The popular view of acting as being a soft option in terms of work is misguided. If you are seduced by the glamour and fun, then your first experience of auditions will be quite a wake-up call.
You could think of your career as doing two jobs at once; managing the business of finding work and then the actual performing at auditions and parts you’ve already gained, with the former probably taking up more of your working life than the latter. If you are starting out then knowing about the experience of others, and that includes the stars, will help you gauge how your career is progressing. Looking for the next project becomes second nature to seasoned actors, even if the public at large only thinks of them as lounging by a Californian poolside.
For most successful working actors, the hard graft consists of going to auditions and casting calls, and keeping themselves in the radar of theatre and production companies and, most importantly, of casting directors.
This is something that you have to be doing even as you start on your next engagement. It’s no good waiting for one job to finish before you start looking for the next – and remember, it rarely happens that the part just falls into your lap.
At Audition Now we provide you with an up-to-the minute notification service for acting auditions and casting calls: this helps you manage the business side of your career offstage, and allows you to focus all your creative energy onstage.
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