HELPING ACTORS FEEL LESS CRAZY, FROM COAST TO COAST
Helping actors feel less crazy, from coast to coast.
No matter where you live, no matter your casting, and no matter your credits, this career is crazy AF.
But that doesn't mean you have to be...
whether you need help with your headshots or side-jobs, want to have a laugh at all the mistakes we have made along the way, or just want to feel less alone, we got you.
this is a safe space for actors of every level.
welcome home.
so...what do you need?
wait...who are you??
our atl queen
RESPECT ATLANTA AND CAST MORE BLACK WOMEN IN LEADING ROLES WITH NATURAL HAIR
I spent a LOT of my time in this industry playing small. I was told "be grateful for what you get" or "Atlanta is a co-star only market".
imma tell you right now, I'm on a mission to prove people wrong. It took me a while to learn how to stand in my power in this industry, and tbh I still struggle when faced with the harsh reality the hollywood was never meant for ppl that look like me.
But I'll be damned if I allow another actor to play small and "just be grateful". Here to empower the fuck out of you.
from the midwest to LA, I have had a crash course in 'Hollywood'
i was so sick of actors showing the highlights....was no one confused like me?! what am I missing that everyone else has figured out?!
^^ that was my mental chorus for years before I started one broke actress and started to build my own online community by sharing the actual working actor life.
i don't want anyone to spend 10 years trying to be special or 'the most....' like i did. i want folks to share what they learn, who they are, and what they have to offer. and do it loud and proud.
so i will continue shout from my west hollywood windows "this is a long messy journey but let's do it together and have a laugh while doing it."
AND OUr west coast bottle-blonde
and then in 2022 sam forced gabrielle to talk to her on the phone a lot...
Sam's side of the story...
We were TA-ing an acting class together on Zoom, so we never got the chance to really talk. I suggested one day we have a coffee chat and talk outside of class, I thought it would be fun to get to know each other. Within the first 20 minutes I was laughing so hard, we could not get off the phone. I think our call was almost two hours.
Before long, we were booking calls with each other weeks in advance (because we are both too productive for our own good) and we formed this cross country friendship.
As my online community at the time grew, I knew the impact I really wanted to make needed to be in a team of some kind, not solo. And my mind kept telling me, you know who would be the perfect partner...
So in February of 2023 I proposed the idea to Gab via voice message and said "I think we can really make an impact, do something needed and different".
A few months later I flew to ATL and we were filing for an LLC, making cookies, and self taping each other while planning out exactly how we were gonna make that impact.
Gab's side:
Not so fast...
When I was introduced to Sam on Zoom I thought, "ugh here we go, another white girl from LA who's gonna annoy the shit outta me". I took that coffee call to get some things straight and try to be nice...but Sam was right, we couldn't get off the phone. Nothing has shocked me more than the friendship we grew from 2,000 miles apart.
That is, until I was building my mentorship programs and one night, I told my husband, "I would love to partner with Sam on something, I'm just not sure what." The next day she sent me that voice memo. We call that shit manifestation.
We are so different in so many ways. We see the acting world so differently because have had very different experiences in it. But we align on all the right things: ethics, morals, values, and the Kardashians.
That is what makes TM special. It's a true mix of what we both needed earlier in our careers, as well as now.
"HAVING A SENSE OF HUMOR AND SENSE OF SELF IS KEY FOR THESE LEADING LADIES."
— VOGUE (ONE DAY)
