Aaron Marcus shares a funny audition story, then explains why self-doubt ruins your shot. The fix: prepare thoroughly by researching the sides, defining your character's goals and relationships, and making real choices. Then submit it and move on.
Hi, I'm Aaron Marcus, and I want to share another quick tip with you for my quick tip series. And this one is, don't let this ruin your audition. I just had the fortune to audition for what I think I could comfortably say was the funniest audition I've ever read for. I can't say anything about it yet. Partially because I have no idea if I got it. The only thing I do know is that the writer really liked my audition and it's being sent to the director. But also it's not out in public yet, and I'm sure the writers and producers don't want anything mentioned about it. But I'll let you know what happens with it. But it really— it's an incredibly funny project. And what I wanted to share with you is It's really easy for us to self-doubt our auditions. It's really easy to think, is this going to look really silly? Is this going to look dumb? Are people going to look at this and just shake their heads and think, what in the world is this person thinking? It's easy to get into that mind frame, especially when you are doing auditions from home. And you don't have the luxury of asking lots of questions or a number of really pointed questions to the casting director. So here's what you have to do. You have to get to this place of feeling like, I did my research, I did my homework, I really studied the sides, I know what my game plan is, I know what this character is doing, I know what my relationships are with the other characters. I know what my goals are in the scene, what I want out of the scene. There are lots of questions and answers you've got to come up with. Once you make those decisions and you feel comfortable that you've done the work, then let it go. And, and I can tell you, I finished, uh, and there were 2 roles that I read for, and, uh, I finished and I thought Well, I did what I wanted to do. I really had no idea how it would be viewed. And then I just let it go and sent it off. And so, so far, you know, I've gotten some good feedback and, you know, we'll see what happens with it. But it's just so important not to get into this mind frame of, oh, I think they might hate it. Maybe I should change it. Maybe I should do— look, do your work, do your preparation, do a great recording. And then let it go. I'm Aaron Marcus. If you are watching this on YouTube, please give it a thumbs up. If you're watching this on Facebook, please like it. Feel free to share it with other people and go back to howtomodel.com. I have tons of great acting and modeling video blogs there for you that I know will be really helpful. I'm Aaron Marcus and I look forward to talking with you again soon. Bye.
