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Marisa Tomei On Casting Issues

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Though she plays a much-younger version of Aunt May in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tomei does recognize that actors often face casting issues as they age — but she points out that she makes an effort to diversify her projects. She says, “They get depressed. Morose. Bitter. [Laughs] No, we’re staying away from that. I did two plays this past year [The Rose Tattoo at the Williamstown Theater Festival and How to Transcend a Happy Marriage for Lincoln Center Theater], and Spider-Man. All of them were very rich experiences and very different. Of course, I’m always fighting whatever stereotypes one gets into and trying to change it up. Not because of some cerebral approach to it, but more from a soulful approach. As you can see in this, my big stretch is being from Brooklyn but playing from Queens.”

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Actors and Casting: It’s a Numbers Game

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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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10 Ways To Stop Stage Fright

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  1. Prepare, prepare and then prepare some more. Prepare until you know your role backwards, sideways and standing on your head then keep preparing until you are sick of it. I’ll always remember preparing for a show at college and I told the tutor I was sick of looking at the script as it was coming up to show time. She said “Good, that means we’re getting somewhere. Go to scene 8…” If you are not thoroughly prepared, your brain monkeys are much more likely to come into play, telling you it could all go wrong and setting off the fight or flight response.
  2. Avoid caffeine, nicotine and any other stimulating substances.
  3. Relax. Arrive in plenty of time for your performance to give you time to do some stretching, deep breathing and visualization exercises. This will trigger the same part of the brain that releases the hormones to kick off the protective mechanisms, to now release hormones that trigger relaxation.
  4. Don’t entertain any negative thoughts that come into your head… They are not serving you. Focus on the positives and what could go RIGHT.
  5. Focus on your performance, not your audience.
  6. Take enough time before the scene to focus and get into your flow. If you are fully immersed in your scene, you won’t be thinking about the audience.
  7. Accept that nerves will never completely go away, nor should they. They energize your performance and make it come to life when you don’t let them control you.
  8. If a mistake happens, it’s not the end of the world. Recover and move on… Do not allow yourself to dwell on it.
  9. Hypnosis is a great way to combat stage fright!
  10. Practice improvisation until you are confident that you’d be able to recover seamlessly from any mistakes without the audience even suspecting a thing!

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The Secret Life Of An Actor: Sacrifice, Sudoku, and Sexless Sex Scenes

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SACRIFICE

In many ways, being an actor is just like any other job – in a zero-hours-contractsort of way – with no guarantee that there will even be minimum wage at the end of the run; remember this next time that you go to a “fringe” production.

There is nothing to stop you realising your dream as long as you are prepared to invest huge amounts of energy (and a fair amount of hard cash) in learning and honing your skills on a continuous basis and you don’t mind sacrificing a secure roof over your head, the car, regular holidays abroad and an income that you can live on comfortably. Be prepared to apply continually for jobs in competition with hundreds of others and deal with constant rejection – week in, week out.

SUDOKU

Get used to early mornings and late nights. There is no luxury of being an owl or a lark. You have to be both, and be fit at all sorts of times of day to produce deep emotions or light-hearted frivolity at the drop of a hat, whatever you actually feel. Ten or 20 times over if required. There is a lot of sitting around at auditions, in rehearsal and sometimes in performance. Doing the crossword and sudoku begins to feel as much as part of the job as acting.

SEXLESS SEX SCENES

Sex scenes? Par for the course, and I promise you, there is nothing remotely sexy about them. Really. Other performers and crew are generally very supportive as they know how awkward it can be, although don’t expect them to show you this in an obvious way. The first time that I rehearsed a scene in a play with no clothes on, I suddenly realised that the curtains were open on to the road, and that I and my onstage lover were in full view of passersby and a stream of traffic. Once the curtains were drawn we recommenced, only for a light to blow above our heads just as we got to a clinch, whereupon we were showered with fragments of glass. I have never seen a light do that before or since. In the dress rehearsal, the techies painted the surface of the stage where I was lying so that I ended up with a green stripe down my back.

Photograph by Dan Anderson.

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Moments Of Truth For Actresses

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Moments of Truth

A collection of thirty brutally honest monologues, Moments of Truth delves into the minds of women and delivers the truth. Based upon real stories these monologues are presented workbook style with accompanying questions to assist the actress in developing her character and bringing more of herself to each piece. It’s like having an acting coach sitting right next to you

What Makes An Audition ‘Thumbs Up’ Or ‘Thumbs Down’

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Actress Holly Williams, who recently jumped to behind the casting table, shares some tips.

1. Look like your headshot.  When all I have to look at and remember you by is your photo, let it look like you. So much of casting is outside your control. Looking like you headshot is not one of them…

2. Make your resumes easy to read. I spent more time trying to hunt for information on your resume than I did watching your audition. Go to Paul Russell’s ACTING: MAKE IT YOUR BUSINESS book, turn to page 86 and follow the industry standard. I probably missed a marvelous part of your audition because I was searching for something that I should be able to find at a glance.

3. Keep your audition material up to date. Make it a goal to keep your audition material polished and ready to go when unexpectedly requested. This is in your control (see the pattern here?).

4. Be yourself. Have fun. Don’t speak unless spoken to. Put your professional game face on. Live in the moment once your audition begins. Politely thank them for their time and leave. If they are interested in more they will ask.

Photograph by Martin Shapiro.

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