It’s so easy for an actor to get discouraged and frustrated with the business side of things. They can’t get the auditions that they want, can’t get into that certain office that they just know they should be seen by, can’t get agent interest. They stop auditioning, shut down, hide behind how busy their money job is keeping them.
Don’t hide…when you get discouraged, remind yourself of why you wanted to be an actor in the first place. I’m certain that when you were 12 and in your middle school play, you weren’t thinking about headshots or if you should have followed up with that Casting Director. You were thinking how wonderful it felt to be on stage, how exciting to be playing a character, how much fun you were having. Remind yourself of that wonderful feeling…do a play with your friends, work on a scene with another great actor, take an improv class, go see theatre, get inspired again! You’ll probably find you’ll get more auditions, more jobs, than you ever did before.
