Regardless of your experience, you’re expected to carry yourself with composure and confidence. After all, who would hire someone they didn’t feel they could rely on, whether it be for an acting job, a voiceover, or any other profession for that matter?
No matter the industry, commerce is confidence. It’s imperative you instill confidence, often when you feel anything but. And while I’ve never been a fan of the “fake it till you make it” cliché. The fact is that, even from the very onset of your career, your job involves making those who hire you feel secure that they’ve made the right choice.
Here are 10 dependable ways to increase your confidence and make yourself a reliable talent:
1. Be prepared. Nothing undermines your confidence more than lack of preparation. As the saying goes, you make your own luck. And luck is when preparedness meets opportunity. Preparation means training. It means studying, researching the backstory, investing in yourself, and continually building your performance agility so that you’re ready at a moment’s notice.
2. Expose yourself to as many opportunities as possible. Audition for scores of projects, especially the
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