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How to Stand Out As an Actor

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Journaling.

Examples:

  • What do I need to let go of to move forwards?
  • What are my values?
  • Who is important to me?
  • What do I love about myself?
  • Where do I want to be in 5 years’ time?
  • What makes me really feel alive?

Meditate.

Spend time on your own.

Make time to just be.

Once you figure out who you truly are:

Do the things that you were born to do.

 

That is what will make you stand out.

That is what will make you memorable.

That is what will make you more likely to be cast in the roles that were made for YOU (and they are out there).

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‘Beauty and the Beast’ Star Luke Evans

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What fans might not be aware of, is that Evans started out in theater, and didn’t land his first film role until he hit 30. Since then, he’s concentrated on acting in straight roles only, which is a shame, since now we’ve heard him in Beauty and the Beast we want to hear him in every musical going. But Evans only got the role because of his previous work on stage, in particular, his role in Piaf, at London’s Donmar Warehouse.

“It was actually a casting director who was casting out of London and she knew that I sang,” Evans tells THR. “She had seen me in a musical I did called Piaf in London in the Donmar Warehouse and so she was very aware, many, many years ago that I could sing. She knew that I hadn’t sung since I started doing movies, and then this came up. She waited for the right time to bring me in to meet [director] Bill [Condon]. It all clicked, it all fell into place.

There has been offers in the last few years, but they didn’t seem to be the right job and so I didn’t pursue them. It took a couple of goes by my agents to get me in for Beauty and the Beast because I hadn’t really watched the animated movie for a very long time and I had forgotten how great the journey of Gaston is. You see all the colors of the character, from the loveable rogue to the buffoon to the jealous, revengeful sort of monster that he becomes by the end of the movie. So, it actually took me sitting down and watching the cartoon with my godchildren which made me realize how brilliant the role was and that I totally should do it.”

Evans doesn’t make light of the amazing opportunity he was granted, either. He knows Gaston is a wonderful role, and is grateful he landed the chance to portray him on screen:

“If there’s one thing I’m comfortable doing in this life it’s singing. It’s like therapy to me. I’ll sing to anybody at any time, at anything, I will just sing. I love to sing. It was a joy for me to finally get to do it on the big screen in such a wonderful vehicle as Beauty and the Beast, playing this character with those songs. It was magic.”

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4 Ways to Make Your Own Luck

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Here are four ways you can help create your own luck:

Don’t procrastinate. You have a thought of an idea, so act on it immediately. Trust yourself that idea will create something for you. It always does!

Create your own projects. Shoot a short with your iPhone and upload it to YouTube or Vimeo. Have a reading at your house and invite some people to help create a performance atmosphere. This type of energy will always open doors for you.

Always be reading. Read out loud and read to educate yourself about the world. It will spark inspiration in your creativity and give you ideas to create your own projects.

Always be auditioning. If you’re not getting called in, audition yourself so that you can be ready. You can’t expect to have a good audition when you haven’t placed yourself under pressure in weeks. Put yourself on tape, send it to a friend, and work on your monologues with a friend.

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Is Jake Gyllenhaal an Art House Actor or a Blockbuster Star?

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Perhaps Gyllenhall is all of those things, and more — it’s hard to describe an actor who often stars in films like Life that open in thousands of theaters as well as films that open in one.

That “preparation” often includes significant changes in his body, whether it was bulking up for Prince of Persia and Southpaw or slimming down for Nightcrawler. It’s an aspect that Gyllenhaal and his sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, disagree on. He reveals, “My sister and I have this argument often. I’ve lost weight or learned a new skill and she’s said: ‘You don’t have to change your body to play a character,’ and there are times where I agree and other times I don’t.”

One of the reasons why Gyllenhaal feels it is necessary is because it helps in the creation and understanding of a character. Gyllenhaal explains, “It seems to me that anybody feels they can be an actor nowadays… People say: ‘How hard can it be?’ But the truth is, the creation of a character, the understanding of human behavior, is a craft and to be learned and worked and experimented with and discovered. My favorite actors are like artists, and when you see their career, you see someone who is able to actually physically draw a perfect figure and then deconstruct it, or not, based on a foundation of skill or practice. Whereas I noticed that some people just throw some paint up on the wall and call it art.”

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What To Do When the People Around You Aren’t Supportive

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If the people around you don’t support you, remember the following:

  1. You can do this without them.

It’s a huge help when the people around you support you- it makes it a lot easier, but you need to know that your success is down to you and you can choose to be held back by other people’s opinions or you can choose to trust in yourself enough to not need other people’s approval. Work on building yourself up and spend more time with people who DO support you.

  1. They see the world in a different way.

If someone is insecure, they may project this onto you. It could be jealousy and bitterness due to you being a reminder that they are not where they want to be or it could be genuine concern due to their beliefs based on the things they have seen, heard and experienced- this doesn’t mean it’s true. Do not let other people’s beliefs become your reality.

  1. You can fail at what you don’t want.

When I was 16, I was fired from my job in a wire factory. Spending 10 hours a day cutting wires is definitely not what I aspired to do with my life but I still failed, and I’m really thankful for this because it taught me that I might as well take a chance on what I did really want. 3 weeks later I had moved to Leeds to study dance and drama and had started my (very rocky) journey along my true path.

  1. You never know what’s around the corner.

You might tell yourself that they need more time to get their heads around it, you’ll stay in your cozy little box for a little bit longer- just to keep the peace, you’ll definitely do it soon… Once you can get them to understand. But the thing is- time is the most precious thing in the world and things can change in an instant. Do you really want to risk looking back and wishing you had gone all in and wondering what could have been if you had?

  1. You are not responsible for other people’s happiness.

I repeat: YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE’S HAPPINESS.