The hardest thing for an audition panel is to sit through an audition when the actor obviously doesn’t want to be there. Admittedly acting auditions are a nerve-wracking process for most, but it is important that you demonstrate that you can overcome your nerves, and that you are really comfortable with performing.

You need to focus on the positive side of the experience, and to take your mind off the uncertainty and fear you may feel. After all, the audition is your great opportunity to do what you enjoy doing most. Besides, your panel knows what you are going through. They do not want you to spend their time focusing their attention on your difficulties. They want to focus on your unique abilities and talents.

This is another important truth: they are as keen for you to do well at auditions as you are. They are searching for the next star who will walk into that audition. You need to persuade them that that next ‘star’ is you.

When you next go into audition, be sure to take that attitude with you into the room – and make a point of seeing your panel as individual human beings, not as a hostile committee. They are human; they have lives too. If you can engage with them personally, it will help you enormously when you engage with them ‘professionally.’

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