What they didn’t teach you in acting class
It’s not easy to avoid in this industry. S*E*X is everywhere! Hey, it sells and Hollywood knows it. These days, almost every television show or mainstream film contains at least one scene involving kissing, nudity or sex.
If you are an actor who has questions about how to stay professional and make respectable choices when faced with an intimate scene, you aren’t alone.
On Today’s Show
Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask!
Joining me on today’s show is my dear friend and AASECT* Certified Sex Educator, the beautiful and brilliant Lou Paget. Together, we talk up a storm, so you are guaranteed to gain some valuable insight!
What we’ll be covering today:
✔︎ Why (and how) sex sells in Hollywood, and your role as an actor
✔︎ How to protect yourself from potentially unsafe situations
✔︎ How to choose upon opportunities which may involve nudity or other physical expectations
✔︎ How to demand tastefulness in the scenes in which you are performing
✔︎ What questions you should ask before saying yes to any role involving a sex scene
✔︎ Chemistry between actors (and how to deal with awkwardness!)
✔︎ What is appropriate (and not appropriate) in auditions that involve an intimate moment with another actor
Today’s Guest
Meet Lou!
Lou Paget is an AASECT*
Certified Sex Educator and an international Best-Selling author. She has authored five books, published in twenty-eight languages and available in sixty countries.
As a grassroots researcher, Paget’s quest for accurate practical information for herself, lead to the development of nationally and internationally presented seminars and a communications company. Given her hard sciences background, the focus of her work was to provide practical real-time lifestyle and cultural trend information that can/will impact our sexuality, health and relationships.
Paget served on the National Advisory Council on Sexual Health convened by former Surgeon General David Satcher and last month stepped down as Chair of the Leadership Council, for the Program in Sexuality, at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Guest lectures annually at a UCLA class on Sexuality and Relationships for Psychiatric Residents and MFTs. Learn more—>