What to Say When People Ask What You’re Working On — And You’re Not
You’re at a party, or a reading, or running into someone at a coffee shop, and they ask the question. But you’re not working on anything. Not an acting job, anyway. Most actors lie. Not maliciously — they reach for something that sounds like forward motion.
Read the Article →The Audition You’ll Never Get Credit For
It was the best work I did that year, and nobody knows it happened except me and a casting director who has long since moved on to other rooms, other days, other actors.
Read →You Never F**k’n Know
Let me tell you about the worst audition I ever booked. It was a producer session for The Last Ship. A recurring guest star for a Cuban Diplomat. Everything lined up. And then it fell apart in real time.
Read →Keeping Sane in the Current Actor Climate
I’ve been getting calls from actors who want to know if it’s them. Is it something I’m doing wrong? Should I fire my rep? I tell them the same thing every time: it’s not you.
Read →Why I Still Show Up
There’s a question underneath a lot of the conversations I have with actors right now: why keep going? Not in a crisis way — in a practical way. The work is slow. So why keep showing up?
Read →“The actors who navigate their slow periods with the most integrity are not the ones who manage their image. They’re the ones who have built an independent interior life that doesn’t depend on whether they’re currently working.”
— Gary Perez · What to Say When People Ask What You’re Working On