I recently attended a social function for industry folks. I was having a great time hanging out with other managers, agents, and casting directors, when I was cornered by two prominent casting directors with very serious looks on their faces. Knowing that I write a monthly column for Backstage, they came to me with a special request: publish a list of what casting directors really want you to know. The real deal, the down and dirty—as long as they could stay anonymous. Covertly handing me the list you’re about to read, the CDs melted back into the crowd. So here is their list.
Be completely off-book when you attend a callback. You embarrass us in front of our clients when you show up and still do not have the material memorized.
Keep your clothes on and the perfume off. If the role calls for a nude scene, it will be done on set. Not in my office. ‘Nuff said.
Don’t loiter. When your audition is over, please leave. We’re not besties and I don’t want you hanging out in the waiting room.
Go through the proper channels when submitting. If you have an agent, they will submit. I don’t want to see you tweeting the director. I see all the tweets.
Don’t question whether you are right for a project. If I
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