Hard at work at Sony studios

If you'd like a behind the scenes view of being on set, watch this video!

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How to reach your goals with certainty

By: John Henry Soto

Every morning my first order of business is to look at my schedule for the day.

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How do you tell a fake manager?

Controlling All Sides of Your Art
by John Henry Soto

So as some actors do, I was surfing through Craigslist for work.

I know I know!! But in the past I have managed to find some pretty good stuff on there.

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How do you get going as an actor?

I received an email from someone who is not in our program. She says, "The biggest obstacle I face in this industry is not knowing the business in its entirety. It seems that there could be "keys to the kingdom", but they definitely have to be found before you can put them to use."

She feels what so many of us feel, when we're on the outside and we see all this film work happening, and wonder, "How do you get invited to that party?"

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Smoking hurts your success in the film industry?

So, do you have a habit that is less than desirable?

Like smoking or drinking?

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How to never get fired

FROM INSIDE THE “BAT CAVE”, A POST BY ERIN, A MENTORSHIP STUDENT:

For those who are interested, the following is an article I found that a fellow actor friend of mine posted on Facebook.   I clicked on it at first because I thought it was worth a thought since it addresses an issue I myself have spent a lot of time worrying about (long hours on movie sets).

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Are you worried about your career?

Hello all!   I just finished a kick butt week.   We did another round of the ATT commercials where Beck (the actor) sits around a table with little kids in a classroom and they say funny things.    3 days, 60 kids, 14 hour days.    Exhausting but it went sooo smoooth.

That felt great.   Then did a Dodge commercial.   A new Director for me.

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Running into Friends in Film members in Palm Springs

Ahhhh, just returned from Palm Springs resort and ahhh, it was relaxing. So fun.

The pool was between 80-85 degrees.

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Your cell phone is your best friend

So, I was laying in bed. It was 10 am. I got up for a bit, and decided to go back to bed.

I had gotten home at 3 am from another shoot.

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catch 22 and acting

Hello everybody! What follows is an email I got from someone, let's call her Kim.

She says:

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