People hire the same actors again and again because they know they come through in their acting abilities and they make a nice working environment. Here are a few of the traits that do that.
1. Keeping your agreements. If you say you’re going to be somewhere, be there—always early, never late. Know your lines. Take good care of the things in your care: props, costumes, the set itself, vehicles, etc.
2. Knowing your place. There’s a rule of thumb that the size of your role should reflect the space you take up. It may seem like everyone’s equal on the set because you’re eating the same food and wearing the same costumes, but that doesn’t mean you’re allowed the same amount of conversation time or questions that can be asked of the director or producers.
3. Taking direction. In an interview for my upcoming book on film acting, “You Can Act: On Camera,” Catherine Hardwicke says, “If an actor can hear what the director is saying and can make it their own it makes a huge difference, because then I know they can take the note and make something beautiful and individual out of it.”
4. Don’t be around trouble. I once saw an actor laughingly announce
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