THE COMMERCIAL AUDITION>>DON'T CUT YOUR OWN THROAT!!

IN MY OPINION:

WILLIAM REYNOLDS:

THE COMMERCIAL AUDITION>>DON'T CUT YOUR OWN THROAT!!

The quickest way to eliminate yourself from contention? Talk too much and don’t listen.  In an audition, you’re being judged on several things. Do you look right? Are you delivering a good performance? And one of the biggest things in a callback: Can you you take direction? All of these are factors in whether or not you will book the job.  If a director gives you direction, shut up until he or she is done talking. So many actors say, “Yeah, yeah, yeah…” right away when the director starts giving a note. Many times, actors miss what the director is trying to say. When the director is giving you an adjustment, be quiet and listen. When he or she is done, ask any clarifying question and then give it your best shot.>>>Recently, at a callback audition, the director actually had to say to an actor “Hold on, let me finish,” as he was giving a note. That actor did not book the job. Really?