AUDITIONING IS FUN...

OK, The key to survival as an actor is summed up in one little three letter word: FUN. You have to enjoy going to acting classes, going to auditions and driving around town meeting people. The process of getting work is so difficult sometimes that we don't want to even try. But try you must. And the key is to ENJOY trying.
Ways to do that?...
1. Find an acting school. That would be us! Seriously, having a place where you can grow, feel supported and unique and where you can take risks and fall on your face and stat over. Acting classes are about discovering yourself and what parts of you that are so special and learning to include that in the acting work. This is monumental to success and happiness. There is only one you and that's what they cast.
2. Enjoy Auditioning. It's like a performance with very little rehearsal time. Make strong powerful choices and go with your impulses and make the audition for yourself and not them.
Take their direction but make it a performance and a job that you are booked on during the time you are in that room.
3. Get something from each audition. Emotionally or otherwise. Steal the pass from paramount studios that says "visitor" and cross out visitor and write "actor" and post it above your desk to remind you.
4. Create, act and act again. Write your own work, do a play, visit friends, go hiking in the mountains or the desert, go to the beach. Live a full fun life. It comes into the room.

I'll write more later. I had a TV audition yesterday that went great, they loved it an I had fun. Then I had a movie audition today. The director laughed said great job and that was that. What happened? I don't know. Nothing probably. I made someone laugh today, I acted a scene on tape and had a good time doing it. Great day. I'm on to my acting class this evening. I love acting, even if it's just an audition. I don't go for the job, I do the job at the audition room.

Let's all get work!

Here's video about training that just came out through actingcareerstartup.com......
The Young Actor's Studio acting school's Jeff Alan-Lee
Info about the Young Actor's Studio:
4-6 year old acting classes
acting classes for teens
acting classes for kids
acting classes for adults
Film Acting class
TV acting classes
The Young Actor's Studio Promo Video
A great scene from the young actor's studio

Jeff