Mutual R-E-S-P-E-C-T
We had an actor call our office today about an audition they heard about and had not gotten an appointment for. This actor asked us why she hadn't been submitted for this project, why the agent hadn't had a conversation about her. I always find this approach so counter productive. Here's a big news flash for actors, we don't make any money by NOT submitting you. Maybe I should have given this actor the casting directors phone number and said,"Why don't you call them and ask why they didn't see you." Would the actor have had the same aggressive behavior with casting? Would they assume the casting director wasn't doing their job? Perhaps we can all agree that we are professionals and we are all doing our part of the job. We generate the auditions and the actors go into the room and audition. Castings role is to take the director or producer's vision and bring in the best actors for the roles. I get being frustrated. I get frustrated