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Listed here are issues I’ve discovered from being an actor over dozens of pilot seasons.   Be at liberty to share! 

1.   You should have 15 pages to memorize for an audition, and whenever you present up, they may let you know that you’re solely studying half of the final scene.  

2.  You’ll put together 20 pages of sides, and present up solely to search out out your agent forgot to provide the “revised pages.”

3.  They are going to ask you to learn for 4 different roles “when you are ready.”

4.  Casting administrators will say “Good to fulfill you,” although you have got met them 43 instances.

5.  In your option to an audition, they may cancel your appointment as a result of the function has been solid.

6.  In your option to an audition, they may cancel an audition as a result of they modified the age, gender, and/or ethnicity.   

7.   Your pals will go on extra auditions than you.  All the time.

8.   Your agent will let you know they are not giving suggestions throughout pilot season.

9.  Your agent will let you know “it will get actually loopy,” and it will not.

10. You’ll take into consideration firing your agent and supervisor every day.

11.   You’ll e book a pilot, solely to be fired after the desk learn.

12.  You’ll e book a pilot, the present will get picked up, and you can be recast.

13.  Your dad and mom will ask what a pilot is, and marvel when they’re going to see you on TV.

14.  You may be requested to display screen check, get a quote, signal a contract for the subsequent seven years of your life, see how a lot cash you’ll make, together with backend factors and wage bumps, fly out to LA to learn for community, not get the job, after which be occurring a Taco Bell audition the subsequent day.  

15. You may be sitting in a ready room ready to audition, and you’ll hear the assistant speaking to an agent on the cellphone and making a proposal to another person for the function.  

16.  You may be advised that each casting director “LOVES you.”  

17.  You’ll go on tape, and the subsequent day be flying out to LA to check.

18.  You’ll go on tape 150 instances and by no means hear something.

19.  You may be in ready rooms with 50 people who look identical to you, costume such as you, discuss such as you, and have higher brokers than you.

20.   Your agent won’t ever return your calls.

21.  Your supervisor will return your calls per week later.

22.  Your mother will all the time return your calls.

23.  You’ll in all probability get fired out of your survival job as a result of you possibly can by no means cowl your shift in time.

24.  You may be requested to not fear concerning the accent, after which be requested to “simply go for it” within the audition.  

25.  You’ll learn a breakdown, and say “that is me!”.  And so will everybody else.  

26.  You’ll undergo 1,046 feelings every day.

27.  You’ll hear “They’re going one other approach” 1,046 instances.

28.  You’ll think about doing further work.

29.  You’ll always bitch about “the state of present TV” to your folks.

30.  “Too tall, too skinny, too homosexual, not homosexual sufficient, too macho, not avenue good, too ‘cable,’ no charisma, a bit thick, not feeling it, not a fan, massive fan, a bit shiny.”   All suggestions.  All actual.

However hey, have enjoyable on the market!!!

#pilotseason2017

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