Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business by Bonnie Gillespie

Author:Bonnie Gillespie [Gillespie, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780985251116
Publisher: Cricket Feet Publishing
Published: 2014-04-22T00:00:00+00:00

What is good use of that moment? Actually getting a question that you really do have answered before you begin. Of course, if the question is about how you should approach the material and I give you a piece of information that changes everything you’ve prepared for that read, you’ve got some quick adjustments to make and that’s probably not going to work out well for you at all. So, choose wisely the question you ask. We’d rather see your choices and redirect than have you attempt an on-the-spot self-redirect due to new information.

Why do casting directors ask if you have any questions if we fully expect that you should have no questions, based on the details we’ve provided prior to the audition? Of course, we want you to feel that, if you do have questions, we are open to hearing them and ready to answer them. If having a question answered before you read would help you feel more comfortable in your audition, taking the time to answer that question helps us all out.

Note that we often use the phrase, “Do you have any questions?” as the buffer for the official beginning of the audition. You’ve walked in and done a little chitchat, now it’s time for the real audition to begin. We pose a question that serves as the, “on your mark, get set, go,” for your read. Sure, we could simply ask, “Are you ready to begin?” and some casting directors certainly do that. But in case you have questions, most of us use that lead-in. Then your audition begins. It’s the same code language as, at the end of the audition, “That was great. Thanks!” We all know that line is code for, “Now leave.”

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