One of my students called me the other day for a Private Coaching to work on an audition she had gotten through Actors’ Access. It was for a short film with unknown film makers – who I attempted to check out for her. I couldn’t find anything on any of them, by the way. We’ll call my student Gail. She’s in her early twenties, beautiful, and just starting out professionally. The short centers around a rape. And although the lead character she was auditioning for had lines

As a working Casting Director, former studio and network Casting Executive, and as an Acting Coach for many years now, I see first hand what it takes to get the callback and book the job. I see and hear it in the room, on tape or film, or when an actor walks in and lights up the office with their smile and personality. There’s a lot of talented actors in the world, so the majority of actors who come in to audition, or these days, who need to audition on tape, come in with

I’ve been casting for a number of years. I’ve been a Casting Executive at Warner Bros. Television and at Fox Broadcasting. And today I continue to work as an independent casting person and acting coach. And over the years I’ve watched the casting process morph -- not always in the most user-friendly ways. It’s hard enough booking any job these days. I always say that we used to have a ‘talent pool’ but now we have a ‘talent ocean’. And we do. There are more SAG/AFTRA an

As a Casting Director, former Warner Bros. and Fox Broadcasting Talent & Casting Executive, and as an established Acting Coach, I’ve conducted thousands of in person and taped auditions. I always prefer face to face auditions and I also prefer to put actors on tape in my office when tapes are requested and/or needed by producers and directors. But today, more and more, actors are told to go put themselves on tape. I’ve written about this before and I undoubtedly will again