Learn the unspoken rules of Setiquette to succeed as a background actor. Last Friday, I sat in the front row of a Spanish mission church in San Gabriel, doing my job as a member of a fictional congregation for Eric Arevalo’s film, Faith. A... Read more »

Oh the dream of becoming a world class casting director slowly fades when it’s 5pm on a Friday and you want to tear your hair out (or what’s left of it) because, suddenly you get a phone call that the actor meetings you have scheduled... Read more »

Freelancing is a great deal…when you’re getting regular work. For starters you tend to get paid extremely well, you make A LOT of contacts in the industry and you have a lot of freedom to pick and choose the jobs you want to do.  But... Read more »

My sister and her husband are here on a rare visit from the Midwest, and to celebrate, I asked them to see Avatar with our mother and me. It was to be my second viewing of the film, but I had wanted to see Avatar again so I could study … Tags:... Read more »

  And What I Learned From It. I just got back from my first trip to Sundance, where we premiered our movie HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE in dramatic competition. What an amazing experience!  To get a standing ovation on your first movie is pretty... Read more »

Background actors need to use a delicate blend of preparation and spontaneity, just like actors. One of the skills I used while starring in a funny little CSUN student film A Taste For Danger last spring in Burbank and Northridge was making... Read more »

It is now three weeks into my time off from the last film I worked on, which I believe has the potential to be a cinematic gem, if not a classic.  So much depends on so many things that will take place in the editing room, in the decisions... Read more »

My background acting career grew from my decades-long love of film and television. I grew up losing myself in the silver screen and I wanted to be part of the magic. The late Robert Altman gave me my first job in the biz, working with Glenda... Read more »

  Crews was a background actor in 40 feature films shot on the East Coast, including Black Sunday, Body Heat and the James Bond film, Licence to Kill. Crews moved to Los Angeles in 1998 and has acted in feature films and TV while teaching... Read more »

Probably all the bloggers on this site and anyone who works in Hollywood or New York in the great business of Show Business knows the name Bernie Brillstein.  Bernie was legendary, managing many of Saturday Night Lives’ stars, including SNL’s... Read more »

Happy New Year…   Anyway… Back to work and just finished casting a wonderful film, “Touchback.” The cast is, if I do say so myself, wonderful and I could not be happier with how it all came together. I had very little time... Read more »