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Hear This From a Casting Director, Your Not Booking The Job (Vlog)

February 13, 2014 12 Comments

About the Author:

Aaron Marcus has been a full-time actor and commercial model for over 33 years. His new book, How to Become a Successful Actor and Model is an Amazon Best Seller. Aaron has given his seminar: "Book the Job" over 700 times spanning 3 continents. He also offers online workshops. Aaron saves 5 days each month to give private on-line coaching sessions.

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  1. Irving schulman says:

    I had a similar situation in an audition
    After I was done with my monologue people started
    Clapping and the director was laughing.
    He asked the sane questions about availabity
    And I never heard back from them.

    • Aaron Marcus says:

      Funny how that can happen. The interesting thing is that I truly believe
      that people mean what they say, but as you know, there are so many factors in
      getting booked and not booked.

  2. Katherine Francis says:

    That’s very interesting, and thank you for sharing. What are the types of things they say if they really do want you for the part?

    • Aaron Marcus says:

      Hi Katherine,

      I generally find that the less they say the better. If they simply say
      “Thank you” or even nothing is always a good sign. I am not saying that
      if someone compliments you that means you won’t ever book the job,
      but don’t believe everything you hear after your read.

  3. That is so true Aaron. You definitely know what you are talking about. I have noticed that. I have seen people get so excited after an audition, they come out after auditioning &; say “They loved me, they told me I was the best one they have seen all day, etc, etc..” but I believe it’s not that they are lying, they probably were really good, it’s just they didn’t fit for THAT particular job. Sometimes it’s just that they wanted a blonde, or they needed a Caucasian not Hispanic, whatever it may be & you just do not fit that look. It sometimes has nothing to do with talent. Hope & I love your blogs, videos & emails…Very Helpful. Thanks for everything Aaron.

  4. Dena says:

    Very interesting that you come out an say this. I’m glad to hear it from you!! I’ve been experiencing this and came to the conclusion its probably how it works… anyway decided not to get my hopes up for anything. 🙂 but try to improve myself.

  5. Geraldine Maxwell says:

    I have been rejected so many times after hearing, “Great job!”, “Nice read.”, “That was great!” or “Where are you originally from?”, that I don’t expect to book anything now. But I don’t take it personally either. I’m just going to keep auditioning until I hit my 100th audition. Hopefully, I’ll get lucky then.

  6. Wendy says:

    Wow, that is so interesting, Aaron. Thanks, as always, for your insight!

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