James Hegarty

About me

I started acting late in life. I guess I always had a plan for how my life was supposed to work out. I do 'THIS' I get 'THAT'. I want 'THAT' I need to do 'THIS' But one day(in my forties), I ran out of 'THIS's and 'THAT's. I didn't want or need any more 'stuff'. So I took a look inside and asked, 'What do I REALLY want to do?' And the answer came back in a flash and without any apprehension. 'I want to act'. So I started taking acting classes at night to learn the finer points, and now I'm plowing forward with what I know to learn more every day. And to apply what I know to the world. Let's see what we can accomplish.

What's New

Getting started in acting

One of the biggest challenges in learning anything new is to know where to start.  And acting is no different. If you don’t know anyone who does what you want to do, you have no frame of reference – no starting place. What I did was I started taking lessons. This accomplished three very important things. […]

What I learned on my first commercial

I actually heard about it from my acting teacher.  She sent out an email to all of her students about a local bus company looking for unpaid actors for a new commercial. I was thrilled.  I immediately sent an email to the woman in the contact block at the bottom on the email.  Saying that, while I […]