Action: The Pursuit Of Acting Excellence

Action: The Pursuit Of Acting Excellence

79 episodes

My name is Leigh Foster and I’m an actor living and working in Chicago. My career is going well but I know I have a long way to go. I’m determined to become a great actor, if you are too, I hope you’ll follow me as I search for the advice and experiences that will help accomplish that goal.

Podcasts

Episode 79: The New Years Episode

Published: Jan. 4, 2022, 3:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 48 seconds

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EXACTLY How I Book TV Roles

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 9:11 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 38 seconds

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"For All Mankind" actor Chris Agos

Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 5:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 42 seconds

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Audience Questions Answered

Published: Nov. 4, 2019, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 45 seconds

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Welker White & Damian Young

Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 20 seconds

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My Thoughts on Acting and Life

Published: Aug. 7, 2019, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 39 seconds

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Audition Secrets with Justin Guarini

Published: July 25, 2019, 1:41 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 43 seconds

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"Arrow" Actress Elysia Rotaru

Published: July 3, 2019, 4:15 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds

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The Man Who's Seen 10,000 Auditions

Published: June 22, 2019, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 29 seconds

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Brendan Taylor: Close to 100 Commercials and Counting

Published: May 30, 2019, 8:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 20 seconds

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The Anniversary Episode

Published: May 1, 2019, 5:38 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 11 seconds

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"True Detective" Actress Alyshia Ochse

Published: April 26, 2019, 3:13 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 10 seconds

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"FBI" Actor Jay Klaitz on Auditioning

Published: April 10, 2019, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 24 seconds

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"Have Fun or Get Out"

Published: March 21, 2019, 9:11 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 52 seconds

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Laureen Muller: Atlanta-Based Talent Manager

Published: March 8, 2019, 1:05 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds

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Renowned Acting Coach Terry Knickerbocker

Published: Feb. 22, 2019, 1:14 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 4 seconds

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Tony Howell: The Actor's Digital Strategist

Published: Feb. 13, 2019, 7:16 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 43 seconds

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How to Set and Achieve Your Acting Goals

Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 11:31 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 16 seconds

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Seth Barrish: A Different Kind of Coach

Published: Jan. 1, 2019, 5:33 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 3 seconds

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How to Book Co-Star Roles

Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 5:26 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 28 seconds

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Black Text on White Paper

Published: April 23, 2018, 9:19 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 5 seconds

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Ozark's Kevin L. Johnson

Published: Jan. 31, 2018, 1:10 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 42 seconds

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Legendary Coach Larry Moss: Part 2

Published: Jan. 3, 2018, 9:49 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 43 seconds

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Legendary Coach Larry Moss: A Rare Interview

Published: Dec. 6, 2017, 6:17 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 25 seconds

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Comedy For The UnFunny

Published: Nov. 28, 2017, 4:48 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes

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This Ain't The Feel-Good Club

Published: Nov. 21, 2017, 9:21 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 5 seconds

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Lessons from 18 Years of Casting: Holly Allen

Published: Nov. 1, 2017, 9:40 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 55 seconds

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Michael Kostroff on Acting with De Niro

Published: May 15, 2017, 11:26 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 42 seconds

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How To Make $$$ In Commercial Print

Published: Dec. 15, 2016, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 57 seconds

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Emily Fletcher: Meditation for Actors

Published: Nov. 25, 2016, 8:31 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 48 seconds

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Part 2: "Luke Cage" actor Michael Kostroff

Published: Oct. 28, 2016, 2:41 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 2 seconds

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"Luke Cage" actor Michael Kostroff

Published: Oct. 18, 2016, 7:42 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 2 seconds

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50th Episode: Michael Kostroff

Published: May 10, 2016, 4:41 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 27 seconds

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Actor Chris Agos on Commercial Acting

Published: May 3, 2016, 6:17 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 58 seconds

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Emmy Award Winning Actor Bill Oberst Jr.

Published: April 26, 2016, 3:12 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 50 seconds

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Actress Tehmina Sunny

Published: April 19, 2016, 6:50 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 34 seconds

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Tips on Auditioning from Actor Chris Agos

Published: April 12, 2016, 3:40 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 21 seconds

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Who The F*&K Is Leigh Foster?

Published: April 5, 2016, 3:01 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 58 seconds

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"Dallas Buyers Club" actor: Scott Takeda

Published: March 22, 2016, 11:40 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 10 seconds

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Actor and Entrepreneur: Darren Darnborough

Published: March 15, 2016, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 19 seconds

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Part 2: "The Wire" actor Michael Kostroff

Published: March 8, 2016, 10:45 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds

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"The Wire" actor: Michael Kostroff

Published: March 1, 2016, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 44 seconds

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Audition Confidence: a how to guide

Published: Feb. 16, 2016, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 28 seconds

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HBO's Project Greenlight Winner: Jason Mann

Published: Feb. 9, 2016, 3:12 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds

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The Books That Helped Me The Most

Published: Feb. 2, 2016, 6:56 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds

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HBO's "Vinyl" actor: Jay Klaitz

Published: Jan. 26, 2016, 2:51 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 2 seconds

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Justin Kucsulain on Self-Taping Auditions

Published: Jan. 19, 2016, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 20 seconds

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Part 2: Director Jordan Brady

Published: Jan. 12, 2016, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 16 seconds

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Director Jordan Brady

Published: Jan. 5, 2016, 5:17 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 58 seconds

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Emmy-Nominated Casting Director; Nancy Bishop

Published: Dec. 29, 2015, 5:53 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds

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LA's go-to sitcom acting coach

Published: Dec. 22, 2015, 8:58 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 15 seconds

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Part 2: Director Tony Franklin

Published: Dec. 15, 2015, 2:22 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 11 seconds

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Award Winning Director Tony Franklin

Published: Dec. 8, 2015, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 29 seconds

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Auditioning, with Michael Rupnow

Published: Dec. 1, 2015, 1:54 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 17 seconds

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Union, Non-Union, or Fi-Core??

Published: Nov. 24, 2015, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 52 seconds

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Should You Go To School For Acting?

Published: Nov. 17, 2015, 5:10 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 34 seconds

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Devling Deeper into Voiceover

Published: Nov. 10, 2015, 9:41 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 47 seconds

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Thinking About Voiceover?

Published: Nov. 3, 2015, 4:31 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 4 seconds

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My Call with an Acting Success Coach

Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 1:43 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 58 seconds

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Advice from LA Casting Directors

Published: Oct. 20, 2015, 3:29 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 54 seconds

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How NOT to Act on Set

Published: Oct. 13, 2015, 1:59 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 56 seconds

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Secrets from a Casting Director

Published: Oct. 6, 2015, 2:31 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 31 seconds

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How I Make a Living as an Actor

Published: Sept. 28, 2015, 2:32 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 9 seconds

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Networking in the Acting Business with Jimmy Callahan

Published: Sept. 17, 2015, 11:53 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds

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Charles Hubbell on Acting

Published: Sept. 10, 2015, 3:38 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 24 seconds

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Part 2: How to Book More Voiceover work

Published: Aug. 31, 2015, 2:56 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 51 seconds

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Top 4 Ways to get a Commercial Agent

Published: Aug. 24, 2015, 5:16 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 50 seconds

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Wardrobe for Commercial Auditions with Jimmy Callahan

Published: Aug. 21, 2015, 5:16 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 4 seconds

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Booking Voiceover Work with Dave Leffel

Published: Aug. 18, 2015, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 13 seconds

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Jimmy Callahan: Headshot and Resume

Published: Aug. 10, 2015, 2:33 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 35 seconds

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Jimmy Callahan: Slating for Commercials

Published: Aug. 4, 2015, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 33 seconds

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If You Worry, You Won't Get Better

Published: July 23, 2015, 8:22 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds

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Part 2: Techniques for booking TV and Film if you are theater trained

Published: July 15, 2015, 11:16 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 57 seconds

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Part 1: Techniques for booking TV and Film if you are theater trained

Published: July 10, 2015, 8:11 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

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The essential skills of acting Part 2

Published: June 24, 2015, 4:25 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 49 seconds

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The essential skills of acting Part 1

Published: June 19, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 42 seconds

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Common audition mistakes

Published: June 10, 2015, 11:23 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds

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How to know if an acting class will help you or hurt you

Published: June 3, 2015, 2:22 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds

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How to prepare for any audition

Published: May 27, 2015, 4:47 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 14 seconds

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How to book small roles on television

Published: May 1, 2015, 4:50 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 53 seconds

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