Do The (Healthy) Things That Scare You Throughout my life, I’ve heard some version of this piece of advice: If something scares you, that means you should do it. To which the smartass in me will often reply: “Oh good, because I’ve always been skittish about trying Heroin”. Of course, not everything that scares a […]
I Know Why You Didn’t Book That Role… Please enjoy this guest blog by our own Amy Schloerb. You can read more of her audition mindset articles and subscribe to her Substack here There’s an unhelpful question that many actors ask. “Why didn’t I book that role?” When enough time has passed that we know
“My agent/manager/friend says I have to be off-book on all my auditions. I watched some auditions of actors from big shows and none of them were holding their sides in the audition…is that the secret to booking the role?!”
I get some form of this question pretty much on a weekly basis. The answer isn’t quite as simple as you might think.
The other morning I woke up feeling like a total POS. A worthless lump of a person who offers nothing to my marriage, friendships, students and career in general. A complete failure who wasted their life and is just riding out the days now.
Pretty much any time I meet a new actor, one of the first questions they ask is “what can I do to book the role?”
