Do you think the following thoughts and utter these phrases to describe yourself and others? “I’m a hungry actor.” “He’s a starving artist.”
Do you describe those that hire you as “gatekeepers” or “those on the other side of the desk”?
Watch your mouth. Watch your thoughts. Watch the loop going on in your head that’s tearing you down.
Words matter! Change your dialogue. Banish these terms from your lips and your brain. These thoughts are pervasive. When you speak them aloud you give them life and energy. I have actor friends who refer to themselves as “starving artists” while trying to maintain a supposedly tongue-in-cheek attitude. Even if they’re joking, it plants a seed in people’s minds that artists have to starve and struggle for their work. The words and phrases tend to romanticize the life of an artist, implying there has to be pain and lack of comfort to attain true art.
In my article “This Will Change Your Life,” I asked you to reframe the way you’ve been thinking about meetings and auditions. I wrote about thinking of the whole auditioning process as a collaboration between filmmakers.
I also suggested
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