Happy New Year! I hope you have been enjoying the holidays and are ready to have a spectacular 2018. Thank you for your interest, attention, and support throughout 2017. Here’s a look back at the ideas that moved me enough to write about them this year. I hope they help…
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How to Handle the Ups and Downs of an Entertainment Industry Career
Whether you’ve spent a day or a decade in Hollywood, you know life in La La Land is a series of ups and downs. The peaks and valleys of the entertainment industry are as inevitable as the geography upon which this city was raised. My life and career have been…
How To Change Your Luck In Hollywood
“Luck” Photo by Erwin More of More Medavoy When I hear people talk about actors, I often hear “luck” referenced as a reason for their success. “Sure,” I say. But then, I define luck as being prepared when opportunity arrives. You may not create it exactly, but you sure as…
5 Things Every Actor Can Learn From The Beatles
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” – Buddha The Beatles Knew What It Took to Be an Actor There’s no shortage of takes on The Beatles and what they meant to music, culture, and even history at large. So forgive…
You Have to Sign the Town Before You Sign the Talent
“Sign Over L.A.” Photo by Erwin More of More Medavoy Over the years in this business, I’ve seen many talented people drift away because success didn’t come within their expected timeframe. They’ve spent years at an agency, booked a few commercials, and they get worn out because they just can’t…
A Day in the Life of a Manager
photos courtesy of Jordan Matter If you do not have a clear objective, you have no definition of winning. If you do not have a clear strategy, you have no chance of winning. If all you have are tactics, you have no right to win. Sharing. Selling. Servicing. By sharing,…
Hollywood vs Hollywouldn’t: 12 Tips to Help Actors Navigate the Hollywood Landscape
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you have always got.” – Henry Ford I love actors. Compared to most people, actors are often more personable – they feel more free to access their feelings and emotions. They tend to be more in touch…
Pilot Season 2017: Television is Changing (Talent Manager and Clients Perspective)
Outside of American democracy, there may be no less efficient or cost-effective process on Earth than pilot season. In which lies the beauty. After two blissful weeks of shut down, when assistants capitalize on their only vacation for the year by watching the screeners they stole, writing the scripts they’ll…
Musicals Move Again
There comes a time when art transcends mere intellect and takes aim at another part of ourselves: The heart. They bypass the brain and hit us in the gut. At its core, Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” is about feeling things, and given the film’s 14 Academy Award nominations, it…