Comments for Drew Lanning http://drewlanning.com Actor Without A Day Job Thu, 27 May 2010 19:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on I Quit My Job by dancemonkey http://drewlanning.com/?p=368&cpage=1#comment-706 dancemonkey Thu, 27 May 2010 19:25:21 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=368#comment-706 Right on bro, stick it to the man. Thanks for watching. In Indy now, fly back hone Saturday. Hopefully more work soon after that? Right on bro, stick it to the man. Thanks for watching. In Indy now, fly back hone Saturday. Hopefully more work soon after that?

]]> Comment on I Quit My Job by Derek Chibroski http://drewlanning.com/?p=368&cpage=1#comment-705 Derek Chibroski Thu, 27 May 2010 18:27:55 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=368#comment-705 Well done buddy, I've been watching your 711 webisodes (of course on company time). Well done buddy, I’ve been watching your 711 webisodes (of course on company time).

]]> Comment on I Quit My Job by dancemonkey http://drewlanning.com/?p=368&cpage=1#comment-690 dancemonkey Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:42:49 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=368#comment-690 Jonathan, thanks for the encouragement! Can you email me and we can chat about it? I'd love to take a look at your app. I just added a Contact page to my website (how did I not already have that?) that you can use. Jonathan, thanks for the encouragement! Can you email me and we can chat about it? I’d love to take a look at your app. I just added a Contact page to my website (how did I not already have that?) that you can use.

]]> Comment on I Quit My Job by Jonathan Cook http://drewlanning.com/?p=368&cpage=1#comment-689 Jonathan Cook Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:16:17 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=368#comment-689 Drew- Good for you!!! I did it many years ago to pursue voiceover and I never looked back! Now, enough about you... ;-) While I am admittedly too biased to submit a "tip", I wasn't sure how to request a review of the app I'm involved with (InAWorld...Drama). When it was released, it was written about, but not reviewed. I have free promo codes given to me by the creator of the app, and I'm trying to help pass them along to people who work in the industry. Please let me know how to proceed. Thank you, Jonathan Cook http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inaworld-drama/id360256785?mt=8 Drew-
Good for you!!! I did it many years ago to pursue voiceover and I never looked back! Now, enough about you… ;-)
While I am admittedly too biased to submit a “tip”, I wasn’t sure how to request a review of the app I’m involved with (InAWorld…Drama). When it was released, it was written about, but not reviewed. I have free promo codes given to me by the creator of the app, and I’m trying to help pass them along to people who work in the industry.
Please let me know how to proceed.
Thank you,
Jonathan Cook

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inaworld-drama/id360256785?mt=8

]]> Comment on Acting Advice From A Professional Me by dancemonkey http://drewlanning.com/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-523 dancemonkey Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:07:39 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=319#comment-523 Thanks Hugo, that's what a terrible self-promoter I am. You didn't even know I had my own blog. Thanks for commenting too, now go out there and be the best yourself that you can be! Thanks Hugo, that’s what a terrible self-promoter I am. You didn’t even know I had my own blog.

Thanks for commenting too, now go out there and be the best yourself that you can be!

]]> Comment on Acting Advice From A Professional Me by Hugo http://drewlanning.com/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-521 Hugo Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:31:20 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=319#comment-521 Hey Drew! You have a bloggy sitey thing! I didn't know! I only follow you in responses on Yuri's blog or formely at www.breakaleg.tv (why am I plugging that?-habit I suppose) Thanks for the insight, its probably more important than all the acting theory and the insider tips for actors looking for commercial work. Me and my girlfriend who has spent considerable time in LA rap about the industry and generally end up ranting about what we think the machinations of casting, directors, and actors are about. We generally agree that trying to be a more relaxed, genuine and less narcissistic person will only make you more, not less desirable to work with. I think this goes with acting theory hand in hand actually-- so much of pressure put on actors in the substance of acting is to transform into someone else, to embody the character, the put on layers of: voice, characterization, intensity--- instead of viewing it from the angle of discovering who you are, uncovering yourself, using all of yourself in a role, finding what you have in common. And why ever did you cross out that trauma bit??? Hey Drew! You have a bloggy sitey thing! I didn’t know! I only follow you in responses on Yuri’s blog or formely at http://www.breakaleg.tv (why am I plugging that?-habit I suppose) Thanks for the insight, its probably more important than all the acting theory and the insider tips for actors looking for commercial work. Me and my girlfriend who has spent considerable time in LA rap about the industry and generally end up ranting about what we think the machinations of casting, directors, and actors are about. We generally agree that trying to be a more relaxed, genuine and less narcissistic person will only make you more, not less desirable to work with. I think this goes with acting theory hand in hand actually– so much of pressure put on actors in the substance of acting is to transform into someone else, to embody the character, the put on layers of: voice, characterization, intensity— instead of viewing it from the angle of discovering who you are, uncovering yourself, using all of yourself in a role, finding what you have in common. And why ever did you cross out that trauma bit???

]]> Comment on Acting Advice From A Professional Me by dancemonkey http://drewlanning.com/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-511 dancemonkey Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:34 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=319#comment-511 I became an actor for the same reason most men become actors: to get close to <del datetime="2009-12-24T22:29:34+00:00">other dudes</del> chicks. Classes? I would say yes, but then I don't take classes so it's easy for me to tell you to take them. In general I'd have to say acting classes are necessary and desirable, I just always found myself getting bored and would just stop going. So to save time I just stopped signing up. Agent? The short answer is send them your headshot and resume and cross your fingers. The better answer is to know someone who's already represented, get them to put in a good word, and be creative. DON'T just send in your headshot and resume and cross your fingers, in other words. That's pretty much good advice for getting any job or foot in the door at some place or other, isn't it? Be creative, use whatever advantages you can scrape up, and don't take no for an answer. LA? Moving to LA depends on whether or not you want to make a living at being an actor. That said, I think something like 99% of "actors" in LA are waiting tables, so who the fuck knows? At least in LA you have the sheer volume of opportunities to get work: theater, commercials, soap operas (don't snicker, it's hard work and it pays tons), and of course pilot season. In SF we have a lot of industrials and a few commercials, but of course we have FAR fewer actors cluttering up your audition waiting room. To put it into perspective though, where would I be if I had moved to LA fifteen years ago instead of SF? Either rich and famous, burned out and on drugs, or shooting porn. Or yeah, maybe I would have just quit and moved back home to Monterey, there's that option too. The real deal is that LA is a much more likely place for you to catch your "big break", because more people are looking for the Next Big Thing. In San Francisco they're looking for the guy who will say their ad copy in a little moving postage stamp-sized video window on their client's internal website, not the next What-The-Fuck's-His-Name-From-Twilight. I can honestly say though that the only thing keeping me in SF right now is Yuri Baranovsky. And my family. And my job. And the fact that San Francisco is a much more pleasant place to live. And Yuri. And my awesome apartment. I became an actor for the same reason most men become actors: to get close to other dudes chicks.

Classes? I would say yes, but then I don’t take classes so it’s easy for me to tell you to take them. In general I’d have to say acting classes are necessary and desirable, I just always found myself getting bored and would just stop going. So to save time I just stopped signing up.

Agent? The short answer is send them your headshot and resume and cross your fingers. The better answer is to know someone who’s already represented, get them to put in a good word, and be creative. DON’T just send in your headshot and resume and cross your fingers, in other words.

That’s pretty much good advice for getting any job or foot in the door at some place or other, isn’t it? Be creative, use whatever advantages you can scrape up, and don’t take no for an answer.

LA? Moving to LA depends on whether or not you want to make a living at being an actor. That said, I think something like 99% of “actors” in LA are waiting tables, so who the fuck knows? At least in LA you have the sheer volume of opportunities to get work: theater, commercials, soap operas (don’t snicker, it’s hard work and it pays tons), and of course pilot season.

In SF we have a lot of industrials and a few commercials, but of course we have FAR fewer actors cluttering up your audition waiting room. To put it into perspective though, where would I be if I had moved to LA fifteen years ago instead of SF? Either rich and famous, burned out and on drugs, or shooting porn.

Or yeah, maybe I would have just quit and moved back home to Monterey, there’s that option too.

The real deal is that LA is a much more likely place for you to catch your “big break”, because more people are looking for the Next Big Thing. In San Francisco they’re looking for the guy who will say their ad copy in a little moving postage stamp-sized video window on their client’s internal website, not the next What-The-Fuck’s-His-Name-From-Twilight.

I can honestly say though that the only thing keeping me in SF right now is Yuri Baranovsky. And my family. And my job. And the fact that San Francisco is a much more pleasant place to live. And Yuri. And my awesome apartment.

]]> Comment on Acting Advice From A Professional Me by Yuri Baranovsky http://drewlanning.com/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-510 Yuri Baranovsky Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:35:58 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=319#comment-510 Good post, Drew! Tell us more! How do you become an actor? What do you start with? Are classes necessary? How do you get an agent? Do you HAVE to move to LA? So many questions... Good post, Drew!

Tell us more! How do you become an actor? What do you start with? Are classes necessary? How do you get an agent? Do you HAVE to move to LA? So many questions…

]]> Comment on Acting Advice From A Professional Me by Sina http://drewlanning.com/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-500 Sina Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:32:06 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=319#comment-500 Amen Amen

]]> Comment on Putting Junk In Your Trunk by Sina http://drewlanning.com/?p=306&cpage=1#comment-493 Sina Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:58:54 +0000 http://drewlanning.com/?p=306#comment-493 You had me up to "wiki". Then "fairly robust productivity portal" ...???? You had me up to “wiki”. Then “fairly robust productivity portal” …????

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