This FB post by CD @DeaVise via Casting Directors for Actors is soooo brilliant - I had to repost for all of you. I’m still laughing. She calls it “Top 10 things not to do as an actor but it could easily be called #10FastestWaysToLoseAnActingJob I was thinking today about all the strange things that have happened since Ive been in casting, so I put together a list for actors. Dea Vises Top 10 Things NOT TO DO as an actor: 10. Be rude to the receptionist at the front desk. You never know when the actual casting director is sitting there helping out. 9. Talk badly about the project in the elevator to someone you dont know. Again, you never know when youre talking to the CD.... or the director. 8. Scream at the assistant that you want your headshot back after auditioning because you have another audition to go to and you dont have another one. 7. Pull up in the driveway of a building and hand your keys to the first person you see, believing that she is the valet. Besides the obvious fact that your car could be stolen, the CD doesnt want to park your car. 6. Come to an audition after working out for a few days in a row without a shower. I dont care if you are a method actor. Dont come stinky. 5. Ask the assistant to help cover your tattoo on your crotch because you are auditioning in a bikini. Seriously, if this needs to be done, we will give you your privacy. 4. Send a Confederate flag to an agent you have never met with your headshot and resume - because you are from the Southern U.S. When that *black* agent calls the CDs, you will be the topic of conversation for the rest of your life and not in a good way. 3. Lie on your resume about being a prima ballerina and then go through with the audition with actual prima ballerinas when you havent danced a day in your life. There is a very funny video called Swan Lake that has been going around casting offices for almost 20 years... 2. Punch the CDs arm repeatedly when you are auditioning to the point of bruising her. 1. Bring a real, loaded gun to your audition. Or an actual knife. So, dont do these things. But yes, you can use our stapler.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:39:32 +0000