Acting

#4) Actors move to LA with no sense of higher purpose. Whether you're just moving to LA or have lived here and pursued a career for years, it is important to develop a sense of purpose that will give you continued passion to pursue your acting dreams. Often we can approach our success from an ego or soul point of view. Ego is all about self-interest and soul is about contribution. Most of us want success as an actor both from a ego and soul point of view. But ultimately your source of passion...

Hey Stage 32 family. I've been thinking a lot about the mistakes I made when I first came to LA and prompted me to write this and share with you.“Move to LA! Get to where the Big Studios are! Get to where the action is and make it happen!” Whether you’re a well-trained actor from New York or a newbie from Idaho, there seems to be this overwhelming need for so many actors to get to Hollywood. It’s the excitement of making it here that compels actors to move out to LA without a focused plan or h...

So... I needed some stress relief from my day job (CPA and Business Manager for high net worth individuals). That’s how my acting career (on-camera and voice over) began. I asked my wife to bring home the continuing education catalogue from UCLA. Looking for an art class, flower design, photography or anything to relieve the stress, my eyes focused on a Voice Over class taught by a local radio disc jockey. Coincidentally, I had just met a voice over actor the night before. I really did not kn...

In November's On Stage with RB, Stage 32 Founder & CEO, RB, had 1,000 Stage 32 members join him and special guests, 6-time Emmy winner Chris Boardman and VP of Development and Production at Rumble Films, Stephanie Wilcox. For over 2-1/2 hours RB went over site features, talked about the industry and opened up the floor for questions from our community in our most epic On Stage with RB yet! Our first guest up was Stage 32 member Chris Boardman, who is an Academy-nominated and Emmy winning...

You will hate this blog. Not the most inspiring of beginnings, but bear with me… I struggled as a voice talent for almost 15 years. Before that, I went to college and graduate school for acting. It turns out that while I was pretty good at acting, I hated the lifestyle. I hated the competition and how it brought out the worst in people. I hated, well, other actors. Their insecurity, their need to act as a form of therapy, their love of Ramen Noodles. I hated actors because I saw too much o...

Hello Stage 32! I’m here today to talk to you about this little career choice of ours called “Acting”. Let’s be honest, the world (ourselves included before we actually got into this whole mess) gives us this glorified, set-on-a-pedestal, shiny image of a life of spotlights and fame. Even for those of us who chose this career for the “beauty and honesty of the craft” have visions of pouring our hearts and souls into an Academy-award-worthy performance to be lauded by generations of aspiring acto...

"When it comes to art, you're either in, or not in. If you're half in, you're not in." -- Richard "RB" Botto Our thanks to Duane Barnhart from The Door Post Project for having our Founder and CEO, Richard "RB" Botto, on his highly popular podcast featuring entrepreneurs in the entertainment industry. For an hour Duane and RB discussed RB's background from New York to LA, how he got into the entertainment business, and the evolution of Stage 32.  They went over breaking into the busines...

How Two Writers Turned 121 Hours of TVs Biggest Cult Hit Into a Two Hour Musical How do you turn one of television’s most beloved sci-fi dramas into a two-hour comedy musical? At first the idea seemed impossible. Unreachable. A crazy lingering thought that is quickly thought of and forgotten even faster. I’ve had these thoughts before. The time I wanted to turn the Old Testament into short comedy vignettes. Or the time I dreamed of forming a comedy boy band. These thoughts are ridiculous,...

1,000 Stage 32 members from 36 countries joined our Founder and CEO, RB, for the October 2014 edition of On Stage with RB.  For almost 3 hours he went over site features, answered Stage 32 community member questions and brought on 2 special guests for exciting interviews – Mitchell Peck and David Rountree. 25 year producing veteran Mitchell Peck talked about the current state of the film industry as it relates to production and development. Mitchell also explained how he raised funding for an...

A career as an actor, for me, has been like riding a roller coaster.  I’ve done my fair share of student films, low to no budget indies, and the like. While I’ve been thankful for each and every one of these opportunities, it is so incredibly satisfying to see a progression and evolution to my work as well.    Highlights of this year include seeing the release of two feature films I appear in and learning that A Crime to Remember – a show I had the lead in for the pilot episode - won an Emmy i...