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04/09/2026

What if you turned your acting career into a game?

Who would you want to be inside the game?

And what game would you want to play?

If you were playing to win, what next action would you take?

If you want to learn how to win at the acting game, join our free workshop: How to Be a Working Actor in 2026.

Comment WORKSHOP, I’ll send you the deets.

03/09/2026

Begin with the end in mind when analysing your script.

Where does your character end up?
What needs to be set up for the scene to pay off the way it does?

What's happening and what's being said in the scene are just the tip of the iceberg.

What's not being said?
What's the intention beneath the surface?

We're breaking down what makes an actor stand out in our free live workshop next week.

Comment WORKING and we'll send details.

Ben Mathews

03/09/2026

The camera is already capturing your Essence...
Even if you don’t understand it yet.

Your warmth. Intelligence. Vulnerability. Humour. Danger. Unpredictability.

These qualities shape how casting experiences you—and the roles they believe you can play.

When you understand them, you stop trying to prove you can play everyone and start becoming more specific about what makes you unmistakably you.

Because your breakthrough will happen when the right role meets the qualities that are already there.

Want to understand how this fits into building a working acting career?

Comment WORKING and we'll send you the details for my free workshop:

How to Become a Working Actor in 2026.

02/09/2026

"All you're required to be as an actor is playful. Then you just slot yourself into different scenarios and tones of Drama or Comedy" - Andrew Scott on how playfulness is essential in acting Team Coco

02/09/2026

Are you a Paper Pleaser? 👀

This came up in a recent Acting Mastery Academy Zoom class, and I love Ivana Chubbuck’s term for it: “Paper Pleaser.”

A Paper Pleaser is an actor who’s so focused on honouring what’s on the page that they forget to bring themselves to it.

You say the lines correctly.
You hit the beats.
You make the “right” choices.

But the writer already brought the words.

Your job is to bring what isn’t on the page.

Your instincts. Your imagination. Your point of view. Your life experience.

Because casting isn’t just looking for someone who can perform the material.

They’re looking for the actor who can elevate it.

So stop trying to please the paper!

Bring something to it.

Want to learn what actually helps actors stand out, create momentum and build a working career?

Comment WORKING and we’ll send you the details for our FREE workshop, How to Become a Working Actor in 2026.

01/09/2026

If I had to start my acting career from scratch in 2026, I’d focus on three things:

3️⃣ Opportunity
2️⃣ Mindset
1️⃣ Craft

Most actors spend years waiting for permission.

Waiting for an agent.
Waiting for an audition.
Waiting for someone to discover them.

But waiting isn’t a strategy.

The actors who build sustainable careers focus on all three pillars:

• Craft – becoming undeniable and exceptional at what they do.
• Mindset – handling rejection, uncertainty and self-doubt.
• Opportunity – creating momentum instead of waiting for it.

These are the exact principles we’ve used to help thousands of actors build careers over the past 15 years.

If you’d like to learn how to apply them to your own career, join us for our FREE live workshop next week.

Comment WORKING and we’ll send you the details.

01/09/2026

Your job as an actor is to make your scene partner look like a genius.

It's a simple rule from improv, but it's one of the most useful principles you can bring into your acting.

Because as soon as we make the performance about us — getting it right, looking good, giving a great performance — our attention goes back onto ourselves.

And that's usually when the work starts to suffer.

Instead, try shifting your attention onto the other person:

Listen to them.
Be affected by them.
Give them something to respond to.

Because the more you give, the more you'll get back.

Be interested in them in order to be interesting.

Want to learn more about what actually helps actors stand out, create momentum and build a working career?

Comment WORKING and we'll send you the details for our free workshop.
Ben Mathews

01/09/2026

What do most drama schools and acting classes fail to teach?

Here's what the cast of 'Abbott Elementary' had to say when asked what they wish acting classes taught... that most don't.

Career strategy and the business of acting are things that we at Acting Mastery are incredibly passionate about teaching.

We believe there are 3 pillars that underpin a breakout acting career:
1. Craft
2. Mindset
3. Opportunity

And our Opportunity pillar is all about career strategy and teaching you how to create your own opportunities - because waiting for the phone to ring instead a strategy.

We're running a free workshop next week on on exactly this:
How to Become a Working Actor in 2026.

Comment or DM 'WORKSHOP' and we'll send you the link.

Video courtesy of Backstage"

31/08/2026

Your “big break” might happen tomorrow. Or it might take years.

The question is: what are you doing in the meantime?

If you want to learn how to become a breakout actor, I’m hosting a free live workshop on How to Become a Working Actor in 2026.

Comment “WORKING” and we’ll send you the details. 🎬

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