There are so many people out there who will argue that to follow your passion is to live unrealistically in this world. That you should be smart and earn your way sensibly. To them i say “O captain my captain” To them I say no. This world needs those who believe in art, who believe in artists who believe in it all. Who look at what is beautiful…

“Where your fear is, there is your task.” Carl Jung Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe Here First day on set and i’m sitting in the back of a minivan looking at my hand. “Alex…? you alright mate?” I look up it’s Noah the 3rd AD “It’s just, they need you on set for a camera rehearsal” I look around. Everyone else has left the bus. I stare back at my hand it’s trembling. I’m afraid the director is going to think he’s made a terrible mistake I’m afraid my costars are going to think i’m a…

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” Anaïs Nin Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe Here (This email was originally sent out on Monday – if it ended up in your junk, just drag it over to your main inbox. Alternatively if you no longer find them useful then feel free to unsubscribe at anytime. ) Hello you cheeky monkey As we hit the 62nd edition of the newsletter I thought it might be useful to point you towards a few past editions that could help with any problems you’ve…

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” Anaïs Nin Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe Here Hello you cheeky monkey As we hit the 62nd edition of the newsletter I thought it might be useful to point you towards a few past ones that could help with whatever you’ve got in front of you this week. If you’re dealing with any of the below, I’ve linked to the edition that might help. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, reply to this email and I’ll send you something useful….

“To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s” fyodor Dostoevsky Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe Here (This email was originally sent out on Monday – if it ended up in your junk, just drag it over to your main inbox. Alternatively if you no longer find them useful then feel free to unsubscribe at anytime. ) I made $1250 recording my first audiobook. It took me 18 months of getting everything wrong before I booked that job. So I decided to create the guide I…

“To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s” fyodor Dostoevsky Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe Here Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. I keep having a Groundhog day conversation. When I’m talking to another actor and I tell them my day job is narrating audiobooks from my bedroom they’ll usually say something along the lines of: Ah, I’ve been meaning to get into that but… and then one of the following: i’m not technical I can’t really afford it right now I…