How to Reset after Spending Time in a Role

You get a 3 for 2 deal in this episode as Georgie and Pierce are joined by Austin from Mortgages for Actors, the original, performing arts and entertainment-specific, dedicated mortgage advice service. Austin is a Financial Advisor to the Entertainment Industry specialising in Life Insurance, Mortgages and Wills.Georgie and Pierce get the financial lowdown from Austin on what services Mortgages for Actors can offer to all types of jobs not only in acting but all across the entertainment industry, how one gets a mortgage, what information needs to be provided, what lenders like to see and be assured of and how to protect your house and mortgage once it has been achieved. KEY TAKEAWAYSMortgage for Actors will take a detailed financial history from you and approach insurance services directly to source the services that are appropriate to you, your job and your circumstances.  Mortgage for Actors can identify the problems that may be sticking points for potential lenders and deal with them.Due to the number of lenders available the requirements can differ greatly so direct communication and negotiation to assure clarity of your financial position can reassure lenders into giving you a mortgage.To increase your credit score and better your chances of a mortgage make sure that any debt you have you make sure you set up a payment at least for the minimum amount required so you never miss a payment.If you are a sole trader or limited company consider setting up a business account through which you can summarise your financial position.Consider Insurance as Property Insurance is often mandatory for getting a mortgage and also insure against potential income loss. BEST MOMENTS‘We saw that there were a lot of problems in the entertainment field especially since lockdown happened and all the income really struggled to come in.’-Austin ‘I think I speak for a lot of actors when I say the thought of something like home ownership seems so off the table because no one’s ever going to give you any kind of mortgage.’-Pierce‘Lenders really do want to lend but they are very restricted by the people that fund them.’-Austin‘Obviously, I can’t tell you to work more because every actor in the world wants more work but the more consistent you are the easier it is to show someone how much you earn.’-Austin‘We try and touch on everything so you know that it’s there. Why not spend that extra bit of money to insure yourselves really well so that if anything happens you’re still spending every month that you thought you were anyway?’-Austin VALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/ ABOUT THE HOSTSGeorgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHODEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As jobbing actors, what is a day like for Georgie and Pierce? What is the effect of a non-linear choice of career on day to day living? Georgie and Pierce share the working actor’s day includingfrequency of work, job applications, staying in contact with their network, their work and social life, hobbies, and second jobs. KEY TAKEAWAYSApplying for at least five jobs a day is a good benchmark for frequency of work. Expect your work and social life to meld to some extent.Sharing non-acting friendships, jobs or hobbies can create some breathing space away from the sometimes pressure filled acting career.Try not to let other people make you feel bad for choosing your career over your social life.Do not compare milestones with those in other careers.BEST MOMENTS‘I would say at the moment I’m consistently playing two roles a month’-Georgie‘Often when you’re working a more traditional job you’ve got your work life and personal life and they’re very separate. So many times with acting they just merge as one.’-Pierce‘It struck me that people who aren’t in the acting industry don’t know these things. They don’t know that people need an agent to perhaps take it into the next step of their career.’-Georgie‘Are we going to accept that our bloody car insurance is going to be higher if we put ‘actor’ or ‘entertainer’ down on our insurance policy?’-Georgie‘Don’t let acting stump what you want to do.’-Georgie VALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/ ABOUT THE HOSTSGeorgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHODEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georgie and Pierce speak of the traditional and rather old-fashioned idea that all actors must have attended Drama School. What advantages, if any, does Drama School offer and how is it regarded by the industry? Listen in and find out if that blank space at the top of your CV has any bearing on your ability to work in acting.  KEY TAKEAWAYSWhile Drama School used to be the main route to an acting career, it is no longer essential but optional. Most Casting Directors, especially in the screen world, only care about talent. Drama School as a route to an agent is also a red herring. You should not approach agents until you have established some professional credits.Have an open mindset to learning. While working, you are always training.There is no need to feel less than those that have attended Drama School.BEST MOMENTS‘There’s this whole thing about; “If I don’t go to Drama School I’m not going to get cast because they don’t trust me, they don’t know that I can act.”’-Pierce‘If you spent as much time working on your acting career as you would have spent in Drama School by the time that 3 year mark rolls around, guaranteed, you would have done some pretty incredible things.’-Pierce‘You can make waves without crashing and shouting about. You can make things move without having to yell and scream about it.’-Georgie‘Now more than ever we are seeing an acceptance and encouragement of individuality and bringing a unique spin to things.’-Pierce‘When it comes down to the crux of it, but out of everybody, I may not have an agent, I may not have the best showreel in the game, I may not have trained at all but I’m still on the same film set and the Director is happy with what I’ve done.’-GeorgieVALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/ ABOUT THE HOSTSGeorgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHODEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Occupying a role can be stressful and takes full concentration so it can be difficult to unwind when the cameras stop rolling and the job is complete. Georgie and Pierce share their tips on how to get out of a character as effectively as you get into one.  KEY TAKEAWAYSIf you have an intense scene to perform do not be surprised if it takes a while for your adrenaline to subside.Set time and activities into your schedule that help you unwind.Consider your day and what you found difficult during it.Occupy yourself with a task or hobby that requires concentration and distracts your mind.BEST MOMENTS‘Even if you’re not playing a mean character, sometimes just being in intense scenes or scenes, in general, can really take it out of you.’-Georgie ‘It’s so important that you give yourself that time to unwind and give your body the time to catch up as well because it is exhausting.’-Pierce‘I think doing things that you consciously have to make an effort to do can really focus you in a way that nothing else can.’-Georgie‘Energy, it flows, and if you are keeping bottled up within you, you will need an outlet.’-Pierce VALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/ https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/ https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/         ABOUT THE HOSTS Georgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHOD Email ;[email protected]  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georgie and Pierce lift the veil on their deepest and darkest fears in the acting profession. Often people don’t like to discuss their worries about the job for fear that it will make them less desirable to hire, but as in all professions, everyone has nerve-wracking areas that they find a challenge. Listen to Georgie and Pierce’s worries and their tips on how to battle a bugbear. KEY TAKEAWAYSThe more time you spend outside your comfort zone the better.Fear is inevitable, it’s how you deal with that fear that moves you forward.It is important to know the difference between something that is scaring you and something that is scaring you for the right reason.Fear of judgement can be a common fear in acting but for the most part, acting is fairly free of judgemental people.Some of the best scenes have been accomplished through mishaps and mistakes. BEST MOMENTS‘Personally, I find if I’m a bit nervous about whether I can do something it’s a sign for me that I should be doing it.’-Georgie‘If it’s too scary, if it’s too much it’s ok to walk away from, there’s no shame in that, but recognise all the things you’re going to miss out on if you do.’-Georgie‘My fears, in an acting sense, mostly revolve around fear of failure I’d say and, to be fair, I think this is the case for quite a lot of things outside of acting as well.’-Pierce‘Acting is about making mistakes and it’s about getting a little bit messy and I always like to think of it as like a toddler at nursery and you’re slapping your hands in bits of paint and chucking it on a canvas.’-Georgie VALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/ ABOUT THE HOSTSGeorgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHODEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is about investing in yourself as an actor and working on continuous self-improvement and support to facilitate your career. Where should you be spending your hard-earned cash to get the most out of the advantages it will present and what are the most cost-effective ways of making those investments? Georgie and Pierce detail where your money and efforts should be going to increase your chances of moving forwards in your acting career.  KEY TAKEAWAYSIgnore the stigma of not going to Drama School and, unless you feel you want to specialise in musical theatre, there are other opportunities to train. Educate yourself on how to market yourself and how to work profitably and understand that this will include networking. If you do invest in an agent, do your research and make sure they are right for you. Look after your mental health. Consider therapy for introspection and to deal with the pressures of the acting world. Your mindset is key.Books and courses on Marketing and how to treat yourself as a brand can be as insightful as acting classes.BEST MOMENTS‘You don’t have to go to University, you don’t have to go to Drama School to be an actor and lots and lots of very successful actors prove that.’-Georgie‘Acting is 20% of the job of an actor. You don’t get to act as much as you do get to apply for jobs and chat to people about jobs and make connections.’-Georgie‘You could be the best actor on the planet but unless you know how to sell yourself, unless you know how to get in the right room and unless you know who to speak with and how to build connections you won’t get very far.’-Pierce‘You can take every course under the sun and be an absolute pro, but if you’ve not walked onto that film set, it’s so different in practice than it is in theory.’-Georgie ‘If you knew that you had to get a new showreel scene done because your old ones were rubbish, you wouldn’t have booked that holiday, you would have booked in the showreel. Same with headshots.’-PierceVALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/ ABOUT THE HOSTSGeorgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHODEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pierce and Georgie discuss if acting is a career, lifestyle or, possibly, both. There may be no definitive answer but listen in to find out if a life in acting can mean a change in lifestyle whether you are supplementing already varied passions with acting as just one of many interests or embracing it as a full-time job. KEY TAKEAWAYSThere is a lot of stigma around choosing acting as a career but it is sustainable as long as you know how to take the steps to turn it from a passion into a profession. There is pressure on holidays and other commitments in life as you may need to prioritise work availability.You must set firm boundaries and ensure you do not burn yourself out by accepting every single job that comes your way.Practice gratitude to break your scarcity mindset.Where you live is not as big a restriction on your career as you think. BEST MOMENTS‘There’s so much stigma about pursuing acting as a career. It’s often made out to feel like it’s not a real job or it doesn’t have value for some unknown reason.’-Pierce‘It’s really important to remember that just because you are getting opportunities and people are helping you to get those opportunities, it’s good to be grateful but it doesn’t mean you have to bend over backwards and do things you don’t want to do.”-Georgie ‘It just goes to show that no matter where you live chances are that if you do take the decision to move to London, Manchester, Birmingham, wherever your closest media hub is, if you are a new actor chances are you’re going to end up working outside of those places anyway.’-PierceVALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/        ABOUT THE HOSTSGeorgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHODEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georgie and Pierce discuss a really important topic when starting as a new actor. How do you stand out on set and make the right connections and end up working with the same teams over and over again? Find out how to create consistency and create an attractive catalogue of work and a supportive network to provide you with ongoing opportunities. KEY TAKEAWAYSIt’s not about having a certain method of making connections, it’s just about being you.Be likeable and try not to offend to make yourself easy to work with. Try not to be too blunt but be open and honest.Be a good part of the team and don’t frustrate your workmates.Connections are made more out of the workplace. Join social invitations. BEST MOMENTS‘Because I was so nervous I was quiet and I just wasn’t myself. ’-Georgie‘It’s ok to have opinions, it’s great to have opinions but read the room. Understand and know when to not say stuff.’-Georgie‘There are going to be people who are difficult to work with and I think it’s important to remember that in that moment why you’re doing this but also remember that you’re part of the team.’-Pierce ‘I think it’s about knowing how to converse and when to converse.’-Georgie VALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/ ABOUT THE HOSTSGeorgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHODEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georgie and Pierce examine a practical aspect of acting that very few consider before they start working in the industry, accommodation. This can be an incredibly stressful consideration, especially with the differing requirements of time and location that come with the job, so Georgie and Pierce are here to give you a head start on keeping a roof over your head while you are working. KEY TAKEAWAYSMany lower-budget projects may ask you to front the cost of accommodation yourself.  Think outside the box to keep the cost down. Airbnb, camper vans, caravans and tents are all viable options depending on the project. If you’re on a shoot in a house or flat, have a word with the production team to see if you can stay there. If you are a theatre actor you can use sites like Theatredigsbooker.com to find accommodation.Always check with production for info on where to stay.BEST MOMENTS‘I highly recommend that if you can drive, do it, because as an actor it just opens so many doors.’-Georgie‘You might be able to afford it, but is it worth the value? And then you’ve got to think about food and stuff. They might feed you on set, but that depends on how long you’re shooting for.’-Georgie‘I think one of the most underutilised hacks is just to have a chat with the producers or production team if a scene’s being shot in an apartment to see if you can stay there.’-Pierce‘Get yourself a good suitcase as well. If you do have to travel, whether it be to the far reaches of the country, then just be prepared for that, so try and make your suitcases fit all the dimension restrictions of the travel companies.’-Pierce   VALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/ ABOUT THE HOSTSGeorgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHODEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every time you embrace a role in your career whether it be on stage or screen you will change a little as a person as you carry that character and your experiences with you. You visit the same emotions as your character feels to achieve the finest acting performance you can, so how does this affect you while inhabiting those motivations and what do you take with you when you stop? What experiences can you expect in the acting environment that will help you grow as an actor?KEY TAKEAWAYSThe body cannot tell what is real and what’s not and physiological responses to the emotions being acted can take their toll.You are going to have off days and your on-set experiences are going to affect you going forward, for better or worse.Smaller roles often mean you feel less entitled to guidance and support.Rehearsals are important. Give them your all. It is your chance to contextualise and refine your performance.Don’t be afraid to change your methods and your opinions as you grow your experience.BEST MOMENTS‘There is a reason why we struggle with it and it’s because we are actually going through it.’ – Georgie‘I didn’t want to ask for extra support because I knew how stressful that particular scene was going to be for the other actors and for the production team. Looking back now I wish I did because we probably could have worked on the character quite a lot.’ – Pierce ‘If your playing one of those standard day player type roles it can be really difficult to explore that character.’ – Pierce ‘I think there are a lot of people who feel very similar, that they are going to get judged if they give their all in a rehearsal.’ – Georgie VALUABLE RESOURCEShttps://chat.whatsapp.com/LUWz5ZlIg0sH0F27Zs7Cnqhttps://www.actorswarehouse.co.uk/ https://Www.instagram.com/Actorswarehouse/ https://Twitter.com/Weareacting/         ABOUT THE HOSTS Georgie King and Pierce Connelly are a couple and business partners with experience in TV, film and theatre. Co-founders of The Acting Warehouse, an organisation dedicated to helping you achieve turning your passion for acting into a full-time career, they are here to guide you to get out there, find opportunities and land roles. CONTACT METHOD Email ;[email protected]  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.