Acting

Congratulations on booking the role, Aaron Marcus! Must-watch video!

Here's another AI character developer, it might work well for comedy movies or kids movies. https://www.instagram.com/p/DR9cu-tDMPn/

I will be in Canada for stage combat training in January Roberto Micheletti everyone from all over the world are meeting there.

Thank you for introducing yourself, I highly encourage you Roberto Micheletti to do it again for IYW. The weekend of the 19th. Also, you can search for members using the Browse tab. There are Stage32 meetups as well. If there is not one in Toronto, you can always start one!

Great to meet you too, Amanda Toney ! i actually started acting after a powerful personal shift a few years ago - storytelling became the way i expressed everything i was experiencing. from there, i went to Toronto Film School, i fell in love with character work and eventually began writing my own projects. it's been an amazing journey so far.

that's awesome, Damaris Isales ! Stage combat training sounds intense and fun. January is going to be a big month for a lot of us. Wishing you an amazing training experience!

Thank you Suzanne Bronson Suzanne, i appreciate the encourage! i'll definitely look into the IYW weekend - sounds like a great opportunity to connect with more creatives. And thank you for the meetup tip as well!.

Hi, Alexandra Stevens. Hope you're having a great weekend! It's harder to write scenes when I don't trust what I've outlined and/or my talent. I've gotten better at ignoring that thought and just writing the scenes.

Sometimes you just say screw it and go all in! See what happens! It beats the alternative...which is not doing anything.

Hi, Brittany Christine. One of my favorite Christmas movies is Home Alone.

Maurice Vaughan YES it never gets old! Solid pick! A fun time watching, every time :)

Did you see this, Brittany Christine: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/macaulay-culkin-home-alone-sequel-kev...

Die Hard!

Home Alone and Die Hard are movies that happen to take place at Christmas, I am on the "not-a-Christmas-movie" side. For me, my favorite Christmas movies are: A CHRISTMAS STORY, and THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

Matthew Gross - wow!! What an incredible story. What an innovative way to use AI! I’d love to have you write a blog about this process as it’s fascinating. Email Ashley, our head of community so she can work with you on your story: blogstage32.com

I think that is brilliant Matthew Gross I never would have thought of using AI to select my photos. Do you use the free version of ChatGPT or the paid? I agree with Amanda Toney -please write a blog, sharing all the ways you have use AI to help you with your career.

I'm gonna do another rewrite on my feature script, Suzanne Bronson. What's a step you’re taking?

Suzanne Bronson thanks for the invitation. Hmmmm......a good question. I immediately think, eughhh....my life is so full at the moment, how can I possibly find the space or time for a small step ? Well, as you know, i think the step will be finding some scenes to work on with you. 'Especially since my training starts up again next year.

And going off of that, Maurice Vaughan I WILL find a monologue or two. I have a book that was recommended in the Audition Intensive Lab I took and I have nothing but time. Alexandra Stevens

Great, Suzanne Bronson. I like the "WILL"! What's your favorite type of monologue?

A prepared actor Maurice Vaughan to has both a dramatic and a comedic at the ready, and a classical. Depends on the show you're auditioning for.

Suzanne Bronson personally speaking, I think we need to stop using ‘rejection’ as it’s such an emotive and personalised term. It’s just a ‘no’.

We need to take the emotional baggage out of the process, whether that’s auditioning, pitching or working on the finance side of productions.

I have just had a ‘no’ from a financier and it isn’t that there’s anything wrong with the project. They had actually contacted me about investing in the film and during the ‘dating’ process, their economic situation suffered a downturn in their business. This is not rejection, it’s just a no.

The no in auditioning was that the director didn’t think we were right for the part. In pitching, well, it could simply be that we had chosen the wrong producer to look at the project. With finance, as cited above, it had nothing to do with the film and everything to do with their economic position. As devastating as that was, we move on, brush the ‘nos’ off our feet and walk a few more miles to the next investor.

Thank you for your thoughts Geoff Hall I totally understand what you're saying. For me, it's easier to see that for film and TV why I wasn't cast. I know it has nothing to do with me. But it's harder for me to take a no in theater. Especially community/college theater. I have not been cast, seen the play, and been like, "what the hell?"

Turns out, I have learned, there are a lot of politics when it comes to community theater. A person may be the better actor, but the company is most likely going to cast someone they have worked with before or they are friends with regardless of talent.

Suzanne Bronson understood. Community theatre can be a viper’s nest of political intrigue.

My rub with ‘rejection’ is that we tend not to weigh up all the factors of a decision and take it purely personally. For me that is bad emotional intelligence and tends to undermine our confidence and self esteem. We become unsure of our talents and such negativity loves to hang around for the next audition or pitch.

Suzanne Bronson at the risk of sounding superficial, recently I am experimenting with telling myself repeatedly like a mantra 'this or something better' when I experience rejection. I know it is easier said than done but it helps to uplift me a little.

That's a good way to look at it Alexandra Stevens not attaching to the end results.. Something Mike Dooley would say. "This or better"

Maurice Vaughan Yup, that's what will be happening in between work, hubby and I will put on Xmas movies, and I am proud to say, I will be initiating him into "Love Actually". He hasn't seen it yet!!! And, he will be lovingly make me watch "Die Hard" with him…and at some point, Harry Potter is happening.

Hopefully I will be going to Colorado to see my family. I just need to buy those plane tickets.

Mostly I will write my script, give a motivation, celebrate my birthday and write my character’s struggles.

Brittany Christine I'm looking forward to fly to the south of France to spend Christmas with family

I am going to be a stow away Alexandra Stevens

Amanda Toney "Whooooahhh" was my first reaction, but then, of course, this is how it works. People will have so many incredibly differing opinions of performances, but at the end of the day, my reaction to this: ok, that's yours to have, but will it keep me from acting? Nope. It will probably fuel me to go on. If he's having such a strong reaction, I mean, there's something there. A truly "weak", "non entity" performance, usually elicits…nothing. But, to each their own, and people also speak from where they are, having a bad day, or something happened int heir life, or they had a falling out with the person they are trashing. It says a lot more about this director, than it does about the actor. But, all with objectivity, and distance, thanks, and a pinch of salt.

Shots fired!

Oh man. This ties in with another discussion about Rejection. Amanda Toney the best actor isn't always cast. In this case, it seems to be one of convenience and necessity. Recasting would be timely, easier to double cast. Makes sense.

I wonder how Dano feels though, hearing that. Mark Tarantino off as a director he's not going to work for. "the weakest actor in SAG AFTRA" that's harsh. I would be devastated as an actor to have someone say I gave a non entity performance. I am sure DDL is hard to keep up with and may be Dano did feel out of his league. I am sure he came a way a better actor because of it.

Amanda Toney ooh his words are harsh! Personally I would feel completely humiliated but I guess as an actor in the public eye you have to grow a bit of a thick skin. And Tarantino is entitled to his opinion

That was fun to watch, Pat Alexander. I'm always amazed at what actors do to prepare for roles.

Pat Alexander wow, how exhilarating to watch! And Brad Pitt still looking good\1