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ACTORS
Actors on Actors: Will Smith & Benicio Del Toro
Actors and Casting: It’s a Numbers Game
Earlier this month casting director David Rapaport — who casts The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and other CW shows — gave his Twitter followers a glimpse at just how difficult his job can be — and he also gave actors a look at what odds they’re facing when they go in for an audition.
For three roles, Rapaport and his team viewed 2684, 2055, and 1354 potential actors.
Most didn’t make the cut. For the role with 2684 candidates, only 58 were selected for callbacks — that’s just a hair over 2%. While the odds were a little better for the role that had 1354 candidates (131 were selected), that still amounts to just a 10% selection rate. Of course, ultimately three of those approximately 6093 auditioning actors will end up with roles.
What are you doing to make sure you set yourself apart from the rest of the pack?
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John Krasinski on his “Lottery-Ticket Life”
Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and more: The Art Of Screen Acting
The Movie: Florence Foster Jenkins
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep stars in Florence Foster Jenkins, a film based on the life of the vocally challenged opera singer of the same name, which opened nationally this past weekend.
Hugh Grant co-stars as Jenkins’ manager and partner, St. Clair Bayfield.
Stay Focus On You And Your Acting Goals
Have you ever had to deal with haters? People who just seem to want to destroy you and everything you do?
Whenever we put ourselves out there, we open ourselves up to haters but is that a good enough reason to put us off doing what we love? No!
They want to get inside your head taking your energy away from focusing on the important stuff and force you to focus on pointless dramas instead. Don’t let it happen.
First, if you do know them- stay away from them. Block from your social media, emails, phone and just get on with your life.
If you don’t know them, just ignore. It will very soon die down if you don’t respond. There might be times when you feel like you want to defend yourself (if rumors are being spread for example) and that’s understandable but in that case, respond once then don’t look again.
- Ignore.
- Quickly re-focus your mind thinking of 3 things that make you happy and visualizing your end goal. If you are struggling to re- focus, take a break and do something that lifts your mood- go for a walk, take a bath, go to the gym, read a book or whatever works for you.
- Keep on kicking a*s and doing what you do.
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