{"id":471,"date":"2015-09-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dearingstudio.com\/?p=471"},"modified":"2022-07-05T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T18:24:40","slug":"casting-calls-can-be-scary-how-to-get-over-a-bad-audition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dearingstudio.com\/casting-calls-can-be-scary-how-to-get-over-a-bad-audition\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting Calls Can Be Scary \u2013 How To Get Over A Bad Audition"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m sorry you are here, sort of. You\u2019re reading this (I assume) because you\u2019ve been to one of those casting calls and now you want to figure out how to get over a bad audition. Before I lay out exactly what to do after the big bowl of ice cream. Let me tell you, I feel your pain! In this article we will discuss what to do if things don\u2019t go right in an audition so that no matter what you are able to keep the dream alive.<\/p>\n\n\n
If you have ever asked yourself whether or not you are pretty enough to be on TV, let me answer that question right away from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was the year I had begun my transition to commercials\/television from classical theater<\/a>. Early in my career I wasn\u2019t entirely sure that I was capable of doing any form of on-camera work. I had no confidence, I was afraid of casting calls and didn\u2019t think I was pretty enough. That\u2019s the truth. To say I was a head case is an understatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This pic is of me by the way doing what made me comfortable at the time. Theater! Next to me is a man that always thought I was pretty. \ud83d\ude42 Shoot, now I\u2019m blushing.<\/p>\n\n\n It was my very first casting call for a television show. Which would be stressful enough as it is, but I was particularly<\/em> neurotic on this given day. My character was for a long-forgotten series called \u201cHidden Palms<\/a>\u201c. (Any Arizona actor from the early 2000\u2019s is nodding their head. Remember that one?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a small acting market, anytime big casting calls come through, everyone knows about it. I\u2019m talking the once every couple of years actual real-live nationwide television show type gig. The truth is, local actors get excited for these big auditions. And let\u2019s just say, I was no different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was more desperate than my character from the viral video \u201cLook what Joanna made us do\u201d<\/a>. Yes \u2013 that was a shameless plug for my sketch with Michelle Fortin<\/a>. However, I also want to remind you at this point in the story not to give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trust me, there is light at the end of the tunnel. If you keep at this acting thing, eventually you won\u2019t have to worry about bad casting calls. Because you will simple cast yourself. Which is great advice directly from my husband, Matthew Dearing\u2019s book, \u201cActing is My Day Job Seven Strategies to Market and Make Money as an Actor\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seriously read that book if you want to make acting a career. OK. Now back to the story.<\/p>\n\n\nThe Casting that Would Be My \u201cBIG\u201d Break \u2013 Or So I Thought<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n