How to Make Money Playing Yourself with Michael Pope

About this episode

Michael Pope discusses how to monetize the skills gained as an actor in various performance roles.

How to make money playing the role you were born to play: yourself. Or in other words: learn that the skills you have gained as an actor are of value beyond the script. A deep dive into what skills you have as a performer that can be monetized in other ways including corporate work as an MC, hosting children's shows, game shows and light entertainment with ongoing high profile warm up audience work. Michael worked as an actor on both stage and screen for several years. 1984 was a turning point as he began an on-air career as a television presenter, hosting children’s shows, game shows and light entertainment. What followed was a decade of profile building which opened opportunities in the corporate space as host and emcee of Award Nights, conferences, product launches and the like. Work that he continues to this day. 1990 saw another sideways turn as audience warm-up for Blind Date. More shows followed and Michael soon became the go-to-guy for audience warm-up for everything from The Voice, Australia’s Got Talent, Mad As Hell and sitcoms such as Acropolis Now, and All Together Now. He continues in this role now on Tipping Point – celebrating 35 continuous years applying the…

People in this episode

Host: Equity Foundation Podcast

Guest: Michael Pope

Topics covered

• monetizing performance skills
• acting career
• corporate work
• audience warm-up
• television presenting
• hosting events

Keywords

• acting
• monetization
• corporate events
• audience warm-up
• television hosting
• performance skills

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Price Is Right, Bert’s Family Feud, Comedy Slapdown

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