Aaron Marcus, a full-time actor and commercial model, describes an audition where his watch alarm went off mid-scene. He apologized to the casting director and other actors, then explains why performers should silence all devices before auditioning to avoid disrupting the room.
Hi, my name is Aaron Marcus. I am a full-time actor and a commercial model, the author of How to Become a Successful Commercial Model, and founder of howtomodel.com, your acting and commercial modeling career site. This is a blog about apologizing to another actor. I was at an audition recently for a TV commercial, and I had to make a phone call at 3 o'clock. My audition time was at 2:00 and knew that I'd be out of there in plenty of time to make the phone call. And I had my watch alarm set for 3:00 PM. So go in there, there were a lot of delays, there were a lot of technical problems, and in the middle of this audition, and I'm reading with another actor, my alarm goes off. It was very embarrassing, very disruptive. I apologized to the casting director, I apologized to the other actor, and actually I apologized I apologize to him later as well. I felt very embarrassed by it. So, point is, when you're at an audition, make sure your cell phone is off. Don't even have it on vibrate. If you have set an alarm on your watch, make sure that is off as well. It's a— it's not a good situation. So, go in there
