Unstoppable Actors: the essential podcast for ambitious, aspiring actors

Send us Fan MailTurbocharge your talent with the best Method Acting Exercises out there. Get the Method Actors Toolbox straight to your phone and create the most real character yet. GET IT HERE."Am I good enough?" If you're an actor, you've probably asked it. Maybe after an audition, maybe after a long stretch of silence, maybe out of nowhere on a Tuesday.This episode came out of one of my audition classes. I asked my students two simple questions, and what came back was honest, a little raw and so relatable that I knew I had to talk about it.Acting is an industry built around being chosen, which means it's brilliant at triggering self-doubt, even in actors who are talented, trained and working hard. In this episode, I look at why that happens, what the research says about it, and the three psychological needs that sit underneath how we feel about ourselves as actors.I also share my own story of asking "am I good enough?" and it's not one I've told like this before.This is a meaty one. If you've ever questioned yourself as an actor, even just from time to time, press play.Support the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

Send us Fan MailTurbocharge your talent with the best Method Acting Exercises out there. Get the Method Actors Toolbox straight to your phone and create the most real character yet. GET IT HERE. Check out The Method Actor's Circle hereMost actors have a goal: get an agent, book a TV role, build a career... but most actors are also quietly stuck, no closer to that goal than they were a year ago. In this episode, I break down exactly why.Every Monday inside the Method Actors Circle, I ask actors to share one goal for the week. Every Friday, I check in. And over time, a pattern emerged:- the same handful of mistakes, showing up again and again, quietly sabotaging progress before it even starts.In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on real goals from real actors, breaking down exactly what's not working and why and showing you the better, more focused way to set a goal that actually moves your acting career forward, without the overwhelm.If you've ever set an acting goal and quietly abandoned it a few weeks later, this episode is for you.Plus!!! I've got something brilliant launching this Tuesday. Tune in to find out what it is.🎧 Listen nowSupport the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

Send us Fan MailShannon spent years on the other side of the casting table - and in this episode, she's telling actors everything she used to wish they knew.We get into the audition habit that quietly makes actors forgettable (even talented ones), what bold, brave actors do differently to book work and build a career one audition at a time, and the one thing most actors focus on that's actually working against them.Shannon also pulls back the curtain on how ego shows up in the audition room (and it's not what you'd expect) plus the two things she believes actors should focus on if they want their breakthrough, and the honest answer to a question every actor's asked themselves: do casting directors actually watch your whole self-tape, or cut it off early?This one's for every actor who's ever wondered what's really happening on the other side of the camera.Listen now, you'll come out the other side of this podcast energised, inspired and apporaching auditons in a whole new way.Support the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

Send us Fan MailTest out the best Method Acting Exercises to develop a deeper character connection and eradicate performance destroyers in our FREE Method Actor's Toolbox. Get it straight to your phone HEREI used to destroy my own performances before I even walked into the audition or rehearsal room and I didn't know I was doing it.In this episode, I'm getting honest about the 8 darkest, most self-sabotaging performance mistakes that wrecked my acting, the ones that didn't just ruin an audition or rehearsal, they chipped away at my confidence and nearly took my career with them.I'll walk you through exactly what they were, why they're so hard to spot in the moment and the 2 exercises I used to break the pattern. One of them works fast. The other one's so simple, so unglamorous, most actors either skip it completely or quit after a few days... right before it was about to work!!If you've ever walked out of an audition, performance or rehearsal replaying every mistake on a loop, this one's for you.🎧 Listen nowSupport the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

Send us Fan MailStop losing out on the auditions you're right for. 10 weeks. 10 people. 10 opportunities to give the auditions of your life - check out this highly-acclaimed trainingShe's new to the industry. She's young. And in this episode, she has more wisdom about acting, and about herself, than actors twice her experience.This is Jessa's story. From the fear that nearly kept her out of the audition room, to landing her first role after training with Louise (just 7 lines), prepped with the same care and intention as if it were the lead.In this episode, Jessa opens up about what it actually took to get here: working through real audition fear, choosing an online course in a second language over in-person training closer to home, and why trusting her own instincts - even when they didn't make obvious sense - kept paying off.She talks about what acting means to her beneath the industry noise, how she's built a career that fits around real life rather than against it, and the surprising feedback she got after those 7 lines that changed how she sees her own potential.If you've ever doubted whether you're "ready enough," "capable enough," or simply stalled with your acting for any reason, this conversation is the reset you need. Jessa's energy is infectious, and her honesty about self-doubt, boundaries and following your gut is the kind of thing every early-career actor needs to hear.Press play. You'll come out the other side wanting to bet on yourself a little harder.Support the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

Send us Fan MailStop losing out on the auditions you're right for. 10 weeks. 10 people. 10 opportunities to give the auditions of your life - check out this highly-acclaimed trainingKitchen tables in shot. Cats wandering into frame mid-line. A dozen takes deep and still not sure if any of them are "the one." If self-tape auditions have ever sent you spiralling, you are not alone, and this episode is for you.In this episode, Louise takes you inside her own messy, chaotic early experience of self-tapes; the technical panic, the endless retakes, the agonising over when to hit send and exactly what she changed to turn self-tapes from a dreaded chore into one of her strongest tools as an actor.You'll hear the real process behind how many takes is actually enough, what to look for (and avoid) in a reader, how to stop second-guessing your emotional choices on camera, and the one Method Acting technique that gets you to something true, fast, even under serious time pressure.If you've ever wondered how to make a self-tape stand out to a casting director without over-rehearsing yourself into the ground, this episode gives you the actual answers, not just the theory.🎬 The self-tape mistake almost every actor makes without realising🎬 How to choose your best take when they all start blurring together🎬 The Method Acting technique built for fast, honest self-tape performancesPerfect for actors preparing for self-tape auditions, cold reads, or looking to sharpen their audition technique with Method Acting training.Press play - your next self-tape starts here.Support the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

Send us Fan MailStop losing out on the auditions you're right for. 10 weeks. 10 people. 10 opportunities to give the auditions of your life - check out this highly-acclaimed trainingShe never got cast from a single audition. Not one. Despite the hustle, the hours, the prep that left her shattered before she even walked in the room.Then everything changed.In this episode, Louise pulls back the curtain on the audition game nobody teaches you, the gap between being brilliant in the room and actually landing the callback. Why "good actor" and "good auditioner" are two completely different skillsets. Why the ones who make it to the final 3, get recalled, get cast, aren't always the most talented in the room.And the moment that flipped everything for her. The one she's never spoken about publicly. Until now.If you've ever walked out of a self-tape, a chemistry read, or a recall convinced you blew it, this episode is the mirror you didn't know you needed.🎬 What shifts a "seen" into a "cast"🎬 The audition mistake almost every actor makes and doesn't know it🎬 The real story behind how she finally started converting rooms into roles, including a film on Amazon Prime▶️ Press play. This one's personal.Support the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

Send us Fan MailTurbocharge yout talent with this FREE resource - The Method Acting ToolboxNot every role gets a backstory. The nurse checking you in. The assistant showing you to a room. One or two lines, no personality, nothing to "play." These procedural roles are some of the hardest to audition for, and some of the most useful credits you can book.This week I break down how to prep them: what casting is actually looking for (hint: it's not a character), the specific challenges of playing "plain," and how to make choices when you've got almost nothing to go on.I also share a character-watching exercise from a hospital appointment I had this week, I observed this exact type of role in real life and broke down what I noticed, how it fed my prep process, and the one thing that changes everything once you're actually in the scene.If you've ever dismissed a role because it looked "too small," this episode will change how you see it. Dive in and enjoySupport the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

Send us Fan MailRichard just booked a day player role on a major UK soap. But the story isn't the booking... it's the seven year dark period before it, where acting felt less like a craft and something enjoyable and more like a distant dream that he'd lost sight of. In this episode, Richard talks us through it properly. Not the highlight reel, the actual road:The unconventional way he got started, and the audition experience that knocked him sidewaysHow his ego got stripped out of the process early on, and why that matteredWhat his relationship with nerves actually looks like, before the sceneThe moment he first steps into character, and what that feels like for himThe 7-year dark period, what caused it, and how he worked his way outThe fights he's had with agents, and what they taught him about the industryWhat he's learnt about boundaries and self-care, the hard wayIf you're just starting out, this one will show you the parts of the journey nobody puts on a highlight reel. If you're chasing your first TV credit, this is proof that the years that feel like nothing are often the years doing the most work.Craft first. Always.And if you want to follow Richard's Journey after this episode, you can catch him on INSTA @richardjgallowaySupport the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

Send us Fan MailTest out the best Method Acting Exercises to develop a deeper character connection in our FREE Method Actor's Toolbok. Get it straight to your phone HERETake the What Type of Actor Are you Quiz HERELearn more about setting and achieving acting goals and getting  more acting work in The Business of Acting BootcampMany new and emerging actors have BIG acting goals, such as getting a role on TV, getting in a Hollywood film or even performing on The Westend or Broadway.These acting dreams and goals are inspiring, yet they can also be very daunting. Without the right contacts, creadits on your actors CV or getting big enough auditions, how do we make this happen?In this epsiode of Unstoppable Actors we exploreThe reason why so many actors don't achiece their acting goals (so you can avoid it)The two steps to making your acting goals feel simplerThe next three steps to take to get the ball rolling with your acting goalsThe science behind manifestation and why this is important as an actorIt's very simple to understand, and will help you get three steps closer to your big acting goal.Support the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook