If you have been in the industry for more than 18 months, you have outlasted most other actors.

If you are reading this report, you have also put more thought into how to take your career to the next level them most of them ever will.

That also means your career is at a crossroad.

You have been in the industry long enough to have experience some success and long enough to know that first hand that the industry isn’t all red carpets and glam sessions.

Most actors enter the industry completely wide eyed and with a ton of enthusiasm. They quickly fizzle out because they don’t exactly know what to expect from the industry and there isn’t really anywhere to turn to for advice.

There are only 2 ways your career can go.

You either make it or you don’t.

There isn’t much of a middle ground.

Today I am going to introduce you to an actor that made it in the industry and surpassed her biggest dreams.

I’m also going to introduce you to someone whose career went the exact opposite way.

He didn’t make it and is now shuffling paperwork in a cubicle.

This is a tale of two actors. For one it has been the best of times. For the other, it was the worst of times.

Which one do you want to experience?

Fair warning, this report contains some brutal honesty and you should only read more if you truly want to be successful as an actor...

First, let’s meet Cindy. She came into the industry just like everyone else. She was willing to work hard, take odd jobs to get another credit.

She spent over a year doing this but all along, she knew that if she always approached her career like this, she would never end up making any progress.

If you look at things objectively, like Cindy did, it doesn’t take long to realize this.

If you are stuck doing commercials, but you really want to do network television or feature films, it’s highly unlikely that your work in a mouthwash ad will get you there.

The sooner you realize this, the sooner you will start to make progress.

You have to be involved in the kind of work that you want to end up doing.

Sure, you will have to take other work just to have some industry activity, but don’t confuse work with progress.

The big shift for Cindy’s career, came when she started to focus on the kinds of work she found exciting and wanted to do more of.

This is what other successful actors have done.

You have probably heard the expression, jack of all trades, master of none.

Most people understand this and experience it to be true in just about every other industry. However, as actors we are no different.

You have to specialize in area and make it your laser-like focus.

Start with he big picture and then narrow it down even further. Don’t just decide that you want to focus on doing action films. Narrow it even further and look for roles where you can always play a special agent, or seek out roles where you can always play a doctor for example.

Once you have established yourself in an area then, it becomes easier for you to expand your scope of work.

If you knock it out the park, playing doctors for example, then it’s a no brainer for you to be cast as a lawyer next.

What most actors do instead is go from playing a doctor, to a clown, to a barista. They do action, then comedy, then drama, then back to action.

This never let’s you make progress in a single category, so you end up starting back at square 1 in every category.

That’s what Mark did.

He couldn’t decide on a category he wanted to focus on so he instead focused on none.

So, even though he was incredibly talented, he progressed from playing bit parts.

See, just like in any other career. You have to be “promoted” to the next level, but this can’t happen if you are constantly jumping from one category to another.

Your agent is going to play part in helping you to specialize, so you need to take some time and have a conversation with them about this.

They may adamantly tell you that it’s a bad idea, or that there won’t be enough work available for you.

You may have a difference of opinion regarding how to approach your career and what moves to make. That’s completely ok!

However, you do have to get to the root of whether their concerns are valid, or if they simply don’t know how to do what you are asking them to do.

Unfortunately, most agents will fall into the latter, but there are still solutions. You may be able to find a manager that is better specialized and can help you find opportunities in the area you are specializing in.

As you narrow your focus, you will start to make higher quality industry contacts. Successful CDs and industry decision makers specialize too, so you will start to see them over and over.

This presents a huge opportunity, as long as you can make a good impression.

Be down to earth first and foremost. CDs are people too. They want to work with people they like.

Actors tend to confuse, leaving an impression being impressive, so they finesse their credentials and try to impress CDs with their background and talent.

This could work, except that everyone does this to CDs all day everyday and they can see it coming from a mile away.

So, you end up being just another actor among a thousand.

Instead, if you are just down to earth and likable, you will be the one that stands out from the crowd.

Even if it turns out that you are not right for the part you went in to read for, CDs will remember you and they will file your information away, and will for opportunities to call you in.

They will even end up referring you around to other CDs.

Of course, you will still have to pass the “due diligence” test so make sure that your industry reputation matches what you want to accomplish.

Remember, CDs and industry decision makers are people and protecting themselves first, before taking a chance on someone new is natural.

Don’t give them a reason to pass on you.

Even if they like you and think you are great, if your industry status is not what they expect, CDs and decision makers won’t just think twice before booking you.

They will probably avoid it altogether, to protect themselves and their own career, and cast someone with a better status.

Here’s how I can help with that.

If you have been stuck playing smaller roles than you are capable of, and if you haven’t made the type of progress you should have made so far in your career, chances are, this has something to do with it.

It may not be the entire picture, but it is almost always a part of the problem.

Don’t leave this to chance. The outcome of your career depends heavily on the trust you develop with others and the quality of your industry relationships.

Trust in the industry is hard to come by, and the first impression you often make is your industry status.

If you always put your best foot forward, then you should be doing that with your status as well.

If this hasn’t been an area of focus for you, it’s time for you to start so I can...

See you at the top,
Scott