A well-dressed tourist walks up to a street vendor on 52nd and Seventh in NYC and asks him “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” The vendor looks up and says “Practice.”
It’s an old joke, to be sure, but the concept is timeless. The more you practice your craft, the better you’ll be at it. Auditioning is no exception. When most actors come to Los Angeles they have taken Acting classes, Dance classes, singing classes, and a host of other workshops trying to hone their craft. What they don’t realize is that in order to get a job to actually use that craft, they first have to audition – a separate craft unto itself. The only way to figure out that craft is to experience the audition process and figure out how best you can negotiate those waters. What specific skills, what tools, what exercises an actor needs to book the job. Read the rest of this entry »