Kick Ass Auditioning Tips Part 1 of 5

Hey everyone, welcome.
Alright, what are we going to talk about today? You know what, this is going to be a series over the next several weeks about the audition process.
Oh my goodness, I know for a lot of you going on auditions is terrifying and so over the next several weeks we want to deal with those nerves and those insecurities, because it always chokes our talent.
So first and foremost – if you don’t have proper training, both as an actor and the audition process, then no wonder you’re nervous. No wonder you don’t know what you’re doing. So if that’s the case, then you need to get quality training both in the craft of acting and the audition process, and being used to that whole experience.
But let’s say you do have quality training and you have been through some audition classes and workshops and intensives and things that have taught you the skill set to go about this. Let’s go on that assumption and let’s say you still have nerves. Now I’m talking to you, okay?
Where do the nerves come from? It’s really simple. They started on the drive over in the car. They escalated in the lobby, and the second your name was called they went off the charts and it all comes from one simple place. It’s this desire to be good. The desire to book the job, which is what will choke our talent every time. So today’s teaching is going to be very simple and straightforward.
The more you want to book that job, the more you’re going to choke it. The less you care about the outcome and just celebrate that you get to go to work at your dream, you get to go audition, you get to go play, you get to live this thing out…if you come from that attitude, then it’s already a victory. Just getting to go in there and do what you love and have the goal be not booking the job, but freedom. Absolute freedom.
And if you come from that place then you’ll release this desire to be good, this attachment to the outcome and this pressure on the situation. So, that’s how we’re going to start with this and then next week we’re going to build on it. So I’ll see you next week, okay?
 
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