Congratulations to budding actor/ filmmaker Laurent Boiteux and his first commercial gig on the Australia nation-wide airing of Hungry Jack’s commercial. Laurent is Brisbane born and has since risked it all, and migrated to Sydney for the past year. His transition into being a working actor has been an easy one, but after further developing his skills, collaborating on many projects, gathering enough material for his showreel, he has finally hit a nice and juicy gig – his first TVC.
On the topic of acting, here are some tips:
1. Skill yourself up: Acting is a craft and you need to sharpen your skills in preparation of any potential role. A pretty face can only get you so far and great acting will be the determining factor in leaving a good and professional impression.
2. Know where the jobs are at: If you want to work in film and TV, it is good to know where to find work. NY and LA are the place where most casting directors are based. But if you can’t relocate, that’s still fine, just be prepared to go back and forth if something potential pops up.
3. Sacrifice: Understand that there are just some things that have to be missed out for the sake of the craft. That could mean letting go of a relationship, missing out on certain friendships. Its safe to say that acting isn’t a structured 9-5 kind of thing, you may be required to work up to 14 hours per day and be away from home for months.
4. Let go of your ego: Good actors are able to let themselves go 100% to the characters they are portraying in order to get a quality performance.
5. Be nice: Live of a philosophy of being kind and positive towards other people, no who they are and what they do. What goes around comes around.
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