A few weeks back I told you to always “feel free to make it your own.” Remember? I said that hosting auditions mostly want to see YOU not necessarily their copy.
Well, I am eating crow right now because I was SO wrong, at a recent audition. Continue reading
Sometimes getting away (even for just a weekend) can do wonders for one’s perspective on their career. Currently I’m sitting in seat 8A of a Southwest Airlines flight en route to Washington, DC, for a family event. Continue reading
Have you ever wanted success so much that it left you with a pang inside? Continue reading
Well OK that could have sounded naughty, but it’s totally innocent, I swear! Continue reading
Sorry, people, but it was bound to happen, at some point. I can only flower things up for so long before I have to get into the totally lame and boring topic of keeping track of your notes.
Like I said, BORING! Continue reading
Whenever I read in the trades that Joe Blow will be hosting XYZ show OR when I find out that Jane Blow just got hired for a job that I was up for, I immediately (if not sooner) Google them. Kinda like before a blind date! Continue reading
I was just in a meeting at a management firm and noticed the above quote, on a whiteboard. I stopped the meeting to write it down because it is so profoundly appropriate for me… and, probably many of us. Hence, why I’m blogging about it.
The bottom line is that many of us chase any and every opportunity that crosses our pathway because what if it’s THE big break? Well, I’m here to say that this approach may not be the most productive use of time.
Trust me when I tell you, I try to do it ALL. But, I’m slowly learning that sometimes you’ve just got to follow Nancy Reagan’s sentiment and “Just say, ‘No!’.” Continue reading
What? I know what you’re thinking… being discouraged is ok and not counterproductive? Well, IF and only IF you utilize that frustration to create something out of it.
Here’s my story… Continue reading
I was at a hosting audition today and was paired up with a cute guy as my co-host. FUN! Continue reading
Somebody called me the other day asking if I had the name of a good headshot photographer, for hosts. Naturally, I have a great headshot photographer (Elias McCabe); however, I would hardly say he’s particular to hosts, or even actors, for that matter. I would say he’s a dang good photographer period. Continue reading
