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Brian Breaks Character
by Brian Patacca
On the Brian Breaks Character podcast, Brian slays the suffering artist myth so you can attract the right attention, get out of your own way and become so aligned with your spiritual purpose that abundance finds you. If you're an actor, creator, butcher, baker or candlestick maker and you believe that creatives can save the world, then you're in the right place. Each episode, Brian goes behind the scenes with people who proudly walk the path LEAST taken. He talks to inspiring activists, creative folks, working actors and showbiz gamechangers. They've got down and dirty advice to help you make dollars and sense (pun intended) of your creative life.If you're done suffering for your art and second guessing every step of your yellow brick road, Brian Breaks Character is your new pair of ruby slippers.Follow Brian on Instagram for a First-look at Guests and Upcoming Episodes! https://www.instagram.com/briansaysthat
Episodes
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#137 Get More Auditions with Spotlight
Buckle up, actors, cuz this episode is about to step up your audition game 🚀 In this episode, I sat down with Mel Brown, the Customer Success Manager for Performers at Spotlight, and trust me, you're going to want to hear this. If you've ever stared at your Spotlight profile and thought, "Am I...
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#136 Get More Auditions with Casting Networks
🎙️Get ready to level up your audition game because in this episode, I chat with Lucky Mackey, Client Success Manager at Talent Systems, and Katie O'Connor, Enterprise Sales Manager for the West Coast at Casting Networks. We dig into all things casting networks—especially how you can make your...
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#135 Get More Auditions with Actors Access
If you're looking to get noticed by casting directors and make your profile really work for you, this episode is full of practical advice to help you stand out. I sat down with Blair Hickey—consultant for Breakdown Services & Actors Access, and founder of CastingAbout—to dish out how to get…
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#134 Get More Auditions with Casting Workbook CEO Susan Fox 🌎 🎬
Join Casting Workbook Now 👇👇 https://signup.castingworkbook.com/register/actor?src=brian-patacca You know me as the go-to guy to get more auditions with your casting profiles. 👨🏻✈️💪 So, when Casting Workbook popped into my inbox, my first thought was, "Do we really need another casting...
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#133 Casting Profile Secrets Revealed with Casting Networks' Katie O'Connor & Jason Teresi
On this episode of Brian Breaks Character, I sat down with the powers that be from Casting Networks (again!), Katie O'Connor, Enterprise Sales Manager (West Coast) 🌴 and Jason Teresi, Client Success Manager 💫. They join me to give the inside scoop on all the exciting developments since the...
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#132 Get More Auditions with these Spotlight Insider Secrets
In this episode, we've got a surprise for all you actors out there! Spotlight's Customer Success Manager, David Flynn, joins me to reveal why every actor who wants to work in the UK and beyond (no matter where you're from) should be on this global casting platform. Here are three key takeaways…
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#131 The Official 2023 Actor Survival Guide Vol 4 - PART TWO
🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ 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. 🎭 Look, we've been living through two strikes! 💥💥 And right now it might not even feel like you're in your…
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#130 The Official 2023 Actor Survival Guide Vol 4 - PART ONE
🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ Run, Don't Walk To Get the Survival Guide that accompanies this very special 2-part episode: https://actorsurvivalguide.com This is Part One of the Actor Survival Guide. Whenever the bizniz feels S L O W 🐢 ... ...my thoughts start to get W E I R D. I'm not gonna give a lot of airtime...
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#129 Make Lemonade with Brian
We've got something special for you in this pop-up episode of Brian Breaks Character. You know, I couldn't stay silent with the strikes that are still going on. 👉 On today's episode, we dive into the state of the business and the creatives inside of the strike. And… the truth that cannot be…
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#128 A Special LGBTQ+ Podcast Series: LGBTQ&A with Jeffrey Masters & Guest Janelle Monáe
🏳️🌈 This is the fourth and final episode of our LGBTQ+ Podcast Series. All this month, we've been elevating and uplifting the voices of LGBTQ+ podcasts and content creators. 🎧🎥 Today, we are happy to highlight LGBTQ&A podcast. LGBTQ&A has been featured in The New York Times, MSNBC, and was...
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#127 A Special LGBTQ+ Podcast Series: The Queer Spirit with Nick Venegoni & TanyaMarck Oviedo
🏳️🌈 This is the third episode in our series devoted to elevating and uplifting LGBTQIA+ voices for podcasts and content creators. 🎧🎥 Today, you're in for a treat. I cannot wait for you to meet The Queer Spirit podcast. 🙌 You know that we talk about spirituality a lot on Brian Breaks...
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#126 A Special LGBTQ+ Podcast Series: Town Hall: A Black Queer Podcast with Bob the Drag Queen & Peppermint
🏳️🌈 This is the second episode in our Special LGBTQ+ Podcast Series, where we continue to celebrate Pride by honoring and uplifting diverse voices within the LGBTQ+ community. 🙌 Whether you identify as LGBTQ+ or as an ally, these episodes are going to ignite your spirit, change perceptions…
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#125 A Special LGBTQ+ Podcast Series: Lez Hang Out with Leigh Holmes Foster and Ellie Brigida
Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈 It's Pride month, y'all, and we are really happy to be celebrating. 🎉 First, you should know that Brian Breaks Character actually takes a little sabbatical for the months of June and July 😎 that way we can come back in August with a rip-roaring third season. 🙌 But… We've...
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#124 Breaking Down The Writers' Strike: A Candid Conversation with Golden Globe & Emmy Award-Winner Michael Sucsy, Creator & Director of HBO's Grey Gardens
🎧 Grab your earbuds and brace yourself for a dose of inspiration amidst the Writers' Strike and the looming SAG-AFTRA Strike. Today's guest Michael Sucsy takes us beyond the picket lines of The Writers' Strike, providing an inside look as a member of both the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and…
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#123 Act From a Place of Power with Jo Kelly
This one goes out to all the actors. Right now you might be feeling a little anxious, a little stressed because of the strike that's going on. So I'm replaying an episode that really dives into craft with one of my absolute favorite teachers, Jo Kelly. And... She is now a 7x guest on Brian Breaks...
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#122 Rise of the Representation Whisperer 🗣 How 'Make Agents Want You' Changed the Game & Conquered the World
Hey Listeners! My name is Emma and I'm taking over Brian's posts for today... 💅🏻 In case we haven't crossed paths yet, I'm the Client Success Manager on Brian's team. 👋🏻 To put it simply, I'm like a supportive cheerleader 📣 and a guidance counselor for all of Brian's clients. 👑 We're all...
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#121 Slay for Justice! How to Defend Drag with RuPaul's Drag Race Star Peppermint
🎙️ Today's podcast episode features the legendary Peppermint, and it's all about taking a stand. Brace yourself for a journey filled with activism and a whole lot of empowerment. ✊ Out Magazine named today's guest as one of the most influential LGBTQ+ people of the year. 🤩 You might also know...
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#120 An Inside Look At Writing For Television with Nick Wootton
Unless you've been living under a rock 🪨, you know that we are in a Writers' Strike. 🪧 So, today I'm replaying an episode with Emmy Award winner, Nick Wooten. Nick is a TV writer 📺 and that's who we need to hear from right now. He's worked on big shows like NYPD Blue, Law & Order and…
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#119 Performance Capture & Transatlantic Representation with BAFTA Newcomer, Helen Day
👉 Have you ever been interested in Performance or Motion Capture? 👉 Do you have a Non-Traditional Performance Background and are wondering how to tie it in with your acting career? (Calling all dancers, puppeteers, mimes, etc.!)🕺🏻👀 👉 Are you an International Performer looking to work in the...
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#118 Art as Activism Award-Winning Advice for Content Creators from The Exonerated's Jessica Blank
Ready to unleash the creative storytelling activist inside you? 🎨🎭 Tired of those pesky voices in your head telling you you're not good enuff? Or the idea's not good enuff? Or it doesn't matter? 🗣️ Shut 'em down with this episode of the pod – my guest is the incredibly well-recognized &…
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#117 How to Get An Agent with Guest Host Sarah Gaboury
Real Actor's Lab's Sarah Gaboury asked me to come on her IG Live to tell her students how to find managers and agents and the conversation that unfolded was sooooo juicy, I simply had to make it into an episode of the podcast. 👉If you're an actor who needs representation this episode is a...
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#116 Write Your Dream Role with Emily Grace
So I'm going to guess you've noticed that we've been talking a lot about writing and content creation here on the podcast lately. So it's the perfect time to bring back this episode with Emily Grace. If you are a writer and an actor and you're trying to propel your career forward with content…
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#115 Multi-Hyphenates Need Reps Too! 🎭📝 Actor-Writer Carly Gets 22 Offers
🎭 Are you an actor? 📝 Do also write scripts? 💻 OR create content? If you answered yes to any or ALL of these questions then today's episode of the podcast is for you. My guest Carly Tatiana Pandža is a talented actor and writer, who brought both of these things to the forefront when reaching…
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#114 Manager Ann Thomas: Transgender Talent Founder
TW // We do discuss topics that could be challenging to some listeners on this episode, including sexual assault. Please make a conscious decision when you decide to listen. I'mma bet you learn a lot from today's guest on the podcast... Ann Thomas is the founder of Transgender Talent 👉 providing...
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#113 Wanna be a TV Host? Casting Director Sean De Simone Tell-All Interview
Ever thought about TV Hosting? 📺 Whether you dream of being the next Oprah, Tom Bergeron or Kelly Ripa, or just want to add TV Hosting to your repertoire of skills, on today's show, Hosting Casting Director Extraordinaire, Sean De Simone gives us a masterclass! 👨🏾🎓👩🏻🎓🧑🏽🎓 👉 Sean…
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#112 Sundance Backstage Pass with Blumhouse Fellow & Filmmaker Chelsea Gonzalez
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...
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#111 How To Pitch Your TV Show with Adrienne Rose White
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...
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#110 Act Two: 20 Years Later – Pete Finally Got the Agent He Deserved
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...
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#109 Destination: Vancouver! Rachelle Got 15 Agent Meetings and 12 Offers!
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...
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#108 Just Dropped: Actors' Equity's Diversity & Inclusion Report with Danee Conley
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'...
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#107 The Official 2023 Actor Survival Guide Volume 3 - Part 2
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...
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#106 The Official 2023 Actor Survival Guide Volume 3 - Part 1
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…
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#105 Make It Real: Mastermind Open House
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...
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#104 Make It Real: Should Your Second Passion Pay Your Bills? With Actor Gianna Rapp
❤️ 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…
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#103 Make It Real Rule #1: You Have To Be A Rebel
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...
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#102 Make it Real: Sarah Births Her Big Idea – Congrats, it's a pilot! 🐣
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…
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#101 Make it Real: How to See it Through with Your Big Idea
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...
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#100 A Tell-All Celebration and Lessons Learned 🥳
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…
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BONUS: The 5 Questions to Own 2022 & Slay 2023
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...
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#99 Revolutionizing Live Theatre with CAGES Co-Creators CJ Baran & Benjamin Romans
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...
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#98 Content Creation with Comic-Con Hosts Brooklyn Quarter
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...
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#97 Steve Carell's TV Wife Laura Niemi Tells All
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...
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#96 The Call-In Coaching Show with Brian Part Two
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...
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#95 The Call-In Coaching Show with Brian Part One
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…
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#94 HOW TO SAY THANK YOU (without being weird)
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...
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#93 Nail Your Brand & Make Lifelong Fans with Diane Foy
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…
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#92 The Upside of Stress with Ben Curtis
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...
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#91 How to Become Offer Only with Guest Host, Actor Shawn K. Jain
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...
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#90 Pioneering Experiential Entertainment with Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Immersive Director Mikhael Tara Garver
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...
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#89 Making the Move: NYC to LA with Migs Govea from Ocean's 8
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...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
On the Brian Breaks Character podcast, Brian slays the suffering artist myth so you can attract the right attention, get out of your own way and become so aligned with your spiritual purpose that abundance finds you. If you're an actor, creator, butcher, baker or candlestick maker and you believe that creatives can save the world, then you're in the right place. Each episode, Brian goes behind the scenes with people who proudly walk the path LEAST taken. He talks to inspiring activists, creative folks, working actors and showbiz gamechangers. They've got down and dirty advice to help you make dollars and sense (pun intended) of your creative life.If you're done suffering for your art and second guessing every step of your yellow brick road, Brian Breaks Character is your new pair of ruby slippers.Follow Brian on Instagram for a First-look at Guests and Upcoming Episodes! https://www.instagram.com/briansaysthat
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On the Brian Breaks Character podcast, Brian slays the suffering artist myth so you can attract the right attention, get out of your own way and become so aligned with your spiritual purpose that abundance finds you. If you're an actor, creator, butcher, baker or candlestick maker and you believe...
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