Mark Evans Studio

  The Reliability Of Change.  I often say that there is one similarity between the entertainment industry and being a parent: Just when you think you’ve figured it out, something proves you wrong. The nap schedule changes. Your TV pilot doesn’t get picked up. Your kid doesn’t like that food anymore. The show you’re on announces it’s closing. Your kids pediatrician announces she’s leaving the office indefinitely The vacation you just booked needs to be canceled because you booked the job you thought you didn’t get.  What we do as artists - especially if you’re a professional artist and creating/performing is ideally how you pay the bills - is extremely vulnerable.  I do private coaching with a lot of students and I often see a recurring theme of “I will be happy when……..” coming up in the work. Oftentimes it’s “If I just book this job” or “once I get an agent” or “when I make my Broadway debut.  I believe this way of thinking works against us (and I say “ us” b...

  It’s the taking part that counts We’ve all heard the saying right? “It’s not about winning, it’s the taking part that counts”.  I want you to focus on the second part of that phrase and remember it. I teach and coach a lot of students and there seems to be a similar theme in a lot of them recently, where I’ve found myself regularly promoting participation .  I’ll give a few examples. “I have an Actors Access page but I haven’t activated it yet” “I was asked to audition for a student film but I’m not sure if I’m gonna submit” “I have been given the email address of a casting director who’s casting a project I know I’m right for but I haven’t emailed them yet”  After we discussed these things, I helped my students discover for themselves what the clear reason was in their decision making. Here’s the truth they courageously shared: “Once I go ‘live’ with it, I’ll feel more professional and what happens if I never book a job?” “What if I don’t even get picked to do an ...