Aaron Marcus explains why compliments from casting directors usually mean you won't book the job. He shares personal stories from auditions and warns against spending money or assuming you've got the role based on what they say.
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 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.
