Hollywood Dream Maker: Acting class with Master Teacher Billy Gallo

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• The Secret World of Scriptwriting. Elevate Your Scriptwriting Game with Mike Cheda

  April 9, 2024 · 55 min

  Movies used to be good, and now they are kind of s****y. After taking a film class almost by chance, Mike Cheda spent years honing his craft as a scriptwriter and executive producer at HBO and the Walt Disney Studios before feeling he…

• Behind the Scenes with Mike Markoff: Be A Character and Not An Actor Auditioning

  March 12, 2024 · 1 hr 3 min

  We're all here because, for some odd reason, we have this uncanny ability to believe in imaginary circumstances really, really hard. So much that they are our own, in the most intimate kind of way. Mike Markoff knew he belonged on stage at…

• From Model to Mentor: Lessons from The Model Maker, Diana Gallo

  February 27, 2024 · 45 min

  Now that I am where I am and look back, everything I did prepared me to create the Manhattan Model Studio. Diana Gallo, aka The Model Maker, has over 20 years of experience modeling professionally, appearing on magazine covers…

• Stop Acting; Be Truthful. Tips To Uncover Your Star Power

  February 13, 2024 · 28 min

  Create the character. Load it up with your soul. Leave a piece of your soul behind in that audition, and they will feel it. Most aspiring actors walk into an audition hoping they don't forget their lines and somebody likes them enough to…

• Anastasia Griffith. What Is Acting Healing You From?

  January 30, 2024 · 57 min

  What I love about the stories of how people become actors is that we were filling wounds, and when we get underneath, we understand there are subconscious beliefs that brought us here. Anastasia Griffith is a film and TV Actress and an…

• The Unknown Side of Auditions. Insights from Casting Director John Frank Levey

  January 16, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min

  They're not really accidents at all. It's not some lightning strike of good fortune that's bashing you in the head; it's a result of your being on a journey. John Frank Levey didn't know it, but his life was about to radically change the…

• End of the Year Recap and Gratitude, Advice, and Tips To Make 2024 your Year In Hollywood

  December 12, 2023 · 24 min

  I don't teach acting; I don't want to see anybody act. I want to see you be real. The camera is a lie detector, but it's also a truth detector.  In today's episode, the last one before the end-of-the-year break, I take a moment to look…

• Keep Going, Even After Hitting the Gold Vein with David Llauger Meiselman

  November 28, 2023 · 1 hr 0 min

  If you really want something, do it, and then just keep doing it, and doing it until you get really good at it. Born in New York and raised in Chicago, David Llauger Meiselman grew up in a gypsy, artsy-fartsy environment that heavily…