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8 Ways to be Great!
📌 Being great is simply a belief mindset that you are willing to do whatever it takes, no matter how long it takes and no matter how many barriers you have to overcome in order to complete your goal and reach your dream. Have faith that it will get done. Focus on working tirelessly, creatively, and consistently towards it, step by step, and trusting that it will get done.
How to Realistically Accomplish Your Goals
here are times when we don’t feel like we have the motivation or the energy to get the things done that we need to get done. The way you find energy and motivation on the days that your lagging is to take immediate action. Taking action, and finishing a task (no matter how small), will give you a sense of accomplishment.
7 Tips for Being an Organized Actor
There is tremendous power in being organized. It frees your mind and relieves stress. It gives you focus so that you can become more productive and achieve your goals. But more importantly, it gives you power to create as an artist.
2 TIPS for Musical Artist on How to Act on Screen
Acting in a musical comes with its own set of challenges and obstacles. It has a specific technique and training that is unique to the medium, as does acting in front of the camera.
Musical theaters artist tend to forget that acting in front of the camera does not need the large gestures and actions that you need to communicate intention as when you act in a musical. You don’t need to push with your body or large hand gestures, and you certainly don’t need heavy breathing and big rolling eye gestures. When you make these large gestures in front of the camera, you are overacting.
Douglas Taurel is a professional actor who has worked on numerous Television and Film projects. Recently The Gabbie Petito Story (Lead opposite Thora Birch,) The Kindergarten Teacher (starring Maggie Gyllenhaal), and The Cobbler (starring Dustin Hoffman and Adam Sandler). TV credits: FBI MOST Wanted, The Affair, Mr. Robot, The Americans, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, The Following, Damages, Nurse Jackie, and he is also one of the recurring voices in the video game Red Redemption.
He's built a seasoned resume with characters living on the edge of life. The Los Angeles Times said his work on Nurse Jackie, "Nurse Jackie gets her most fascinating character yet to date."
Great Questions for Actors to Prepare for Casting Directors and Agents