Casting director Aaron Marcus says when a director calls you great or perfect at an audition, you probably didn't get the job. They're usually softening the rejection or feeling guilty about your travel costs. Don't spend money on prep until you have a contract.
Hi, my name is Aaron Marcus, and I had a very interesting experience recently, and this has happened to me before many times. But I can tell you, and there's no scientific proof about this, but pretty much if you hear these words come out of the casting director's mouth or the director's mouth, you can pretty much kiss the job goodbye because you're not going to get it. And you might be wondering, well, what are those words when they say, you know, you're not any good, we hate you, why aren't you, you know, going to dental school, get Get out of the business. Now, those aren't the kinds of things that are going to, uh, have you realize you're not booking the job. The words that I'm talking about are, you were great. That was just phenomenal. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Uh, are you available on these dates? Because really, you were just perfect for this. Typically, when, uh, people are very complimentary to me, uh, after my audition, I can pretty much bank on the fact I'm not Getting the job. Why that happens, I'm not really sure. Maybe they feel bad. They know I traveled a distance maybe to get to the audition and they know I'm not going to get it. But typically that's what I find. Now, I was just in a situation where, well, I was the exception to the rule. Somebody did say some very complimentary things and I did wind up booking the job. But for the most part, when people are saying these glowing things about your work, Chances are it's not going to happen. So, if that does happen to you, just be prepared. Don't start spending the money, because there's a pretty good possibility you're not going to get the job. So, I wanted to share that information with you. If you've ever experienced anything like that, please go to my Facebook page, facebook.com/howtomodel, and then share your experience with me and with others as well. If you have any questions at all, always feel free to email me. My address is aaron@howtomodel.com. Thanks, Aaron. And I look forward to talking with you really soon. I'm Aaron Marcus.
