As an actor, have you ever considered how important it is to generate return business? It may seem like the booking is what it’s all about, but that just isn’t the case.
The majority of my casting jobs come from either former employers or referrals from former employers. I do get some jobs from random sources, but I still rely a lot on return business. And if you are like most actors, it’s the same with you.
I always check an actor’s résumé for return business. Is the same director listed multiple times? Of course, it helps even more if that director is Ron Howard or Clint Eastwood. Many directors like to use a lot of the same actors over the years, and it’s an automatic sign that the actor in question is not only talented, but also easy on production.
Actors who do not play well with others or are not easy during production rarely work twice for the same producer or director. As a matter of fact, it is unfortunately possible for an actor to burn a bunch of bridges with one job. I’ve seen actors on a film behave in such a way that nobody would ever work with them again. That includes the producers, the director, and myself.
However, actors who are great to work with and are
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