There is a particular mistake that most actors make. It is a mistake so fatal that it can kill a career before it starts, or dismantle a career once it’s been built. We see it happen again and again and the results are tragic. Years of hard work can evaporate in one moment. Talent, training, and drive are no match for the fallout of making this mistake. Trouble is, no one talks about it. You don’t learn about it in theater school or most acting studios. So, actor after actor falls into the same trap and spends years auditioning from a place of weakness, bitterness, hopelessness. Decades pass and no ground has been gained.
The roots of the mistake are in the very nature of the business itself. You move to Los Angeles or New York City, dedicate yourself to being an actor, and begin engaging fully in the forward thinking pursuit of the business. “Is my headshot hot enough? How do I get an agent? How many casting director workshops can I possibly do in a week?” Pursuit, pursuit, pursuit. Always thinking ahead. Always trying to conquer.
But locked in a perpetual state of pursuit of a business that rarely gives an actor what she wants (and when it does it happens for short periods of time which
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