The Business of Acting
The business of Acting, or I should say the business behind Acting, is something I feel not very confident to discuss. This is why I have an agent. There is a time, however, when we have to look at this subject seriously, and to address things – a time when our agent will not be able to do everything for us.
I’m at that place now, and although I’d be fibbing if I said I was totally relaxed about it, I genuinely believe that this is to be a very valuable and exciting time in the development of my career.
There are things that we, as Actors have to organise ourselves. Things like updating our resumes and photos, updating our biographies and showreels and demo’s, keeping our tax records etc, etc. Of course, this is not unusual to Actors – it’s part of keeping things relevent and part of any business. What’s new to me is the selling of Geoff Miethe – Australian Actor.I’m now heading into an area I have absolutely no idea about. This is the area of me as a small business – of me as a brand. Fortunately (or not) there are any number of resources on offer to help me in this area. I have to decide what to take and what to reject as tools to help me in this.
As I’ve said, I’m not hesitant about tackling this, but I am a little daunted. There will be more to say in further entries on this topic.
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