If the Part is Meant for You, It’s Meant for You.
You may not be the same as your friend! When actors hear that their friend is going on an audition, they have a hard time understanding why they are not going on the same one. Believe me! I have been there. I used to get so worked up when I would hear that my friends were going in for parts but I wasn’t. I naturally thought…I should be going in on that.
I made a horrible mistake once. I heard that one of my good friend was auditioning for this movie so I called my manager and begged her to get me the audition too. The problem was that I hadn’t done any research on it. Well…what do you know… I got the audition. I read the material and it was horrible!!! But what was I suppose to do? I am the one who begged for the audition. Yikes! And when I say horrible, I mean horrible!!! I went in anyway because I was too ashamed to say something.
Oh no!!! They loved me and want me back for a producer session! Later that day I get a call from my manager with the news that I booked it. Oh no!!! What a mess! I had to tell my manager the truth. Luckily she was nice enought to read the script and give me her honest opinion…absolutely not! It was a pretty degrading part. My manager told the director that we were going to pass. The director ended up rewriting the part and it still wasn’t something I wanted to do. After making the poor guy make even more adjustmenst to it, I still didn’t take the role. It just wasn’t up to my standard.
What drama I caused!!! The casting director, my manager, my agent, the director and the producers all wasted their time. This was all because I was jealous that my friend had gotten an audition. Lesson learned! If the part is meant for you, it’s meant for you! I’m not saying not to be a go-getter… just be realistic and understand that we are all different. Olivia
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