Brian Breaks Character

Happy Almost New Year! I’ve done something a little wild for you - For this episode of Brian Breaks Character, I’ve pulled together my favorite quotes from all of the episodes this year. This episode is like a ticker tape of inspiration where we talk about getting more auditions, getting representation, creating content, being an activist in your creative pursuits, marketing yourself, making money, and storytelling.

Get soooooo inspired that you want to go a little deeper? Take a listen to one of our past episodes: 

Prepare Ye The Way to Get More Auditions with Special Host Summer Mastain

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000533974205

Get More Auditions with these CastingAbout & Actors Access Insider Secrets - Part One

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000534687669

Your Casting Profiles in the Age of Social Distancing with Special Host Summer Mastain

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000535401722

Casting Networks' Survival Guide with Katie O'Connor & Scott Madej

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000536259696

Get More Auditions with your Casting Profiles – The Megamix

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000536989729

The Call-In Coaching Show featuring YOU

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000524761220

Become Offer Only & How to Tell When You Need to Be Coached

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000541327368

The Call-In Coaching Show featuring YOU (Part 2)

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000530267084

How to Get An Agent with Guest Host Jo Kelly

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000540604438

How They Did It: Mom and actor Eumi let go of limiting beliefs and picked up 6 offers for representation

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000526940093

Write Your Dream Role with Emily Grace

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000542196950

TV Powerhouse Danny Rose teaches how to pitch… and come out alive!

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000528841237

An Inside Look At Writing For Television with Nick Wootton

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000525718983

How to Create Content for Change with Jen Ponton

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000526597888

From Craigslist to The White House to a TV career with Kevin Arbouet

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000527346226

Showrunner Paul Witten's Road to the Emmys was Paved with NOs

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000538441868

Ignite a Revolution In Filmmaking with Naomi McDougall Jones

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000524761255

Sharon Got 35 Meetings for Representation with Zero Referrals

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000526095619

Find Consistency In Your Hustle with Sam Valentine

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000524761336

Find Your Inner Purpose with Mark and Jenny

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000524761254

Why the YES Vote Matters – An IATSE Member Tells Her Story

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000537745400

Headshots that Win: Prep, Pet Peeves & Perfection with David Muller

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000528107343

How to Be a Disability Ally in the Entertainment Biz with Christine Bruno

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000529569463

Stephanie drops the target list and finds the perfect bicoastal agent

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000532660095

Dump Your Toxic Relationship with Money with Miata Edoga

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000531694928

Your Self Worth Equals Your Net Worth with Katy Chen Mazzara

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000543602766

How To Show Up & Think Bigger with DaJuan Johnson

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000524761169

‘Book the Room’ from Your Living Room with Christine Horn

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000532369203

Re-Define Success with Casting Director Alaine Alldaffer

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000533077052

Alena-the-Hustler took Olympic gold when she quit showcases and landed the reps of her wildest dreams!

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000531312926

No-Sweat Social Media Strategies with the Queen Heidi Dean

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000539160725

Use Your Words (to Get into the Right Inboxes) with Copywriting Queen Marisa Corcoran

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000530293314

Why Your Story Matters with The Moth’s Kate Tellers

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000539874664

Thank You, Actors – What You Teach Us All

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000542935830

The 5 Questions to Own 2021 & Slay 2022

https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490/e/1000544411983

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I believe we are all put on this planet to fulfill our divine purpose while we are here. In this week's episode, I share the metaphysical meaning of Christmas because you've chosen a creative life OR MORE CORRECTLY, a creative life chose you.

No matter how spiritual (or agnostic) you are, you'll gain a better sense of your worthiness from this episode.

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas!

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you.

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Episode Transcript

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As of this morning, we have released 49 episodes of the Brian Breaks Character podcast… So I took a look back at the past six months so I could pull together this special Greatest Hits: Volume 1 that truly speaks to the heart of all creativity: Tell Your Story.

YOU'LL HEAR FROM:

• Playwrights Horizons' Casting Director Alaine Alldaffer illustrates how the lies we tell ourselves about collaboration can get in the way
• Showrunner & Director Kevin Arbouet teaches us how activism can be a part of every story
• Actor Angel Harper got 14 offers for representation after she embraced the most vulnerable part of her story: she took a 12-YEAR hiatus from the biz
• The Moth's Kate Tellers gives us a masterclass in how to tell compelling stories on stage and in our marketing (HINT: people respond to your passion, not your trophies)
• One Broke Actress Podcast host Sam Valentine lets us into her own story as she juggles money-making survival jobs and her big creative pursuits. ← sound familiar? Sam lays it all out in this coaching episode!

And just between us elves… this episode will make you feel good about yourself. It's the perfect listen as you get cozy with your hot cocoa and let visions of 2022-career-sugarplums dance in your head.

So take a little breather from the holiday madness and check back in with you and your story – cuz it matters.

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you.

But don't think that listening to this gives you their full story – Listen to the full episodes here:

Re-Define Success with Casting Director Alaine Alldaffer

From Craigslist to The White House to a TV career with Kevin Arbouet

How Angel started her 3rd act with 14 offers for representation

Why Your Story Matters with The Moth's Kate Tellers

Find Consistency In Your Hustle with Sam Valentine

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Happy Almost-Merry Everything! I'm shimmying down your chimney with tidings of comfort and joy to deliver a GIFT that promises to make your 2022 amazing…

Today's episode is not a typical one, this special episode is a training to help you capture all that has happened in 2021 with The 5 Questions to Own 2021 & Slay 2022! These five thought-provoking and soul-satisfying questions help you to name exactly what you accomplished in 2021 so you can lay the groundwork TO PLAY ALL OUT IN 2022.

In this episode, I walk you through the exercise so you can customize this to your own life and career. And.. My podcast producer, Natalie, joins me as the voice for you. She asks the questions you might have - so that you can really move through this training in a way that you feel confident in the actions you're taking.

TAKEAWAYS

• Gain a better sense of who you've been in the past year and who you're stepping into in 2022.
• We're all productivity addicted so this is not just about what you got done. It's equally important to consider your life and how you felt getting there.
• The importance of forgiveness and letting go.

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you.

Grab your copy of The 5 Questions Here

http://brianbreakscharacter.com/2021

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Episode Transcript

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I'm gonna guess you inherited some money stories from your own upbringing. On today's show, my guest, Katy Chen Mazzara offers you an approach to face those money ghosts so you can craft a new relationship with money that actually ENCOURAGES YOU to claim your own abundance; acknowledge any debt you might have; and build the life you freakin' deserve.

Katy reminds me of Cate Blanchett's character in The Lord of the Rings – she appears out of nowhere calm & all-knowing; nurses your wounds; and puts you back on your feet so you can go out there and save the world from impending doom, Frodo Baggins.

{Or just, like finally buy a home in The Shire.}

Katy was the first person to say to me - Your self worth equals your net worth, and not the other way round.

Pretty powerful stuff, amiright?

I know this conversation will help you clear up your own money-meaning-making mishegas that might get in the way of you making a home, sportin' a new cashmere holiday sweater, or booking a trip to Thailand.

​​TAKEAWAYS

• The power of specificity to get what you want
• Cultivate your own self worth in order to have the net worth you deserve
• You are never too old or too young to start saving and investing
• When you are grateful for the things that you have it actually attracts more of the things that you really want in your life

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you.

Want to learn more? If you're an actor and your goal is to have a fabulous representation, come watch Make Agents Want You for free (https://www.makeagentswantyou.com). That way, you can get off the hamster wheel of reaching out and focus on the acting you were born to do.

CONNECT WITH KATY

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/katychenmazzara/

Website

https://www.katychenmazzara.com/

Get your free ticket to Katy's masterclass for creatives: Financial Freedom Method

https://bit.ly/FFM_Brian

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Episode Transcript

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Actors are some of the most courageous, vulnerable, and growth-oriented people in the world - that's why I choose to work with actors.

{I should probably write a book and make it required reading for, well, everyone, and title it: Actors Know Everything: A How-To Guide to Life & Success on Planet Earth.}

It's important to us on the podcast to center the voices of our greatest teachers – so I invited three wildly different actors to the show to THANK THEM for all that they've taught me.

Matt Pasini is a trans, non-binary actor and activist.Sharon Sharth has a storied career on Broadway and in film and she's entering her third act.Alison Stolpa redefines consistency every damn day.

These three incredible talents drop by Brian Breaks Character to share their stories of how to show up; stay consistent; and not settle for less than you're worth.

Here are some of the juicy TAKEAWAYS

• Different ways to make boundaries with your work
• How to allow yourself to claim where you are in your career
• The impact you have on others when you show up as yourself
• The power of sending love
• The secret trick of the post-it note

And... This Thanksgiving as you enjoy your tofurkey, quinoa stuffing, and organic cranberry sauce, I want you to know how thankful I am for you.

There are over 2 Million podcasts in the world (seriously, I looked it up), so I am deeply grateful you choose to listen to this one.

It's a funny thing podcasting… there's no audience to clap or cheer at the end of the episode and there's no secret algorithm to measure precisely how well you're doing…

But I'm proud of our consistency and each little IG DM, comment, and email that says an episode made a difference or inspired you keeps us going. So thank you, thank you, thank you. Keep listening and we'll keep bringing you more guests and content that will help you to make sense of this wild and woolly bizniz. Lucky to be alongside you.

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you.

CONNECT WITH MATT

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/mattpasiniofficial

https://www.instagram.com/into_thestudio/

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9144143/

CONNECT WITH SHARON

Website

https://www.sharonsharth.com/

Sharon's Books

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sharon%2BSharth

CONNECT WITH ALISON

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/gothblairwaldorf/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/gothblairwaldrf

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4803513/

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Episode Transcript

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You know that dream of being fought over by multiple reps? It feels like a far cry from your average agent send-out. But hold tight my friends, because it is not! Listen in as actors Sawyer Greenberg and Sara Erikson share not only how they landed 15-18 meetings each, but how they made the hard choice of which rep to sign with...without burning any future Hollywood bridges!

CLOSER LOOK & TAKEAWAYS

• Saying no thank you in such a way that it leaves doors open to future relationships with reps, even if they aren't going to be your rep (right now)
• How to create an email that all but sets you up for complete success in every meeting
• Plus a live coaching from Brian to narrow down exactly who and what you are looking for in an agent or manager

With this series, actors I'm talking to you: I believe that acting is your calling and your purpose on the planet. You use your voice, and your body, and all that you are, to tell stories that remind US what it is to be human. You have the power to change lives.

And, we all know that having great representation makes that impact all that much more possible.

But let's not get it twisted – looking for an agent or a manager sucks. It's not straightforward, there are tons of people telling you the best-slash-only ways to do it, and it can leave you in a constant state of anxiety thinking to yourself – is this ever going to happen for me?

And that's why in this series of tell-all interviews with my agent goals students – you'll hear how they did it.

REMINDER: Each of these bonus episodes is very different because each of these actors wants different things from their careers: some want to be on Broadway, others have their sights set on tv and film, and still others are creators and want to land reps that are excited by that.

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you!

Connect With Sawyer

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/sawyergreenberg

Listen to Sawyer's Full Interview Here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-they-did-it-from-calling-it-quits-to-12-offers/id1570747490?i=1000527695366

Connect With Sara

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/whatsarasaw

Listen to Sara's Full Interview Here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coaching-sara-on-making-the-right-manager-decision/id1570747490?i=1000528446550

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I'm just gonna come out and say it, – DO NOT WRITE YOUR OWN CONTENT… Well, not until you listen to this episode! Because even though you've got the best of intentions, chances are you'll make a rookie mistake: You won't write the right character to showcase you & your talents.

I hear you thinking: "Ummmmm, excuse me, Brian! I know a thing or two about scripts, I'm an actor, I look at them all day."

That right there is the very reason you'll make this mistake.

Today's guest Emily Grace walks us through creating content from the lightbulb moment to breaking the process down into small, actionable steps. No, like for real... She really realllllllly breaks it down so that it doesn't feel overwhelming!

Plus she teaches us a reliable, failsafe hack to ensure you write stories that actually highlight your talent and attract the right attention in the bizniz.

Oh, and we breakdown the entire plot of one of my favorite movies – The Devil Wears Prada.

Emily Grace is an expert at helping actors get their damn scripts done. It takes courage to put yourself out there and today's guest helps actors create their own projects.

Tune in to learn:

• The BIG mistakes actors make when it comes to writing
• TRUTH TIME: Just because you are good at breaking down a script doesn't mean that you are good at writing a character fit for you.
• How storytelling is a catalyst for change

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you.

CONNECT WITH EMILY

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/theonlyemilygrace/

Website

http://pickfordwest.com/

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Summer here, Remember me? I'm Brian's Actor Happiness Manager for this community and I'm Baa-ack! I can't stay away from Brian Breaks Character because I just looooove to chat with Brian about this business and share it with all of you.

I am the Host of today's episode and Brian is the Guest and we are talking all things coaching, marketing and productivity.

Have you ever asked yourself the question, "What do I do?" Our first pilot season in 2 years is around the corner and we know this question is being asked now more than ever. And this episode is here to help. Your career changes day to day and week to week and you take a lot of that on. We are here to tell you to let go and support you.

Sooo… get to listening to this episode - NOW.

Takeaways

• Humanizing the business
• Owning that your career will have ups and downs
• The true meaning of consistency (hint hint: it's how you show up and be human!)
• The one thing you probably never check before sending an email

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you.

CONNECT WITH SUMMER

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/summer.mastain

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Episode Transcript

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Remixing some of the best of the best from our Bonus episodes and this one is all about the big bad R-- Referrals!

Sharon, Shawn and Misha share their personal stories of what form of referrals to agents and managers they took in the past, how they dealt with them in the present, and why they will never turn to them again.

CLOSER LOOK & TAKEAWAYS

• Why you get that icky feeling when you use a referral
• Other people's great reps may not be a great fit for you
• Learn to navigate the offers from others without burning bridges
• A better way to finding your "perfect fit" representation...and it may surprise you!

With this series, actors I'm talking to you: I believe that acting is your calling and your purpose on the planet. You use your voice, and your body, and all that you are, to tell stories that remind US what it is to be human. You have the power to change lives.

And, we all know that having great representation makes that impact all that much more possible.

But let's not get it twisted – looking for an agent or a manager sucks. It's not straightforward, there are tons of people telling you the best-slash-only ways to do it, and it can leave you in a constant state of anxiety thinking to yourself – is this ever going to happen for me?

And that's why in this series of tell-all interviews with my agent goals students – you'll hear how they did it.

REMINDER: Each of these bonus episodes is very different because each of these actors wants different things from their careers: some want to be on Broadway, others have their sights set on tv and film, and still others are creators and want to land reps that are excited by that.

Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!

If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you.

Want to learn more? If you're an actor and your goal is to have a fabulous representation, come watch Make Agents Want You for free (www.MakeAgentsWantYou.com). That way, you can get off the hamster wheel of reaching out to reps and focus on the acting you were born to do.

Connect With Sharon

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/sharononscreen/

Connect With Shawn

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/shawnjain

Connect With Misha

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/mishabouvion/

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Need New Representation? Get In On This Free Training:

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