We've got another acting podcast today! Actor Jessy Hodges joins us on the Box Angeles podcast episode 347. Jessy stops by the bungalow and discusses the evolving landscape of auditioning, the importance of making your own stuff, whether or not we should be concerned about artificial intelligence, studying at Tisch in a program that emphasized body awareness, and more!
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BEATS--
00:00 - Jessy slates her name.
00:10 - Introduction.
00:52 - Podcasts and Odenkirk-Provissiero management.
03:01 - Conversations with actor reps.
05:40 - Callbacks.
06:48 - Audition volume and a spokesperson gig.
08:34 - Shifting away from commercials.
11:24 - Making your own short films.
17:21 - Using AI as actors.
23:34 - Audition coaching and self tapes.
29:20 - Standing out in auditions.
33:52 - Attending the Experimental Theatre Wing at Tisch School.
42:53 - How Jessy discovered NYU in high school.
47:25 - Being a series regular on a multi-cam in Indebted.
54:40 - Who took a chance on Jessy.
The full video and pics -- boxangeles.com/347
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MORE JESSY HODGES --
Check Jessy's IMDb.
Follow Jessy on Instagram @jessyhodges.
Watch Jessy's short film Every Part of You.
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MORE BOX ANGELES --
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