Auditions are scary. It's walking into an unknown evironment with only yourself as a tool. Putting it all out there on the line and saying, "This is me!" While there are many ways to prepare before the audition, once you're in the room it's just you, the producers, the director, casting and your point of human contact: The reader. The reader can be a scary entity. If he/she is good, giving and taking, moving along with you, the audition can be elevated. However, as more often

Over the years, I've seen thousands of auditions. What always struck me is the impression actors have of what goes on behind closed doors. We, in casting, don't see 20 auditions where only 1 is good and THAT is the person we choose. No. We see 20 auditions where 19 are good and 1 is spectacular. The trick as an actor is to be that 1 who really stands out. How do you do that? Casting directors don't attend casting school. We are not specially trained through a trade institutio