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Get ready to work! 🎬 Join Jo-Ann Pantoja for a FREE in-person audit class on Saturday, September 26th, from 11 AM - 2 PM...
09/19/2026

Get ready to work! 🎬 Join Jo-Ann Pantoja for a FREE in-person audit class on Saturday, September 26th, from 11 AM - 2 PM.

Jo-Ann will guide you through auditioning for TV & film, the business side of acting, and what it's like to attend the studio. Don't worry about preparing material in advance; the sides will be provided for you right at the studio for the in-person audit.

Click the Linktree in our bio for more details and to reserve your spot!

Sometimes the most useful preparation happens before you start “working” the scene/ conversation.Move from working on th...
09/18/2026

Sometimes the most useful preparation happens before you start “working” the scene/ conversation.

Move from working on the page to working on the life. That’s where things start to come alive. The technical work matters, but imagination is what gives it somewhere to live.✨ 💎

09/17/2026

Booking the job is not where the preparation ends.

Your hard work and preparation met the opportunity, and you booked it. Great. Now the next step is being ready for set. ☺️❤️

Because the reality of shooting is that things change on a dime. Weather changes. Timing changes. You may be working with kids or animals. You may get a lot of direction or almost none.

The more work you’ve done before you get there, the more adaptable you can be when things shift at the last second.

You’re not freaking out. You’re ready to take direction, live it, ingest it, and adjust because you’ve already done the work.

Preparation meets opportunity, which meets more preparation, which means more adaptability. 👍☺️❤️

- Carla Rosati
Carla Rosati/Acting Coach & AGS Studio Teacher

There will be times in your career when you’re moving full speed ahead and times when you need to move at your own pace....
09/16/2026

There will be times in your career when you’re moving full speed ahead and times when you need to move at your own pace. Neither one takes away from who you are or the work you’ve already put into your acting.

A booking means you got a job. It doesn’t mean that’s the day you became an actor.

So wherever you are in the journey, keep your craft close, keep growing when you can, and remember you don’t need anyone else’s permission to be what you already are. ✨ 💎

09/15/2026

“Put your helmet on because it’s hard, and it’s okay that it’s hard, and if you love it, you have access to so many different ways of putting yourself out there. You don’t have to go through the traditional route; be creative, be bold, use the interweb as you just said, and just try to put your feet to the fire with it as much as possible because there’s always space, I feel, for new voices, exciting new ideas, and new ways of orienting us to thinking a different way.”

- Emily Blunt

Interview by The 92nd Street Y, New York

YT Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z9O-99z1Ho

09/14/2026

If anything is a first, it’s more interesting.

I always say firsts have more gunpowder in their shorts because there’s a lot of risk in a first.

The first time you say “I love you.”
The first time you say you’re gay.
The first time you say you’re an alcoholic.

Writers often work by the same rule.

So when you’re prepping, ask: Could this be the first time I’m saying this or the first time I’m hearing it?

That possibility gives the moment greater consequence. Look for the first, and understand the loaded quality of it.

I hope this helps!✨ 💎

09/10/2026

The quickest way to ruin an audition is by trying to “show” your emotions.

I learned this the hard way years ago. I went into an audition where I had just found out my boyfriend was cheating on me, and I was supposed to fall apart and cry. I knew I wasn’t emotionally connected and full, so what did I do? Crocodile fake tears. It was horrific. I was trying to show an emotion that I didn’t even have.

Emotions come from the fact that you’re trying to deal with something and get something from somebody, and you’re not getting that need met. That is where the emotion comes from.

Emoting is so apparent, especially when you see it on screen.

You want to have authentic feelings in something. And if you don’t have it, just own what you have.

Owning what you have will go way further than someone who’s emoting.

- Jo-Ann Pantoja
Jo-Ann Pantoja -Actress / Acting Coach

Do you rely on substitution or imagination? Or a combo of both? What do you feel works best for your acting?
09/09/2026

Do you rely on substitution or imagination? Or a combo of both? What do you feel works best for your acting?

I am a very big believer in the “I am.” We’re not talking about the story happening to a character or happening to someo...
09/08/2026

I am a very big believer in the “I am.” We’re not talking about the story happening to a character or happening to someone else. It’s happening to you.

I find this is so important for you to believe you are the person in the story.

So a little tip for that: Before you pick up your sides for the first absorption, say to yourself:

“What I’m about to read is happening to me. What I’m about to absorb is actually happening to me.”

Remind yourself of that.

When you absorb it (prep), it will go much more into your heart and much less into your head.

This is where we want to work from. So I hope that helps. ✨ 💎

So proud of this incredible group of actors for completing the Fundamental Intensive! ☺️❤️We worked on truly listening i...
09/04/2026

So proud of this incredible group of actors for completing the Fundamental Intensive! ☺️❤️

We worked on truly listening instead of waiting for your next line. We learned how to use the page rather than treating the sides like something you have to fight or perfectly memorize. And we dug into specifics like learning to recognize that so many of the clues you need to tell the story are already right there in the writing.

Most importantly, we worked on shifting the mindset from “What should I be doing as an actor?” to simply being a human being having an experience in the circumstances. That freedom changes everything.

It has been so rewarding watching each of you become more available, more connected, and more trusting of yourselves and the work. Keep building on what you started here. I’m so proud of you all! 👍☺️❤️

– Carla Rosati
Carla Rosati/Acting Coach & AGS Studio Teacher

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