I always seek to cast Professional Actors in all speaking and paid roles. Occasionally we may book a new actor because we see great potential in their acting ability, and their audition performance won over the Director. Unfortunately too many times I have encountered these new actors may be very talented, Directable, and eager; but they are just too NEW to know the rules and on-set etiquette. Then that leaves them doing things they shouldn't be doing, which in turn gets me a

You are invited to join us for a Special Meet & Greet / Q&A with Casting Director Katrina Cook, owner of Katz Kasting. If this is the first time to work with KatzKasting, this is an excellent opportunity for you to introduce yourself. My schedule is very busy, and I do not have the time to meet all of you in person outside of an organized event. Therefore, if you desire to meet me in person so that I may know who you are, then this is an excellent venue to do this, outside of

You are invited to join us for a Special Meet & Greet / Q&A with Casting Director Katrina Cook, owner of Katz Kasting. If this is the first time to work with KatzKasting, this is an excellent opportunity for you to introduce yourself. My schedule is very busy, and I do not have the time to meet all of you in person outside of an organized event. Therefore, if you desire to meet me in person so that I may know who you are, then this is an excellent venue to do this, outside of

You booked your first role! Whether it's as a speaking role or a background actor, it's very exciting to be on set, to see it all come together! To be a part of the magic of movie-making! So much to know, bring, do.... but the one question that's most popular for first time bookers is the "When is my call time?" Ok - let's be honest, it's the #1 question for ALL Bookers at some point or other ! To which my response is normally, "I don't have that yet, but when I do, I will

One of the first things you will learn by being on set is that there is a lot of "Hurry up and Wait." You may not fully understand what this means until your first time on set, but it's an inevitable part of this business. I just walked you through an all too common scenario for a day on set. The glitz and glamour aren't abounding when you are on set filming. (That comes later!) It's just a part of the biz. There is no point in complaining, you won't fix it or make it go fast

Lately I have been having a lot of talent submitting for projects BEFORE they take the time to read all the info.... the DETAILS... in particular the LOCATION or other important info. I am not sure how much plainer I can post it, I put the town, the state, and sometimes even the zip code. The date and specs are specifically listed. So with all of those details .... WHY am I still am having a huge amount of actors who respond to the casting and then they end up not following t