How to Discuss Previous Acting Jobs at Auditions

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Dr. Charles Grimes. I'm speaking on behalf of Expert Village about preparing for the business end of an audition and preparing for callbacks. In your audition you're going to be presenting some work. You also may be asked to talk about your previous work. You need to be obey one simple rule, which is an excellent one for all job interview situations: don't be negative about yourself, don't be defensive about yourself, don't apologize for the work that you've done, or the apparent skimpiness of your resume. These are not things you can control, these are not things you should worry about. You need to put a positive image of yourself. You need to be happy about what you've done. Directors will not want to work with someone who is antsy or anxious or needy, or who runs themselves down. That's just a pure negative thing, and they will disassociate themselves from you, so you don't want to do it. Think about it in quite simple, positive thinking terms. If you don't believe in yourself, the director never will. So don't apologize for not having been in enough plays. That's not the director's problem anyway, so you're not even well served by bringing it up. Emphasize what you are doing. Emphasize what you've got out of what you've done, and then you'll be putting yourself forward in a positive way, showing yourself as ready to work and aware of what you have to offer as an actor."