As actors, you’re going to have many victories and many periods where nothing is happening, but both of these periods are essential to when you book the job. When you’re not booking it doesn’t necessarily mean that inherently there is something wrong or that you have to go seek out a new magic formula that is going to help you book more. The magic formula is you. You are enough.
That is exactly what casting directors are looking for: you.
They want to see what you do with the material, not some pre-calculated, micro-managed performance that you think is going to win them over.
You are the answer to their casting problem. Who you are essentially is exactly what casting directors want to see. Great news, right?
Sounds easy. But it isn’t.
Actors are masters at self-sabotage.
Inherently, the moment is going to give you 99.9 percent of what you want—but the moment is uncontrollable. Actors want to control, to go through audition sides meticulously and beat out a scene and ignore their instincts, and then put on a controlled, perfectly thought out performance of what they think the casting director might be looking for.
We second-guess and ask ourselves questions
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