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The Real Reason You Didn't Book It...

There’s an unhelpful question that many actors ask.

“Why didn’t I book that role?”

When enough time has passed that we know we didn’t book the role, our brains start to get desperate to find out why. We yearn for feedback, thinking there might be something we can fix about our craft or audition technique.

But we will never know why we didn’t book. The question will never be answered. And brains HATE questions they cannot answer. The uncertainty feels so uncomfortable, that our brain starts serving up all kinds of made up answers to the question just so we can get some kind of relief.

Maybe I…

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