You are a walking billboard, especially when it comes to acting and auditioning. Ever notice how people tend to size you up if you tell them you’re a performer? What they’re really doing is measuring your energy quotient.
What’s an energy quotient, you ask? Well, an energy quotient is all about the feeling you resonate to those around you and how it makes them feel.
Last year, I auditioned for an indie film that I absolutely fell in love with. I loved it so much that I was willing to drive sixty miles to set and do it for free—it was that type of script.
I always do energy practices before auditioning and this time was no different. But one objective stood out more so than anything else in my pre-audition meditation: have fun! Initially, I tried to force myself to focus on script analysis and scene objectives and obstacles and relationship. But I just kept getting “have fun, have fun” in response. It showed me that I was taking my life and career too seriously, so the audition came and I let loose.
It was the first time I really, truly let it all hang out. And the casting director said something I’ll never forget: “Just by the way you present and market yourself,
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