Acting Career Center's video: Acting Career Longevity Beyond Acting with Alison Haselden and Alex Collins

There is no way to guarantee success in this industry. But there is a way to increase your chances: By planning for the long term, taking care of your mental health, and aligning your life and your career in a way that always puts you in the best position to succeed. In this conversation with Beyond Acting founders Alison Haselden and Alex Collins, we discuss career longevity and some of the factors that contribute to it including finding the right "survival job", maintaining one's mental health, cultivating industry relationships, and escaping the "starving artist" lifestyle. Beyond Acting: IG: @beyondacting Fb: https://www.facebook.com/BeyondActingCourses It's a Slate of Mind Podcast: IG: @itsaslateofmind Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-a-slate-of-mind/id1456014234 The Approach Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheApproachGroup Alison Haselden: IG: @alison_haselden Alex Collins: IG: @alexbcollins Web: https://www.alexbcollins.com Resources that were shared: The Actor's Life by Jenna Fischer: https://amzn.to/3fxwv3N Off Camera with Sam Jones: https://offcamera.com/ That One Audition Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-one-audition-with-alyshia-ochse/id1262208420 The War of Art: https://amzn.to/2ZisE4i The School of Greatness: https://amzn.to/2YD0dPo Video Sections: 0:00 Intro 4:37 Alison's journey as a child actor 10:40 How Alison started her podcast 14:14 Alex talks England, soccer, and acting 19:19 Alex's big move to LA 23:05 Why Alex started The Approach 25:05 Beyond Acting origin story 30:29 Career longevity and the job 36:25 Career longevity and the spirit 39:48 Controlling your controllables 42:00 Marketing and social media 45:57 Cultivating industry relationships 48:32 Alison's survival jobs 51:19 Alex's survival jobs 53:02 Creative ways to make money 57:20 No more starving actors! 1:01:27 The stigma of quitting 1:05:00 Great acting resources 1:08:32 Where to find Alison and Alex MORE HELPFUL VIDEOS: ✅ How to Become an Actor in Film and TV: https://youtu.be/krHWL0Frk80 ✅ 10 Commandments of Self Taping: https://youtu.be/ghFZgmFA3a0 ✅ 7 Ways to Memorize Lines FAST: https://youtu.be/NrYXbl5toDU ✅ What to Wear to an Audition: https://youtu.be/1FYADI0rSCc ✅ Should You Move to Atlanta for Acting: https://youtu.be/_IIRBuUvwIU ►► Download my 10 Step Audition Cheat Sheet here: https://www.actingcareercenter.com/cheatsheet LIST OF SELF TAPE TOOLS FOR ACTORS: https://www.actingcareercenter.com/self-tape-tools MY FAVORITE ACTING BOOKS AND RESOURCES: https://www.actingcareercenter.com/best-acting-books-and-resources KURT YUE on IMDb: http://imdb.me/kurtyue CAMERA GEAR USED TO RECORD THIS VIDEO: ○ My camera: https://amzn.to/3gzOlEF ○ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2WDVOek ○ Studio lights: https://amzn.to/3alo49v ○ Microphone: https://amzn.to/3drv32B And make sure you subscribe to my channel! DISCLAIMER: Some of the links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission from the seller. This helps support me and my YouTube channel so that I can continue to make free videos for you every week. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting The Acting Career Center!