Tag Archive: Breakdown Express

Dec 07

What Is a Breakdown? (Showbiz Term of the Day)

The term “breakdown” is one you are likely to hear when you are starting your journey into show business. And the term “breakdown” here is not used to refer to someone’s psychological state or a car quitting on the side of the road. I remember having my daughter’s talent manager refer to the information in …

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Jun 29

Who Gets the Breakdowns for Acting Auditions for Big Movie and TV Roles?

Acting Auditions

Yet another thing I was confused about after I came to Los Angeles was the term breakdowns.  When my daughter’s manager called to tell us about her acting auditions, often he’d say he was reading the description of the character from the breakdown. The only breakdowns I’d heard about before that were those related to …

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