how is success like flossing?

I urge you to run over here and read what Chris Brogan has to say about success as a daily practice. It's a fantastic blog post and it's right on for the working actor.

Here's a quote:
"Success, near as I can tell, comes from daily effort.  It's not always sexy and it's not always fun, but it's what I do to accomplish some of my goals."

On-Screen Gender Inequality/Reminder for Counting Actors

Wow - USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism looked at genders of speaking actors in the top 100 films of 2009 and found 67.2% were male, 32.8% were female.  More of their findings (including percentages of actors wearing swimwear and revealing clothing are in this LA Times article.  I did a little more digging and found that Professor Stacy Smith has been looking at gender representation in film for over 5 years.  More about her (incl. links to articles and info about other studies) are here.

I don't have a research grant or a major university behind me, I just have you.  So, did you see, perform, design, stage manage, direct a show this month?  If so, I wanna hear about it! Go here to get the short and simple Counting Actors form, and send it in!

And, if you don't open until December, send that too.  I'll put it in next month's list.  I'll publish Nov results between Dec 1st and 5th.

Thanks!

Resources: Keeping Current

I've just finished my monthly profile/resume check.  I'm so glad I've finally got this cumbersome task in manageable shape.

Here's what I do:   I've got an automated task reminder set to come up once a month on the 20th of the month.  In that reminder, there's a list of all of the places where I've got an online profile, (8 including my website), as well as the different versions of my resume (3 acting ones, 1 teaching one, and the CV/Master List).  I go down the list, visit each profile, and make sure it's up to date - all of the credits are on the resumes, my current projects are still current, and my latest news is still the recent stuff.    Sometimes I get all 12 done in 1 sitting, sometimes it takes 2-3 days, but when I finally mark the task 'complete' it's great to know that I've got it done, and no one's looking at stale outdated info if they try to find me online.