The Audition That Left a Mark Several years ago, I stepped into an audition room, as actors do—hopeful, and ready to give it my best shot. I was asked to utilize my body as part of my craft for a commercial. But in that space, someone in power—one of the producers—unfortunately made a joke at …
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Funny thing about acting — auditioning is similar in a lot of ways to interviewing for work at any other job, you just keep doing the interview process every week, and often they go with someone else.
Some days I can’t help laughing at the wacky things actors are asked to do for auditions.
The dictionary definition of “Naive” having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absense of sophistication. A few years ago my naive-ness reared it’s head… I auditioned for a play where the role was written to be butt naked. And I didn’t realize it until very late into the audition process. But I am getting …
This weeks audition has me competing for the role of a male who is described as having “beautiful feet.” The photo is from the audition. Acting is one of the few industries that’s required to actively hire people according to their race, gender, & public opinion of their beauty. It’s understandable. If a script calls …
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“Paul’s got the whole Chestnut Face thing going on” says the movie director. Had I shut the door upon my exit form the audition room a moment sooner, I wouldn’t have heard the comment. What is a Chestnut Face, I wonder? I consider myself to be fairly well read, but I don’t recall having heard …
While filming, the director looked at me with a quizzical expression. Then back to the camera monitor. Back up at me. Back to the monitor. Once more up at me. Back to the monitor. Raises her eyebrows & blurts out, “Paul, you look so much better on screen than in real life.”
Left to right: Gollum, Paul Cram During a casting session for a television show, famed Lord of the Rings casting director Victoria Burrows asked Paul, “Where were you a few years ago when I was casting for Gollum?”