Need some advice and inspiration for your next audition? Our Backstage Experts are full of amazing advice to help move your career forward, and we wouldn’t want you to miss one drop of it. Here are five tips to keep in mind during the week ahead!
Only do what works for you.
“Acting isn’t math and can’t be successfully taught as such. There are no finite answers in the arts: One plus one doesn’t always equal two, and that’s the joy of it. A good teacher knows this and also knows that the only “right” in art is what’s right for the artist.” —Craig Wallace
Don’t get caught up on memorization.
“No one will book a job simply because they are word-perfect; it’s about the essence and what you bring to the role. When you get caught up in the words you limit what you want to do with them. What is their meaning? What’s behind them? What is your intention when speaking them?” —Sara Mornell
Quit crying on camera!
“Actors fail to realize that if you feel it, the camera will see it. You don’t have to show it. You don’t have to indicate. I have heard actors speak highly of actors because they can cry on cue. And yet, there is far more emotional impact if we see a person or a character fight back tears.” —Greg Apps
Don’t say “I do” to your agent.
“Also, being “married” can intimidate an actor into thinking he or she should not move on when the relationship is no longer viable. I believe an actor should think of the agent-actor relationship as a contractual business agreement between two parties who have agreed to communicate and work together until the relationship proves not to be productive for either or both parties.” —Brian O’Neil
Dress as who you are, not who you want to be.
“The way we dress and style ourselves can often be random, thoughtless, or even a direct contradiction to our natural essence. That’s because many of us use or construct our look as a personal statement against or to the world, or to hide, or show off, or as a defensive reaction, or to try to be something we may want to be but just isn’t true to who we are.” —Shaan Sharma
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