Interview with Tyrone L. Robinson
I had the great opportunity to interview Tyrone L. Robinson, who is a friend of mine and not only a professional working actor with an agent and a lot of credits under his belt, but also someone who has written and directed his own award-winning short film. The tips and tricks that he recommends in this article are absolutely fantastic, and I highly recommend you listen to this and implement some of them in your own acting career!
Key Takeaways:
Tyrone's Bio:
Tyrone was awarded the ASCAP Frederick Loewe Award for his work as a writer. He holds a MFA degree in Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and studied directing in New York City. His short comedy screenplay Overrated won First Place at the 2018 Action On Film Megafest/Script Summit Screenplay Contest for Best Short/Web-Series and his short dramatic film Un{H}armed is an Official Selection of the 2018 Georgia Shorts Film Festival and Official Selection of the 2018 New York Short Film Festival.
Tyrone was selected from a nationwide search to be part of Chris Rock's television writing program for comedy writers at Comedy Central Network where he worked with Emmy Award winning writing teams at The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. While there, Tyrone was mentored by comic greats Larry Wilmore, Tracy Grandstaff, Rory Albanese, and Barry Julien - Head Writer of Colbert's show. Tyrone writes for stage, film, and television.
Check out his IMDB page.
Check out his website.
Check out his short film Un{H}armed.
Instagram: TyroneLRobinson
Facebook: Tyrone L. Robinson
Twitter: @TyroneLRobinson
I had the great opportunity to interview Tyrone L. Robinson, who is a friend of mine and not only a professional working actor with an agent and a lot of credits under his belt, but also someone who has written and directed his own award-winning short film. The tips and tricks that he recommends in this article are absolutely fantastic, and I highly recommend you listen to this and implement some of them in your own acting career!
Key Takeaways:
- Create a "team" to help you reach your goals faster. Tyrone talks about how he has a team of people who he consults with to keep him moving his acting career forward, and how he does it without spending much money at all!
- Calm yourself before auditions. We discuss at length how to audition better, and Tyrone shares a few key things he has learned throughout his acting career to help him perform much better at auditions.
- Land an agent & manager. Tyrone explains exactly how he got his agent and manager, and what he recommends other actors do as well.
- And lots more...
Tyrone's Bio:
Tyrone was awarded the ASCAP Frederick Loewe Award for his work as a writer. He holds a MFA degree in Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and studied directing in New York City. His short comedy screenplay Overrated won First Place at the 2018 Action On Film Megafest/Script Summit Screenplay Contest for Best Short/Web-Series and his short dramatic film Un{H}armed is an Official Selection of the 2018 Georgia Shorts Film Festival and Official Selection of the 2018 New York Short Film Festival.
Tyrone was selected from a nationwide search to be part of Chris Rock's television writing program for comedy writers at Comedy Central Network where he worked with Emmy Award winning writing teams at The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. While there, Tyrone was mentored by comic greats Larry Wilmore, Tracy Grandstaff, Rory Albanese, and Barry Julien - Head Writer of Colbert's show. Tyrone writes for stage, film, and television.
Check out his IMDB page.
Check out his website.
Check out his short film Un{H}armed.
Instagram: TyroneLRobinson
Facebook: Tyrone L. Robinson
Twitter: @TyroneLRobinson
To read a raw transcript of the interview, please click here.