Brian Breaks Character

Now that Deadline has finally announced the big news, I can share Chelsea Gonzalez with you! 🎉 🙈🙊🙉 I've had to keep my mouth shut until Deadline, Variety and The Wrap spread the word➞ Chelsea Gonzalez is an Official Selection as a Blumhouse & K Period Media Screamwriting Fellow (...and as a longtime, client & friend, I am just so freakin' proud of her!). 💗 🙌 And on today's episode of Brian B...

Calling all future Shonda Rhimes & Ryan Murphys!!!  👉 Do you have an idea for a TV show? 👉 Or a pilot gathering dust cuz you don't know what to do with it? 👉 Or maybe you're just curious about how TV shows get made! Brian Breaks Character has gotchu, boo. 💗 On this episode of the podcast, my guest Adrienne Rose White give us a masterclass on HOW TO PITCH & SELL TV SHOWS. 📺 Adrienne helps peop...

Today's guest, Pete Luna has been an actor in New York 🗽 for over 20 years and he never had a manager or an agent! He tried to get one in the past 🤯 while struggling to nab auditions on his own. 👈 This is when a lot of actors would have throw in the 20-year-old towel! But Pete is a smart – and hysterical! –  guy: he switched up his approach to embrace his almosts as well as his wins and by usin...

Have you ever had to sign an NDA or keep an acting gig hush-hush until it aired? Then you'll love this conversation with today's guest Rachelle Hay! Rachelle signed with new reps in Vancouver – after she scored 15 meetings & 12 offers – then she booked a drool-worthy can't-talk-about-it role on television! 🔥🔥  In this episode she tells us how she burned through limiting beliefs to attract the ri...

Something big happened over at Actors' Equity Association this week. 😮 They dropped their Diversity & Inclusion Report on Hiring Bias for 2021. 🙌 In this episode, we get an inside look at this hot-off-the-presses report with Danee Conley, Equity's new Diversity & Inclusion Strategist.  Actors' Equity continues to be a leader in this space and work towards creating a more inclusive industry. ✊🏻...

Run, Don't Walk To Get the Survival Guide that accompanies this very special 2-part episode:  https://actorsurvivalguide.com This is Part Two of the Actor Survival Guide.  Six super coaches joined me! Moniqua Plante, DaJuan Johnson, Heidi Dean, Emily Grace, Elise Arsenault & Jo Kelly  want you to BE YOU and feel freakin' great while you do it  (...and THAT, my friend, is worth the price of admissi...

Run, Don't Walk To Get the Survival Guide that accompanies this very special 2-part episode:  https://actorsurvivalguide.com Your purpose was given to you by something other than yourself → There's LITERALLY no one else on the planet that can do YOU the way that you can. So, you simply gotta be YOU.  I think you can agree: easier said than done sometimes!  So for this episode of the podcast, I rea...

Not sure if the Make It Real mastermind is the right fit for your goals?🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽🙋🏾‍♀️ On the fence about working with me in this ongoing way? Or just wanna learn more? Take a tour with me on this episode of the Make it Real mastermind!👨🏾‍💻🧑🏻‍💻👩🏼‍💻 If you're at all curious about how the mastermind will work, this is your chance to listen in on some great questions from creatives that...

❤️ Do you have more than one passion?  ⚖️ Do you ever feel that you have to choose?  ⚡️ Or that if you give energy to one passion you're cheating on the other?  Well, what if I told you one passion could support the other? 🤯 On this episode of the podcast we continue our series devoted to making your big idea real.💡 WE TALK ABOUT ATTRACTING ABUNDANCE BY SAYING YES TO BOTH PASSIONS! 💰x 💰 💵  S...

This month we're talking all about birthing something big… Saying yes to your calling in a bigger way. 🙌 On this episode of the podcast I talk about the signature process I use to coach and this is specifically the way I will be coaching inside of the mastermind. I'm sharing all of this on the podcast because I want you to be able to use this process for your big thing, whether it's: 📕Writing a...

If you're the kind of creative who has A LOT of ideas, but doesn't always finish them 👉 then you are going to get a ton of value from today's podcast episode. Has this ever happened to you?  You get this great idea and you are super inspired, you even run out to buy a new notebook 📓and some fancy pens 🖋…You're writing away for a cool twenty minutes and then the inspiration kind of fades…  OR May...

Tell me if this sounds familiar… ✅ You've got an idea for a bizniz, a film, or a creative project, but you need support and a strategy to get it off the ground. ✅ Or maybe you've got a big idea, but you're afraid to even say it out loud... cuz what if it doesn't work out... and who are you to try anyway? Plus if you're anything like me, you show up for other people, but without someone holding y...

Happy New Year! 🥳 Today we're celebrating 100 Episodes! 🎉 Before I go any further, I want to thank all listeners for making this possible. Ain't no such thing as a podcast without all of you. And look what you did! 🏆 You've made us one of the 1% most popular shows out of the 2.9 Million podcasts around the world 👉 Which means you're actually listening (not just downloading)! 🎧 🏆 We have over...

Happy Almost-Merry Everything! I'm shimmying down your chimney with tidings of comfort and joy to deliver a GIFT that promises to make your 2023 amazing… Today I am dropping a replay of an episode cuz it includes a special training to help you capture all that has happened in 2022 with The 5 Questions to Own 2022 & Slay 2023 ! These five thought-provoking and soul-satisfying questions help you to...

Today's guests are the epitome of what this podcast is all about: CREATIVE REVOLUTIONARY SUPERSTARS… who are just as hard on themselves as the rest of us! CJ Baran & Benjamin Romans created the show CAGES – an indescribable "genre-busting game changer" ( LA Times ) that left audiences in awe at its premiere… MYSELF INCLUDED! Masterfully weaving state-of-the-art video and animation with live perfor...

Today's guests on the podcast are perfect for the holiday season. 🎁 Their generous natures and happy-couple-status screams wholesome holiday movie, but in a realistic-get-sh*t-done-&-make-an-impact-kinda way.  Danielle Beckmann & Timothy Reese are a husband and wife team who have used collaboration, kindness, and good ol' fashioned manners to open doors, build a network, and start a production co...

Chances are you'll recognize today's podcast guest! Laura Niemi plays Steve Carell's wife on FX's The Patient , now streaming on Hulu. #NoBigDeal  She's also had roles on Stranger Things, Grey's Anatomy, This Is Us, Veep, and NCIS .  If you've EVER considered leaving your reps, but were afraid to do so, her story carries a message I KNOW you'll relate to… Most actors think BIG TIME ROLES will make...

This is part two episode of a very special 2-part episode where I give you a backstage pass to a coaching call. I invited podcast superfans to a LIVE COACHING CALL and we talked about ALLLLLL THE THINGS. We covered so much we had to split the call into 2 episodes… and both binge-worthy episodes dropped today! Since my group coaching calls are devoted to my online course curriculum, this was a rare...

Today I'm giving you a backstage pass to a coaching call. I invited podcast superfans to a LIVE COACHING CALL and we talked about ALLLLLL THE THINGS. We covered so much we had to split the call into 2 episodes… and both binge-worthy episodes dropped today! Since my group coaching calls are devoted to my online course curriculum, this was a rare chance for me to throw down on all things related to...

Happy Thanksgiving!  Today, as you enjoy your tofurkey, quinoa stuffing, and organic cranberry sauce, I want you to know how thankful I am for you.  And.. I am dropping a replay of an episode because it is full of gratitude. It's a new way for you to think about how to reach out to people and say thank you and there's no better day for me to share this with you, again, then on Thanksgiving.  Lemme...

The title of this week's episode says it all... Nail Your Brand & Make Lifelong Fans. I know it's not cranberry sauce – but this is exactly what you want Diane Foy to bring to your Thanksgiving potluck! Diane helps multi-passionate artists nail their brands so they can slide into the spotlight with the impact – and income – to match. Diane's background as a fashion photographer and make-up artist...

This week's guest is Ben Curtis – an internationally recognized actor, musician, public speaker, mental health advocate, and life coach. But you'll probs recognize him from the infamous: "Dude, you're getting a Dell!" commercials. Nowadays Ben's mantra is Dude, You're Getting Well! (also the name of his podcast). As a creative person, I know you put yourself out there ALL THE TIME which means you...

Don't Miss This Exclusive Training: https://becomeofferonly.com/ Shawn K. Jain here, Guest Host for this week's episode of the pod! And I've got Brian in the HOT SEAT. FULL TRANSPARENCY: Brian invited me to Guest Host. I'm hosting this episode of Brian Breaks Character because after TWO YEARS of *new* audition protocols I wanted to sit him down to get his take on ALL THINGS coaching, marketing, an...

Don't Miss This Exclusive Training: https://becomeofferonly.com/ Unless you've been living in another galaxy, far, far away, you know that immersive entertainment is exploding… And this week's guest Mikhael Tara Garver is one of the pre-eminent thought leaders in immersive entertainment and original experiential performances.  Her most recent project made headlines everywhere She was the Director...

This week's guest on Brian Breaks Character , Migs Govea, has a ton of enviable credits: ​Recurring as Nick Vargas on CBS's FBI: Most Wanted, Opposite Julia Garner (2x!) – Netflix series Inventing Anna and the Sundance hit The Assistant , Opposite Ed Norton in Motherless Brooklyn, Opposite Anne Hathaway & Helena Bonham Carter in Ocean's 8, On Broadway in A Man for All Seasons with 2x Tony Award-Wi...