![]() If you are given responsibilities and carry them out well, you’ll become known as a team player and a hard worker - two characteristics that directors value in actors as well as in crew members. Volunteer for behind-the-scenes jobs: assistant directing and working stage crew are particularly good ways to get to know the cast and the director, and to let them get to know you. ![]() The problem is that nobody knows you, so change that by getting involved in some way other than acting. ![]() You know an actor’s work, you have a shared language, you understand how to work together. The role went to someone they’ve worked with before. The director is not necessarily telling you that your interpretation is wrong, he or she just wants to see what you can do and if you are flexible enough to work with easily.Ĥ. This applies even if you’re asked to do something totally off the wall, like play a death scene as if it were written by Neil Simon. When the director asks you to change your interpretation, do it! Listen carefully and ask questions, if necessary, to make sure you’ve got the idea he or she is working for. If you get direction and then go on to do the scene exactly the way you did it before, you flunked the test. They are probably also checking to see how well you take direction in an effort to determine how easy you are to work with. Take this as a compliment! The director is working on two levels here – they have seen something in you that works, but would like to see if you can change what you’re doing to better fit their idea of the character. Directors sometimes try to give you direction as you’re auditioning. A director was unable to get you to deliver what they wanted to see. But I see it happen all the time because dedicated actors are constantly working on their skill set.ģ. Either they took a class that unlocked something, or worked with a director who stretched them or went on a spiritual quest in the New Mexico desert, whatever. I see actors go from maybe having the skills to handle a small supporting role to being ready to carry a play in one season. How do I know? Because year after year, I see actors grow and develop. This is the second most common, and the one people like to think of as “not good enough.” That way of thinking is total bull#%&$. While your audition might be fantastic, you’re not going to be that director’s Orlando.Ģ. For example, a director might have Orlando conceptualized as a man in his 20s with a gentle, soft-spoken energy, while your audition presents a man in his 30s with a bright, aggressive energy. I pass over actors I flat-out adore all the time because the fit isn’t right. ![]() Every actor has thirteen adjectives that describe them. Every conceptualized character has thirteen adjectives that describe them. A director walks into the room with a character conceptualized in a certain way and is looking for the person whose type or energy matches the character. I know this sounds like a massive cliche, but it’s absolutely the truth. MOST COMMON: You’re just not right for it. Now, let’s dive into reasons why you didn’t get the part….the pure, unvarnished truth about why you didn’t get the role.ġ. If you stop thinking, “I’ve got to get this role,” and make it your mission to walk into every room being über prepared and do what you came there to do, you will succeed. My most talented actors receive the hardest roles, those roles just don’t have the most lines. He could have hands down been the lead in every show but then I wouldn’t have been able to fill the much harder role of character X. Why? Because I needed him to play the more challenging minor roles of evil King, killer pirate, cyclops, etc. My hands-down best actor I’ve ever had the pleasure to teach only got the lead role once in his four years at HHS. I have said this many times, but casting a show is like putting together a puzzle, it’s not about if the pieces are good enough for the puzzle it’s about if the pieces fit. You ask yourself, “Why? What did I do wrong? What does the other guy have that I don’t?”Ĭan I tell you some truth about the casting process? Not getting cast doesn’t mean you aren’t “Good.” Not getting the role you wanted doesn’t mean you weren’t “Good enough,” please know that.
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