Aaron Marcus shares practical audition prep: bring relevant props like a lab coat, memorize your material, and arrive early to rehearse the sides. He walks through his own audition routine and points to free instructional videos on his HowToModel site.
Hi, I'm Aaron Marcus, and I know I'm a little bit more dressed up than normal. This is my costume for today. I'm heading out to audition for a TV series, and I'm really excited about it. And there are a couple things I just wanted to share with you. You know, it's funny, sometimes people will tell you this is the, you know, the right way to prepare, this is the only way to prepare before your audition. And let me just tell you, there is no one right way to do anything in this business. Uh, there are things you could do that are wrong, uh, but there is no just one right way. And that's why I like to take classes with a variety of people, and I pick and choose the things that I like, things that, you know, I feel work for me, and the things that I don't think are all that helpful to me, I just don't use. So one of the things, you know, sometimes casting directors will say to you, you know, never— if you're— let's say you're auditioning for the doctor— never bring a lab coat. You're insulting my intelligence. I know what doctors look like. And I've also— matter of fact, there was one that I just had recently where the casting director actually requested that you bring a lab coat. So, you know, what I always do in that kind of situation, if I am auditioning for a doctor, I'll bring a lab coat with me and then I'll ask the casting director, you know, would it be okay if I wore a lab coat? Because I know I'm going to look like a doctor if I'm wearing a lab coat. And then if they say yes, great. If they say no, that's fine too. The other thing too is for this particular audition Because they're being very secretive and they're concerned about leaks in the script, I won't see the sides until I show up at the casting director's office. And the other thing is they made it very clear they want it all memorized. They do not want you looking at the sides, which normally that's not what I do. I mean, if I can memorize it, great, but that's not a goal for me when I'm auditioning. I want to be very familiar with it, but, you know, if I need to, you know, look over and glance at the sides for a second, Normally that's fine, but in this case it's not. So just as another little hint for you is I'm going to be getting there really early, and that way I will get the sides because actually I'm auditioning for 2 different roles, so that's 2 different sets of sides I have to memorize. And I'll probably walk out of the casting director's office after I get there. I'll get there at least an hour ahead of time, if not more, and I'll walk out to my car, walk outside, find a quiet place where I can just sit, concentrate, and look things over and do my I do my best at getting everything memorized beforehand. So anyhow, I'm Aaron Marcus. I just wanted to share that with you. If you're seeing this on YouTube, please give it a thumbs up. If you're on Facebook, please like it. And if you have any questions, always feel free to go to my facebook.com/howtomodel page, or you can just go to howtomodel.com. And if you haven't done this yet, on howtomodel.com, all you have to do is visit the homepage, and I've got 3 incredible videos that you can watch Absolutely free. It's about creating headshots, marketing yourself, finding an agent. They're great, and it's just my way of sharing and giving back to the acting and modeling community. I'm Aaron Marcus, and I look forward to talking with you again soon.
