Unstoppable Actors: the essential podcast for ambitious, aspiring actors

Epizódy

• 
  The Boring Roles That Build Careers 04.09.2026 13min

  Send us Fan Mail Turbocharge yout talent with this FREE resource - The Method Acting Toolbox Not every role gets a backstory. The nurse checking you in. The assistant showing you to a room. One or two lines, no personality, nothing to "play." These procedural roles are some of the hardest to audition for, and some of the most useful credits you can book. This week I break down how to prep them: what casting is actually looking for (hint: it's not a character), the specific challenges of pl...
• 
  7 Years In The Dark Before His First TV Break 31.08.2026 57min

  Send us Fan Mail Richard just booked a day player role on a major UK soap. But the story isn't the booking... it's the seven year dark period before it, where acting felt less like a craft and something enjoyable and more like a distant dream that he'd lost sight of. In this episode, Richard talks us through it properly. Not the highlight reel, the actual road: The unconventional way he got started, and the audition experience that knocked him sidewaysHow his ego got stripped out o...
• 
  How To Set And Achieve Your Big Acting Goals 27.08.2026 16min

  Send us Fan Mail Test out the best Method Acting Exercises to develop a deeper character connection in our FREE Method Actor's Toolbok. Get it straight to your phone HERE Take the What Type of Actor Are you Quiz HERE Learn more about setting and achieving acting goals and getting more acting work in The Business of Acting Bootcamp Many new and emerging actors have BIG acting goals, such as getting a role on TV, getting in a Hollywood film or even performing on The Westend or Broadwa...
• 
  How A Pro Actor Reads A Scene 25.08.2026 14min

  Send us Fan Mail Test out the best Method Acting Exercises to develop a deeper character connection in our FREE Method Actor's Toolbok. Get it straight to your phone HERE Take the What Type of Actor Are you Quiz HERE Inexperienced actors, and I say this without judgement as we all start off from zero will focus on the wrong things when they're presented with a script. They will overcomplicate what should be relatively simple scenes and end up spinning their wheels, whilst not feelin...
• 
  A Surprising Reason So Many Actors Don't Make It 22.08.2026 19min

  Send us Fan Mail Discover more exercises that will help you turbocharge your belief in yourself and your talent by getting your hands on the FREE OF CHARGE Method Acting Toolbox HERE Louise, shares how she learnt something that blew her mind about success that she just knew actors everywhere had to hear if they want their goals of acting on stage, TV and film to materialise. There are so many undiscovered actors out there who sadly, stay in their 9-5 jobs until retirement because th...
• 
  A Weird Acting Tip Noone Is Talking About 13.08.2026 10min

  Send us Fan Mail Sixteen years of coaching actors, and I still learnt something new on my last shoot. As director and on-set acting coach on a fast-paced Chinese martial arts film. It wasn't about choreography. It wasn't about line delivery. It was about food. In this episode I tell you exactly what happened on set, why it wrecked our focus for an entire afternoon, and what it taught me about the method acting triangle and why breaking just one of those three principles can turn a sensationa...
• 
  Sneaky Traps To Look Out For With Castings 27.07.2026 14min

  Send us Fan Mail I recently sat on the other side of an audition process with someone I love, and watched red flag after red flag pop up in real time. What started as excitement turned into a masterclass in what NOT to accept from a casting. In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly what to watch for before you submit your next self-tape; the comms, the organisation, the deadlines that should make you pause. Because instinct isn't paranoia. It's craft. It's a juicy one, pull up a seat.&nb...
• 
  2 Things That Make You a Hireable Actor 22.07.2026 19min

  Send us Fan Mail Take the What Type of Actor Are You quiz first — it'll show you exactly what to work on so your next performance is your best one yet. START NOW I got a call to coach actors through rehearsals for a film. Two days later, they asked me onto set to keep coaching through filming. Not because I chased it. Because of two things, and once you hear what they are, you'll see them everywhere in your own career too. In this episode I break down how most of my acting work has actually...
• 
  Why Actors Don't Know What To Do Between Rehearsals 08.07.2026 31min

  Send us Fan Mail Transform how you build every character you'll ever play. Join a small group of early career actors living as real World War Two codebreakers in the War Project, StandBy's once-every-four-years ten week immersive method acting module. Ten places only. Auditions Saturday 18th July. Apply now You leave rehearsal. You go home. And then what? If the honest answer is "I run my lines and hope for the best", this episode is going to change how you work forever. Most early career...
• 
  I hunted a witch, grew a vegetable path and finally understood acting 06.07.2026 24min

  Send us Fan Mail Stop performing. Start becoming. Apply now to live as a real World War Two codebreaker in the War Project... StandBy's once-every-four-years immersive method acting module. Auditions Saturday 18th July. Apply here What does it actually feel like to stop performing and truly become a character? In this episode, StandBy Artistic Director and method acting coach Louise takes you inside one of the most extraordinary experiences of her entire training; five weeks living as a me...
• 
  How playing a real person changed Paraic's acting forever 28.06.2026 55min

  Send us Fan Mail 🎭 Any actor can learn lines. The War Project will make you live them. Ten weeks. A real historical character. A completely immersive method acting experience unlike anything else. Summer 2026 applications are open... Get yours in!! Paraic walked into the War Project thinking he understood what acting was. Ten weeks later, playing Alan Turing (one of the most complex, brilliant and misunderstood minds in history) he realised he had only scratched the surface. In this episode,...
• 
  Scared but all in: One actor's Journey to owning her acting career 26.06.2026 48min

  Send us Fan Mail 🎭 Some actors recite lines. Others inhabit a life. The War Project (a 10 week immersive method acting experience playing a real character from history) is a once in a career opportunity. Summer 2026 applications are now open. Kimberley had no experience, no agent and no idea what she was capable of. She just knew she didn't want to look back and wonder what if. So she went all in. In this episode, Kimberley sits down with us for an honest, unfiltered conversation about wh...
• 
  The 1 Skill That Allows Great Actors To Play Any Role 24.06.2026 12min

  Send us Fan Mail Create the most truthful character you've ever played. Applications are now open for The War Project – a unique 10-week Method Acting experience where you'll step into the lives of real Second World War codebreakers through research, immersive improvisation and character transformation. Find out more and apply here 🎭🎭🎭 The audition lands in your inbox. Your heart does a little leap. Then you open the script. And suddenly that excitement starts wrestling with something...
• 
  Why The Fear of Getting It Wrong Is Killing Your Best Work 22.06.2026 15min

  Send us Fan Mail Create the most truthful character you've ever played. Applications are now open for The War Project – a unique 10-week Method Acting experience where you'll step into the lives of real Second World War codebreakers through research, immersive improvisation and character transformation. Find out more and apply here 🎭🎭🎭 The script is open. Your highlighter is running out. You've read the scene fifteen times. You've got notes in the margins, ideas scribbled on scraps of...
• 
  The Invisible Habit Stopping You From Becomming The Character 21.06.2026 16min

  Send us Fan Mail Create the most truthful character you've ever played. Applications are now open for The War Project – a unique 10-week Method Acting experience where you'll step into the lives of real Second World War codebreakers through research, immersive improvisation and character transformation. Find out more and apply here 🎭🎭🎭 You've done the character research. You've analysed the script. You've highlighted every beat, scribbled notes in the margins, built a backstory, and spen...
• 
  Why One Piece of Feedback Can Destroy An Actors Confidence 19.06.2026 17min

  Send us Fan Mail Create the most truthful character you've ever played. Applications are now open for The War Project – a unique 10-week Method Acting experience where you'll step into the lives of real Second World War codebreakers through research, immersive improvisation and character transformation. Find out more and apply here 🎭🎭🎭 Have you ever received a piece of feedback that stayed with you for years? The kind that makes you question your talent, your ability, or whether you bel...
• 
  The Character Trap Most Actors Fall Into 17.06.2026 16min

  Send us Fan Mail Create the most truthful character you've ever played. Applications are now open for The War Project – a unique 10-week Method Acting experience where you'll step into the lives of real Second World War codebreakers through research, immersive improvisation and character transformation. Find out more and apply here 🎭🎭🎭 This episode exposes one of the most common character-building traps actors fall into and why it quietly leads to flat, unconvincing performances even whe...
• 
  How Great Actors Research Characters 16.06.2026 16min

  Send us Fan Mail Create the most truthful character you've ever played. Applications are now open for The War Project – a unique 10-week Method Acting experience where you'll step into the lives of real Second World War codebreakers through research, immersive improvisation and character transformation. Find out more and apply here 🎭🎭🎭 Most actors don’t struggle because they don’t research enough… they struggle because they’re researching the wrong things. So what does great character ...
• 
  The Character Mistake That's Making Your Performances Feel Fake 09.06.2026 15min

  Send us Fan Mail Create the most truthful character you've ever played. Applications are now open for The War Project – a unique 10-week Method Acting experience where you'll step into the lives of real Second World War codebreakers through research, immersive improvisation and character transformation. Find out more and apply here 🎭🎭🎭 Why do some performances feel completely believable while others feel forced, predictable or fake? In this episode of Unstoppable Actors, we're exploring ...
• 
  Method Acting Myths That Refuse To Die 05.06.2026 19min

  Send us Fan Mail 🎭 Create deeper characters connections and stronger emotional work woth practical Method Acting exercises you can start using today. Download the FREE Method Acting Toolbox here Inside you'll discover powerful character development exercises designed to help you stop overthinking, trust your instincts, and create more truthful, believable performances. Method Acting. Just saying those two words is enough to start an argument. Some actors swear by it. Others think it's da...