We all want to book the job. We all want to “get it right” when it comes to auditioning.
I have worked with many actors who are the classic “type A” personality. They’re the actors who are always on time (five minutes early), entirely off book (and probably have been for days), have every beat of the scene mapped out, and will walk into the room giving the perfect slate and executing their choices as planned. They are efficient, trustworthy, professional, and technically perfect. And they don’t book the job.
I have had fairly equal experience working with a different crop of actors: the “present” type. These are the artists who read the script a couple of times and then let it go. Who trust that in the room they will be present and playful and full of instinct. These are the actors who trust so fully in their ability to just show up that they don’t feel the need to pre-plan any choice. In fact, any planning might cut off their artistic flow. These actors often fully take in the room and reader and have a naturalism and ease in the room. They are present, spontaneous, easy going, and relaxed. And they also don’t book the job.
Why?
An actor who has planned their
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