Episode 311: Tara Tomicevic -The Quitting Acting and become a successful producer/writer Episode

Today’s guest is Casting Director John Levey. He might not like being called a legendary casting director, but when you worked on some of the greatest shows – ER, West Wing, and Shameless – I think we can call ya a legend. Or at least legend adjacent. We chatted about his new book RIGHT FOR THE ROLE (link below) and so much more…but his take on bringing these few things as some of the secret sauce to your work was mind-blowing: Authenticity, Intelligence, Sensitivity, Imagination, Talent!

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Today’s guest is Casting Director Seth Caskey. Mayor of Kingstown, What/IF, Glow. 

A few things we talked about… 

• How he used to be an actor and the turning point that led him to Casting.

• How being a professional actor, he has time for…not needy actor energy. 

• Being in the room is the part of the job he loves the most, but that same part of the job also wears him out. 

• How to keep in touch with Casting. Networking in Business. 

But, I really loved his answer on Self-Tape and the perceptions we hold as actors about our opportunities, of our chances of booking more IN THE ROOM. 

Self Tapes: What are you basing your perception off of – going into the room. You had no idea what your odds ever were? It’s an assumption you are choosing to make.

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The AGENT EPISODE: Anthony Boyer Breaks It All The Way Down

This might be one of the most important podcasts I’ve ever done. Whether you are a new actor, development, or veteran. This talk with Anthony Boyer was amazing. 

Topics covered: 

• Why ACTORS ARE BAD BOSSES of their Acting Business

• How not being prepared for your self-tapes can get the kiss of death 

• How Actors Are asking the WRONG QUESTIONS to their team

• The Real Trajectory of a “working actor” 

• What is a development Actor

• Stop Treating Your relationship with your Team as only Transactional

• Actors In other Markets going to bigger cities

• Why submission reports can be seen as negative

• How actors must EMPOWER themselves

• When is it really time to leave your agent? From an Agent's perspective.

And so much more.

**Don’t forget to stick around til the end for D-12 Coaching Shot where I bring it all together. 

Anthony’s Companion PDF: 411 Agent Episode 

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STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE! And we’re back…Strike be damned!

Today, we are catching up on all things STRIKE related…and then we are going to calm our anxieties and fears with some TAPPING. Sarah Louise Lilley is here to chat with us.

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Dennis Gonzalez talks about change, transition, and evolution in today’s industry. We also dive into actors seeking outside validation and a new mindset around it. But, my favorite is the question that you should ask yourself about this moment in our industry: Is this something you’re willing to go through…to continue to persevere through?

This is another fire episode, and I hope you stick around for the D12 shot in the end, where I bring it all together. 

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Throwback to last year's interview with Brian Michael Smith. It was so good that I had to feature it again. This time, with a new Intro and D12 shot! 

Today’s episode we have Brian Micheal Smith, the first Black Trans Man cast in a series regular role on network TV! Lone Star 911. 

This is such an inspiring episode - not because it’s the Pride Month, Trans Episode – that part IS pretty amazing. But, honestly, because Brian is our people – he speaks our language – Mindset and Living your purpose. 

But the way he broke down his Mindset and Purpose ON acting gave me chills. 

How he got super specific and wrote down - so he can call in all of his next-level roles – including the current Series Regular role he’s playing right now. 

Get your pen and paper out because issa about to be a BLUES CLUES episode.

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Today’s guest we have Giovanni Porta  – Writer, Producer, Actor. 

This episode was so freaking special. Giovanni was so real, so transparent about why he stopped acting. How it wasn’t fun anymore and he literally had to stop for his mental health. I got chills listening to him. And of course, he goes on and lays out his path for now how he has found so much success pitching and selling his scripts - AND GETTING them made. 

I’m in awe of him. This podcast is seriously why I wanted to do the Think Bigger Actors Podcast.

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The Working Actor Series 

Today’s guest we have Josh Brener, The Last of Us, Glory Daze, Silicon Valley - and so many other voice-over characters you know and love. We talked about his trajectory to CAA and how it wasn’t as smooth as I had romanticized it in my head. You know because sometimes from the outside we see people get on a BIG SHOW like HBO’s Silicon Valley or in the trades we see they’re working opposite Snoop Dogg and we think – of course, CAA came knocking – but it didn’t happen that way and he breaks down his path. Spoiler Alert – the path was riddled with panic, panic, panic followed by anxiety, fear, and more panic.

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Ciera Payton is an accomplished actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist hailing from New Orleans.

Most recently, Ciera showed her talent for bringing real people to life in Lifetime’s Wendy Williams biopic. Williams’ superfans campaigned on social media to cast her as the larger-than-life celebrity and Ciera’s raw portrayal of the infamous talk show host did not disappoint. She landed her first role as the female lead opposite Steven Seagal in the action feature Flight of Fury. Since her breakout role, she has shared the screen with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Hart, Josh Brolin, and many more acclaimed artists.

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Today’s guest is Jamie McShane. You might know him from the hit Netflix show Wednesday, or the Lincoln Lawyer, or freaking Bloodlines – which I was a huuuuge fan of…so when he came on to BOSCH and I got to work with him. Why did I want to get him on here soooo badly? Not because has been on all of those hit shows…and not because he’s a friend of mine…but honestly because of his story. I think it’s so freaking inspirational…how it took him TWENTY FIVE years to book a series regular.

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