The Acting Business Boot Camp Podcast
Episode 323: The Power of Three
Podcast Episode Summary
In today’s episode, we’re exploring a concept that has an undeniable influence in our lives:
👉 The Power of Three
This episode was inspired by my recent Substack post called Three, and if you haven’t checked it out yet, I highly recommend giving it a read.
But don’t worry—I’ll break it all down for you right here.
Why Three?
Why does this number show up in storytelling, structure, decision-making, and even how we process the world?
Stick around, and let’s unpack the strange, spooky, and powerful magic of the number three.
The Universal Effectiveness of Three
Let’s start with a simple question:
💡 Why is the number three so universally effective?
Think about it:
✔️ We tell jokes in threes (Three Times Funny in improv, "A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar…")
✔️ Stories are structured in three parts (Beginning, Middle, End)
✔️ In visual design, groups of three feel balanced and complete
There’s something incredibly satisfying about three—it...
Episode 322: Interview with Diane Strand
Meet Diane Strand – Executive Producer, Creativepreneur & TEDx Speaker
In today’s episode, we’re joined by Diane Strand, a creative entrepreneur, executive producer, bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and nonprofit founder. She believes in the power of creativity and the arts to transform both life and business.
Get ready for some golden nuggets, including:
✔️ Why believing in yourself—51% more than your doubts—changes everything
✔️ How the next step always reveals itself (if you trust the process)
✔️ The mindset shifts that help actors and creatives thrive
Let’s dive in!
🎭 The Power of Creativity in Business & Life
Diane shares how creativity shaped her journey, from overcoming dyslexia to landing her first school play role as Betsy Ross—even when everyone told her she couldn’t do it.
💡 Key Takeaway: The arts fuel focus, persistence, and personal growth.
She now works with mainstream and special-needs individuals, proving that creativity is a universal tool for success.
💡 O...
Episode 320: Specificity
Podcast Episode Summary
🚀 Big News! Mandy Fisher, VO expert extraordinaire, is now officially joining me as a co-host on the Acting Business Bootcamp Podcast! 🎉
For Mandy’s first episode as co-host, we’re diving into a game-changing concept: specificity.
💡 Why is specificity so powerful? Because when you’re clear about who you are, what you offer, and who you’re reaching out to, you’ll:
✔️ Cut through the noise and reach the right people
✔️ Build trust with casting directors, agents, and clients
✔️ Strengthen your branding, marketing, and outreach
✔️ Increase your chances of booking work
In this episode, we cover:
✅ Why vague messaging gets ignored (and how to avoid it)
✅ How to be specific in your emails, website, and portfolio
✅ The role of specificity in social media, branding, and direct marketing
✅ Actionable homework to refine your approach right now
👉 Grab a notebook, take a deep breath, and let’s dive in!
🎯 Why Specificity is a Game Changer for Actors & Creatives
In today...
Episode 313: Interview with Matthew Corozine
About Matthew:
Matthew Corozine is a multi-hyphenated creative artist. Not only an actor, director, producer, and teacher, Matthew is also the founding artistic director and creator of Matthew Corozine Studio (MCS), which just celebrated its 24th anniversary. He is now one of New York City’s leading Meisner-based acting coaches, teaching and creating opportunities for students to “get outta your head” in order to build a meaningful life with art. Already with an established student base in New York City, Washington DC and internationally (via online coaching), MCS has expanded to Miami .
Over the years, Matthew has coached actors and performers on Broadway, TV, Film, including platinum-selling America’s Got Talent finalist, Jackie Evancho. Matthew directed the original show “Going Through Life With No Direction” at 54 Below (NYC), produced by Alicia Keys.
Matthew recently acted in THE NORMAL HEART benefit at the legendary LGBT Center 40th Anniversary with Broadway for Arts Educ...
Episode 311: Interview with Tim Phillips
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About Tim:
With more than 60,000 coaching sessions and 40+ years in the business, audition coach and premiere acting teacher Tim Phillips knows what works.
Audition For Your Career, Not The Job was written after 30 years of teaching and designed as a practical manual for the working actor. What Phillips is after are moment-by-moment, clear, specific, human truths that make you unavoidable on stage and screen, from character.
Tim Phillips ignited the careers of Emmy award-winning Richard Schiff, Golden Globe nominee Wendy Malick, Nancy Travis, the excellent Robert Wisdom, James DuMont, Bruce Nozick (...) and many others. He's also helped catapult countless actors into more satisfying, long-term, confident careers.
Today, based out of Atlanta, he brings decades of NYC and LA-based experience to artists of every caliber across the country and now, thanks to Zoom, the globe. He coaches privately over the phone, via Zoom, and through Facetime.
P...
Episode 309: Interview with Risa Bramon Garcia
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About Risa:
For the past 4 decades Risa has worked consistently as a director, producer, casting director, writer, and teacher, and is a founder of The BGB Studio, a training space and artistic home for actors. She’s had the great fortune to have collaborated with some of the most talented, passionate, and groundbreaking artists in the world. She’s continued to move successfully from one arena to another – from theatre to film to television and back. With two feature films in her directorial body of work – the cult classic, 200 CIGARETTES, and more recently, THE CON ARTIST, made in Canada, Risa’s also directed in television, including multiple episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE for the WB, and several shows for HBO, Lifetime, and Comedy Central.
Risa has cast some of the most memorable movies of the past 40 years. Risa’s résumé includes decades of classics such as DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, SOMETHING WILD, THE JOY LUCK CLUB, TRUE ROMANCE, ANGEL H...
Episode 307: Making a Pivot In Your Acting Career
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So today's podcast is going to be about making a pivot in your acting career.
The first thing you want to do when you are making a pivot is you want to clarify your new career goal.
I understand that the goal may be to be a working actor, but what exactly does that mean to you?
And when you've made a goal, asking yourself that follow up question, that empowering question, what does that mean to you? What does that look like? How will it feel when you achieve it?
You want to take time to identify exactly where you want to pivot, and I think those questions can really, truly help you.
Now, whether that is in a new area of the industry, or maybe with a new renewed energy towards a different area or a renewed energy towards an old goal? That is fine. The big thing I want you to think about is being specific.
Really setting a clear goal for yourself of what you are looking to do.
Now one of the things that I always talk about with my client...
Episode 287: Interview with Terry Knickerbocker
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About Terry Knickerbocker:
Terry is a graduate of The Experimental Theatre Wing in the Drama Dept. at New York University. After graduating from NYU, Terry trained as an actor and a teacher with William Esper.
He taught at The William Esper Studio for 25 years, and continues as part of the core faculty at the Experimental Theatre Wing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He has also taught directing at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School and Yale University.
Other essential teacher/mentors include Maggie Flanigan, Rina Yerushalmi, Steve Wangh, Terry Hayden, Nikos Psacharopoulos, Jackie Brookes, Mary Overlie, Ryszard Cieslak, Jerzy Grotowski, Pierre Lefèvre, Moshe Feldenkrais, Dr. Louis Ormont, and Dr. Harry Fogarty.
He has coached actors on over 300 films, television and theater projects, both on and off-Broadway and regionally. He also...
Episode 276: Musical Theatre with David Cady
About David Cady:
DAVID CADY is currently a professor of commercial and musical theatre performance at AMDA, NYU, and Pace University.
Prior, he was a casting director for Donna DeSeta Casting for close to 30 years.
In addition to countless commercials, his casting credits include the original Dirty Dancing, Disney's Enchanted, Michael John LaChiusa's The Petrified Prince for the Public Theater, and the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman's Whistle Down the Wind, directed by Harold Prince.
He was an original cast member of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, and can be seen in Lonny Price's film about the experience, The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened.
In an enlightening discussion filled with actionable advice and heartfelt stories, David Cady, a veteran of musical theatre, shares his extensive knowledge and passion for the art. This episode is a treasure trove for aspiring and establ...
Episode 263: The Great Podcast Recap of 2023
This is one of my favorite episodes of the year. Why? Because I recap the entire year, and it's like a play-by-play of all the podcast episodes.
So, over 52 episodes, you can get a quick little like burst of what it's about and write it down and say, "Oh, I wanna listen to episode 210."
What's so incredible is that we have over 160 episodes for you to listen to all free content. And it's a great little way to celebrate the holidays by just marking down which ones you want to listen to while you do that dreaded holiday travel.
It's important to encourage yourself.
