Great interview in The Hollywood Reporter with Drescher and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
PLEASE WATCH MY FIRST-EVER STAND-UP PERFORMANCE AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS!! BOY WAS I NERVOUS LOLZ. LAUREN BLACK STAND UP: https://youtu.be/-_rwos96KIs
Hello actors, There seems to be a good amount of information (and misinformation) going on about the SAG-AFTRA strike and how it affects each of us as artists and creators. I encourage you guys to go to www.sagaftrastrike.org as the primary source of information moving forward. However, I'd also like to use this platform to help you all by answering any questions about the strike and what is going on. I will try to use this topic to give updates as they come. About Me: I have been a SAG AFTRA member since 2006, have served multiple times on nominating committees, attended multiple town halls and contract W&Ws, and I have been an active member of the #AdsGoUnion campaign for the past 5 years. I am also a teacher for NBC Launch's Outreach Program for Creatives and East West Players, the longest running theater of color in Los Angeles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQiO8ZeK2Hs
Well, now things should get very interesting.
This is a text from Wendy Alane Wright on the Talent Manager for Actors group, Facebook:
"Be very careful in this business. There are people all around it that will promise you things they will never deliver. And when your brand new and you desperately want to get in, you may agree to things because you want an opportunity so badly and you don’t know which opportunities are real and which ones are not. 
TIPS:
1. Don’t sign anything just because somebody asks you to. You have the right to take it and have it looked over by an attorney, a mentor, agent or manager.
2. Don’t believe that there’s a timeline on being successful in this business. If someone says “you have to do it now or you’re not going to become an actor” it’s bullshit.
3. When new singers want to get in the business, they get so excited and they blow so much money on bad production deals, paying thousands and thousands of dollars to “producers.” They offer to produce four songs for them and ask them to sign a contract that literally owns the publishing, so the artist isn’t gonna make a cent - and they never tell you that.
4. There are people out there that call themselves “filmmakers” that want to put you in “their film” and they have no intention of completing a film. They just want to spend time with you, sleep with you, string you along. Always check the IMDbPro page always look for references. 
Some of these people have “projects” that go on for years and years and years, and never get made, never get finished. You won’t know this if your new - this comes from 30 years of experience and the ability to look backwards and see things you have not seen yet.
5. Do not trust any person that says they can make you a star. Or say that they can make you successful overnight. Hollywood success does NOT happen overnight.
Never has, never will, never does.
EVER.
When you’re on the outside trying to get in you want to believe anything and everything. We understand that and THEY DO TOO. Hollywood is full of bullshit artists, pretending to be legit agents, managers, producers writers. Always, always do your research on IMDbPro and get references. 
The TMFA is here to protect you. We can smell bullshit a mile away.
Bring any questions you have about anybody, or anything to this group we will guide you and tell you whether it’s real or not.
We have your back and you are not alone. "
If you wish to join the "Talent Manager for Actors" group on Facebook, this is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/843656639050766
Hey Actors,
This clip is a bit silly, but certainly an interesting piece of film history. Enjoy!
Hey Superstars! Michelle Alexandria, PGA Member, Executive Producer at Light Year Pictures, Head of Int. Sales and Acquisitions at 123 Go Films Distribution, and Stage 32 Thought Leader is hosting an AMA in the Financing Lounge today, focused on "How To Attract Financing". Don't miss out on this great opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the financing process! Please comment on the post when you can and share it with your networks.
Is your acting work really slow or dead? Watch this video and learn 5 amazing strategies to resurrect your career. https://youtu.be/VvVeb7T4tUg
Hello everyone! As someone who has just been concentrating on writing for the last 6 years, I've decided that I want to put myself out there for acting more. I got off a call with a videographer I know who I'm going to pay a monthly sum to be my content creator. Do you guys like that idea? Also, what other things do you guys think I should be concentrating on doing as a 'new' actor?
We'll know more by the 12th. In the meantime...thoughts?
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Juliette Binoche is my favourite actress. I love this quote from her, about the Binoche retrospective. This for me is a precious quote and, I think, an inspiration to any actor.
Introducing The Open Studio On Camera Acting Class.
I've been working on something for the last few years in acting class that I thought I'd share with the Lounge (all credit to my acting teacher, feel free to message me and I'll be happy to send the class info). When you study improv, don't focus on being an "improv" actor. Instead, use the opportunity to develop characters on the fly. Those archetypes will come in big time as you pick up new scripts for auditions or do cold reads. Case in point: I'm developing an undercover cop character, Det. Ben Albright, LAPD (an intelligent but slightly bumbling and put upon investigator). The other day, I received an audition to play the third wheel/comedic relief in a cop movie, and using the base of Ben Albright on top of the script, I was able to put down tape that honored the written word while making the character three-dimensional and unique to me.
Happy 4th of July Stage 32ers!!!
Hi, Everyone!