This content was created by Aaron Marcus. This content was uploaded by Aaron Marcus. This is a YouTube video titled "This Amazing Acting Job Just Crushed Me" (published 2024-02-27) featuring Aaron Marcus in a first-person vlog/monologue on his channel (Acting and Modeling Quick Tips / Actor Career Center). Aaron recounts booking a role on the NBC show Do No Harm that was canceled after four episodes, reflects on managing disappointment, reframes auditions and bookings as wins, and offers career advice for actors. He also promotes a bonus linked video about balancing a full-time job with acting ("8 things to try"), invites viewer comments and subscriptions, and draws on nearly 40 years of acting experience.
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Hey, I'm Aaron Marcus, and in this video I'm going to be sharing with you how this amazing acting job just crushed me. Also, I've got a special bonus video for you. You can find this at the end. Is a full-time job preventing you from acting? And if so, here are 8 things to try. I will also leave you the link in the description section. Okay. Let's get started. Hey, I'm Aaron Marcus, and welcome to the Acting and Modeling Quick Tips channel and the Actor Career Center, where I share information with you from my 40 or nearly 40 years of working as a full-time actor. This is a number of years ago, and I auditioned for an NBC show, and it was called Do No Harm. And when I got booked, I was very excited, especially because to me, I thought this was going to be a recurring role on the show. It was starring Phylicia Rashad, and I, I had a scene with her. I also had a scene with the star of the show. I also— there was the scene also had Jurnee Smollett, who was just Incredible, incredible actor. And the reason why I really thought this was going to be a recurring role— for 2 reasons. One was this is all about this guy in a hospital. I was president of the hospital, and I assumed we were going to be having a lot of scenes together because there were a lot of problems going on. With this guy. And another clue that this was going to be an important role, they even— and they spent a lot of money, I'm sure— they had a wig made for me. And actually, I'll show you here. You can see a still shot of the wig. It was pretty weird looking, but it worked well for, for, for the character. So I'm very excited about this. Network show, important role, and after 4 episodes, show gets canceled. And I was just crushed. I just— I just— it's like I was leading up to so many high expectations of what's going to happen. This could change my career, having scenes with these amazing actors. And it just dies a very quick death. And, you know, it's something that, that I did that I found very helpful. I started thinking about it, and yeah, I was really disappointed. But here's what I finally came to, and this is what I also want to share with you. I booked this role. I got a chance to work with some great actors. What an accomplishment. And so instead of just focusing in on the disappointment— it was horrible, I got crushed— I started thinking, I booked this thing, that's amazing. And so I walked away after a little bit of time of thinking about it, of actually just feeling really good. Yeah, was I disappointed? Yes, but I— it wasn't that crushing feeling. And It's interesting because I had this same conversation with someone I know who— he's up for an Academy Award on a project. And just talk with him, they're going to find out pretty soon whether the Academy Award— whether he gets the Academy Award. And he's thinking about it a lot. And I said, you've already, you've already won, you've already been nominated. For an Academy Award for this thing. I said, whether you get the award or not, yeah, it feels good and certainly can change a career, absolutely. But you've already won. And you know what? That's the same way I view auditions. It's not even booking the job as what people say is winning. Getting the audition, that's winning. So I just wanted to share that with you, and I'd love to hear, has there been a job that you got that just crushed you for some reason, please share it. And, and something else, if you do leave a comment, I will respond. I will personally respond to every comment that is left. So please do that. Share the link with fellow actors. And if you haven't done this yet, don't forget, click the subscribe button, the notification bell. If you like the video, give it a thumbs up. That's always helpful. But let's continue to build a community with people Helping each other. I did promise there was going to be a great video for you. You can see it up there. Um, once again, it's all about— it's a full-time job preventing you from acting. And so here are 8 things to try. I'm Aaron Marcus. Can't wait to talk with you again soon. See ya.
