Best Business Advice for Your Acting Career

Air Date: 3/24/2022

Best Business Advice for Your Acting Career

Actors are always handed advice from other people who have nothing to do with being an actor. You have probably heard everything from how to be rich and famous to how to prepare rice and beans when times are tough. Ta

ke it from me, you have heard advice that can amount to an actual hill of beans! There are, however, some useful tips that might help. Advice that I have heard that makes sense which made the actor’s journey easier to navigate. Check out this episode of Casting Actors Cast and get the best advice for your acting business career.

In no particular order:

1. Become the CEO of your own company

2. Keep accurate business records and stay with it (qu

ickbooks)

3. Invest in yourself

4. Budget for contingency plans that might occur

5. Use a daily planner/calendar /diary

6. Maintain an actor wardrobe

7. Allocate funds for acting tools (pics/resumes/computer/reel)

8. Set long-term and short-term goals

9. Evaluate your time management options

10. Find joy in the work…always

Someone once said, “The best advice is the one you use”. It’s relatively easy to come up with a list of “to Do’s” it’s quit another to really commit to your decision. Being a creative person, often means business that matters do not come easy. They usually don’t. But with a little effort, discipline and a creative approach to problem solving, you will be well on your way to growing your skills, business, and acting career.