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This is the place for Canadian answers! My company runs "The Advisors", a Toronto-based career-power network for performers, producers and entertainment artists of all sorts. I am a performer, and I have not had a joe-job in the last thirty-odd years, so I must be doing something right. I can talk about career moves, self-promotion, self-production, and the business sense that turns your art into a living.
Experience in the area
I am the most published Canadian arts entrepreneur.
The Actor's Survival Kit, Tax Kit 2000+, Tax CD, The Art of Managing Your Career.
Organizations
Canadian Equity, ACTRA, AEA, BAEA
Publications
The Actor's Survival Kit, Tax Kit 2000+, The Agents Book, The Art of Managing Your Career, The Organizer, Equity News, ACTRA newsletters.
Awards and Honors
"Many people in the audience applauded warmly when it was time for him to leave the stage" (Local review of my Bill Walker in "Major Barbara" at the Shaw Festival.
Awards and Honors
"Many people in the audience applauded warmly when it was time for him to leave the stage" (Local review of my Bill Walker in "Major Barbara" at the Shaw Festival.
Average Ratings
Recent Reviews from Users
K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response P = Politeness| User | Date | K | C | P | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neo | 12/07/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks a lot Peter for your time ..... |
| Joe | 11/05/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Ryan | 04/08/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Brittany | 02/07/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| am | 12/27/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Recent Answers from Peter Messaline
2011-11-04 Getting started:
How lucky you are to have the luxury of planning your move into professional acting without that nagging 'pay the rent'problem. Precisely what you need to do now depends on where you are. I shall assume
2011-07-26 Question:
Dear Ashley: I'm going to be boring and say that you are a couple of steps away from getting professional acting work. There are things to do now, which will feed your acting bug, and which will make it
2011-06-05 acting at age 13:
Hi Ava: Every time your age comes up, it's a problem, I know, but your age is a problem. If you look at film and TV, you'll see there is almost never an actor in their early teens. Writers don't write
2011-05-09 hi:
If you are looking to be a stunt performer specialising in parkour, you'll have to join one of the many groups that exist, to give you an idea of how hot you actually are. Go to this search page for
2011-04-06 Acting Job:
It might be of some comfort to hear that I have been just as shy throughout my career. There are, it seems to me, two sorts of actors: "Hey, It's Me, I'm Here and I'm Wonderful" and, "I'm not here
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