Instead of starting with what you think the casting director is looking for and working backwards, start with your intuition and experience of the role and work from there, ignoring your perception of the casting director. Doing it this way not only helps you deliver a more original and more memorable performance, but it will inherently boost the quality of your acting. If you’re following your instincts and trusting your impulses, you’ll deliver a performance that’s more real, more lively, more nuanced, and more believable. In other words, you’ll act better. Plain and simple.
This may seem counterintuitive, but the truth is it’s anything but. Because guess what? More often than not, the casting director doesn’t really know what they’re looking for until they see it. Even if they think they know, the right performance in an audition could completely reshape their thinking on the character. So if you want to know what the most important thing is that a casting director is looking for, the answer is easy: they’re looking for something honest, something real, and something true.
They’re looking for you.
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One of the best pieces of advice I received when I was acting is - You're auditioning for you. In other words, you learn your lines, you give yourself the tools, be it a character backstory or a piece of clothing you wear or something you carry in your pocket you think the character might carry, you put your spin on it and you let it rip.
No one knows what's in the casting director's mind. You can only know what's in yours.
Thanks for sharing, Tammy Hunt
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Appreciate you Richard "RB" Botto
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great insights. Can't tell you how many casting directors I've talked to who see the same performance over and over again. Be true to you!
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Right back at ya, Tammy Hunt.
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Absolutely true, Ashley Ottesen. Your audition, your take on the material.