Ramani Leah, CSA

We always say bookings, pins and callbacks should be taken as positive feedback—that your hard work is paying off and getting noticed. ⁠ ⁠ But what if you’re not booking. And not getting pinned. And not even getting called back?⁠ ⁠ Are you doing something wrong?⁠ ⁠ 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺.⁠ ⁠ First, don’t put pressure on yourself about callbacks. ⁠ ⁠ Most offices don’t have callbacks for anything under a series lead, majoring recurring guest or lead role in a film. …

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When in doubt, send 2 takes, right?⁠ ⁠ We’ve covered this topic before but it felt time for a little refresh ✨⁠ ⁠ To start off, you should always default to the instructions given to you by the casting office. ⁠ ⁠ If they ask for 2 takes, give them 2 takes. ⁠ ⁠ If the role is a one-liner, a general rule is that it is fine to send 2 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 takes (mean 2 different choices).⁠ ⁠ If the …

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𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽:⁠ ⁠ Are you sending your self tapes out into the ether?⁠ ⁠ Are we actually watching 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 self tape we request?⁠ ⁠ Let’s re-frame this question in order to better answer it:⁠ ⁠ Would we be requesting tapes we have no interest in watching?⁠ ⁠ Our answer is an emphatic 𝙣𝙤.⁠ ⁠ We assure you, we are in the business of finding the best actor for the role, not the business of wasting anyone’s time. …

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We’ve heard a few actors have this concern before, so we thought we’d start the week off by busting this myth! ⁠ ⁠ Have you ever worried that you’ve had a certain reel up for so long, that when you go to update it, no one will notice?⁠ ⁠ Let’s run through 2 different scenarios:⁠ ⁠ 1. You had the same reel for the past 7 years. But over those 7 years, we’ve gotten to know you as an actor. …

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Oh the dreaded deadline push…⁠ ⁠ Just when you think it’s another audition — 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙥 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙥, casting has pushed their deadline. ⁠ ⁠ But you’ve already turned in your tape. And you think you’ve done a pretty good job, if you don’t say so yourself. ⁠ ⁠ 𝙎𝙤, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡?⁠ ⁠ Why are they pushing the deadline?⁠ ⁠ Surely it’s because they haven’t found anyone who has knocked their socks off yet so they are extending the deadline in …

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Ok, hear us out with this one. ⁠ ⁠ How many times has an acting coach, teacher or even casting director given you the direction of “you need to give yourself somewhere to go.”⁠ ⁠ Meaning—you’ve started out at such a heightened emotion, that the scene won’t be able to have any sense of an arc.⁠ ⁠ All good, important things to be mindful of. ⁠ ⁠ But here’s the thing—𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲-𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀-𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. ⁠ ⁠ If …

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