Dear sweet, passionate, talented actors, letโs have a chat ๐ฟโ
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Put your feet up, fill up your mugโwe hope youโll stay until the end. โ
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๐๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ.โ
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Having undeniable talent, working hard at your craft, constantly training and learning new ways to grow & improve are all extremely valuable (and necessary) prerequisites to having a successful acting career. โ
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But actually, thereโs moreโฆโ
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First, letโs take a moment to remind ourselves that this industry weโve decided to tackle is ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ. โ
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Like, really, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ hard.โ
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Weโve signed up for long hours, emotionally draining work, a daunting (and sometimes intimidating) blend of personalities and countess โnoโs.โโ
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Itโs an industry sometimes requires โthick skin,โ as they say. โ
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But what that also means is that when weโre in our 11th hour of work, we want to be surrounded by ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ. โ
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Surrounded by nice, ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ people. โ
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Surrounded by people you donโt mind working until the 11th hour with. โ
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๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ.โ
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It matters more than you may think. โ
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Part of our job as casting directors is to surround our creative team and sets with decent people who are pleasant to be around.
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No, this does not mean we need (or want) you to shower us with gifts. Nor do we need you to always come in with a smile (you do you).โ
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We just need you to be a decent human. โ
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Thatโs it!โ
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Being kind, open to new direction, and decent to people regardless of their job title just about checks all the boxes of โdecent human.โโ
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Snapping at a casting assistant or being (unreasonably) difficult on set (regardless of your talent), does NOT yield more work. โ
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๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐.โ
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Word gets around.โ
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FAST. โ
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๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ช๐ ๐ฆ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐ ๐ค๐๐ช.โ
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