{"id":1963,"date":"2022-09-25T19:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T19:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2024-02-24T17:22:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T17:22:07","slug":"the-business-of-show-business-an-actors-life-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/the-business-of-show-business-an-actors-life-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business of Show Business: An Actor&#8217;s Life (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1963\" class=\"elementor elementor-1963\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68312210 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68312210\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2151cb73\" data-id=\"2151cb73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc1304e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bc1304e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">What Do I Like About Being A Performer?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c785fa0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c785fa0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c28e823\" data-id=\"1c28e823\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5299cbf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5299cbf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Just touched on some of this in my last <a href=\"http:\/\/The Business of Show Business: An Actor's Life\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">blog.<\/a><i><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">And now I have a few more thoughts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">I will never run out of thoughts on the actor&#8217;s life whether it&#8217;s my life&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8230;or more importantly&#8230; <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>YOUR LIFE<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">This is your life and let me focus on just that part and ignore the &#8220;business of show business.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">(INSERT LAUGHTER HERE)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Let me share a thought about the actor&#8217;s craft. It&#8217;s called craft because for me it has a very architectural meaning. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">I love analogies&#8230; especially when they have to do with construction!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It&#8217;s a craft because it is about the character parts &#8212; the words, thoughts, actions and feelings of someone and something fictional written (mostly) by someone else. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It is a form of escapism. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">For a performer, you love to step into that imaginary world for many reasones&#8230; you like the challenge, the applause, or simply the overall entertainment for you and others!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">For me, I&#8217;m not your acting arbiter. It doesn&#8217;t make any difference to me why it is that you choose to be a performer.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"> IT&#8217;S YOUR CHOICE!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13c17e1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13c17e1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11d47fc4\" data-id=\"11d47fc4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59840098 e-transform e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59840098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-360,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';\"><strong><em>\"How do other performers feel about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UIwMYbMYlJI&amp;ab_channel=TheKevinE\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">process?<\/span><\/a>\"<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ae5e7c4\" data-id=\"1ae5e7c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7edea411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7edea411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=UIwMYbMYlJI&amp;ab_channel=TheKevinE&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-video .elementor-widget-container{overflow:hidden;transform:translateZ(0)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper{aspect-ratio:var(--video-aspect-ratio)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper iframe,.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper video{height:100%;width:100%;display:flex;border:none;background-color:#000}@supports not (aspect-ratio:1\/1){.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper{position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:0;padding-bottom:calc(100% \/ var(--video-aspect-ratio))}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper iframe,.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper video{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0}}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-open-inline .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;background-size:cover;background-position:50%}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{cursor:pointer;text-align:center}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay:hover .elementor-custom-embed-play i{opacity:1}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:var(--video-aspect-ratio);-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;-o-object-position:center center;object-position:center center}@supports not (aspect-ratio:1\/1){.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:0;padding-bottom:calc(100% \/ var(--video-aspect-ratio))}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0}}.elementor-widget-video .e-hosted-video .elementor-video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-video,.e-con>.elementor-widget-video{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69be94ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69be94ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-267b47ee\" data-id=\"267b47ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22872e64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22872e64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yes, You Need To Consider This In Your Pursuit<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-182e5959 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"182e5959\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36498210\" data-id=\"36498210\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12652bc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12652bc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Just be crystal clear on the reason why you do it!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"> Because it matters. It makes a difference. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">My experience working with actors is that many times performers get lost thinking about the &#8220;bright, shiny&#8221; aspects of this career.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">I completely understand that. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">As you know, I&#8217;m from a small town and I wanted something better for myself!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">When it&#8217;s all said and done, being a performer is just that&#8230; being performative\/active and doing it.\u00a0 Everything else outside of that becomes the business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Maybe you chose to be an actor in your youth. It&#8217;s likely your beginnings were in the theatre &#8212; where many of us start before ever seeing a camera!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Now, the theatre audition process is very predictive. Typically, we go into a theatre, stand on stage and either recite a monologue and\/or read for a part. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">If a role, we might be reading with a fellow actor.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">And this offers us some dynamism.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Just like life&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">We will get what is coming off of somebody else&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Pause for a moment because I bet you see the looming trap&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">In theatre, there is an indescribable energy. A buzz that you feel in the beginning of the process all the way to the end.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Here in Los Angeles, with the number of available actors, casting has a lot of performers to work with and their &#8220;reading&#8221; energy might not be consistently strong for every audition.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Not a bad thing&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Remember that. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Casting, curiously enough, tones it down so they don&#8217;t give one performer an unfair advantage over another.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-572b4694 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"572b4694\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2585b388\" data-id=\"2585b388\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c54bdd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c54bdd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/theactormba\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KEW-Coanching-Link.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1815\" alt=\"Book Coaching with Kevin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KEW-Coanching-Link.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.actorbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KEW-Coanching-Link-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click Above!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2484792b\" data-id=\"2484792b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38909d39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38909d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><em>\"Could a few minutes of my time help you in your acting pursuit?\"<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/pre><pre><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';\">\"Could the answer to a quick question unblock your next action?\"<\/span><\/em><\/pre><pre><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/theactormba\">LET'S FIND OUT!<\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d7aa4d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d7aa4d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-701f5e73\" data-id=\"701f5e73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463aa5bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"463aa5bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Can I Better Manage My Audition Results?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35cf68f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35cf68f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3443a0\" data-id=\"a3443a0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8407bf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8407bf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It&#8217;s hard. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Aside from all the work we have to do to prepare and give 100% (or something close to it), you do realize over your time in this profession, that there are higher levels for every performer.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">This is where you start getting into particular kinds of conversations about the craft that have to do with cold reading classes or audition technique.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Things become specialized&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">As a performer this now might require learning a new set of skills from those with which we&#8217;re presently accustomed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">It&#8217;s different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Keep in mind this real fact about you the performer in an audition room, because yes, this is still the first step to getting hired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">We have to perform and we are now going to do it with some new techniques.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The basics are still the same. Cozy room. Tripod. Camera. Session runner. Reader off-camera. The exception is that you have something else in your arsenal that wasn&#8217;t there before.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">The audition process&#8230;? Naturally,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">some people are better at it than others, but for most actors, it takes some work.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">And you&#8217;re working harder on it!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">I will tell you first hand, it takes\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">real effort to get yourself fully comfortable in the environment I just described.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">It can be intimidating when first starting out, but over time, like everything else in life, you own it!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">But now with COVID and the growth of available technology, the self-tape now challenge us on both sides of the camera &#8212; literally!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Yes, there are companies and services here in Los Angeles that can help you with your self-tape, but the DIY actor wants to do it all. At times, that can be good and at others, it can be challenging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Depending on how much technical savvy you have, you now add a whole other element that your mind has to work with and deal with while you&#8217;re supposed to be focused on an audition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Incredibly, there&#8217;s so much new (actor) business that now surrounds the performer part of this profession.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d00c625 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d00c625\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fd601dc\" data-id=\"4fd601dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34cc9abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34cc9abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What then do I need to consider?<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b2ac5c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b2ac5c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6531e417\" data-id=\"6531e417\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63f8f0aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63f8f0aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Let&#8217;s get back to auditon basics!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">You must make yourself as believable as possible. Think of the life of your audition performance should you get hired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Think of the audience on the other side, not the casting office, but rather the paying public who are watching on screens huge, big and small.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Now your performance requires a great deal of focus, talent and skill. They will be watching and critiquing&#8230; and you will need to move them!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">You are a performer and you have to create the willing suspension of disbelief. As time goes by, and your skill opens more doors, realize that not all auditions are created equal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">No.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">I hand you a four page script and point to four doors. First door is a soap opera. Second door is a feature film. Third door is an hour long TV drama. The last door? Oh inside is Broadway and they want you in the next David Mamet play.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;book antiqua&quot;, palatino; font-size: 14pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Each room inside each door presents you with audition challenges, little things that you will need to nuance to render a credible performance that matches the tone of each.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">Nevertheless, when it&#8217;s all said and done and when you sit down and you really just discuss the performer, I really want to be really clear that we are just discussing your mind, your soul and your gut. How you put that together is your craft. 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