February 20, 2025 • 41 mins
Step onto the 2025 Artios Awards red carpet with How We Role host Robert Peterpaul as he interviews VIP guests live from the Edison Ballroom. In this episode you will hear from: Casting Director Bernie Telsey, Casting Director Erica A. Hart, Casting Director Tara Rubin and her office, Jinkx Monsoon, Only Murders in the Building star Michael Cyril Creighton, Casting Director Kate Geller, Casting Director Liz Lewis, Casting Director Stephanie Gorin, comedian Jordan Carlos and more.
At CSA’s Artios Awards, the global casting community and members of the entertainment industry meet to celebrate the year’s best casting work in film, theater, commercials, and unscripted programming. Creative, inclusive, and impactful projects from the world’s most innovative casting professionals are celebrated when this inspiring community gathers for a night honoring history-making creativity and achievement in casting.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
When it comes to working in entertainment,
there's a lot of hows, and theyall boil down to how we navigate
this wild industry.
While how we follow our dreamsis uncertain, how we roll along
the way is in our hands.
Welcome to how we Roll apodcast for actors by Casting
Networks.
How we Roll a podcast foractors by Casting Networks.
(00:27):
Hello, fellow actors, this isRobert Peterpaul of Casting
Networks.
How we Roll, live and in personfrom the 40th Annual Ardeos
Awards at the Edison Ballroom inNew York City.
It's a snowy evening and I didalmost roll on some ice, but I
gotta say the vibes areimmaculate.
(00:48):
Tonight we celebrate thecontributions of casting
professionals across theater,film and television.
You are joining me here on thebustling red carpet ahead of the
ceremony, as we glean goldennuggets of wisdom from all the
VIP guests and have a lot of funalong the way, of course.
Now, without further ado, let'stalk with all the stars.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Hi everybody, erica A Hart, new York City, 5'4".
I'm a casting director and I'mso excited to be here
celebrating castingprofessionals.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
I love that you had the hype too.
You said a slight, I did.
I'm going to turn the tables ony'all tonight, so I need to
know.
Yes, it's been an amazing year.
It's going to be an amazingnight.
What do you think has been yourcasting moment this season?
What's a moment that sticks outto you from your amazing work
casting this season that youwould like to share?
Speaker 2 (01:52):
A big casting moment was working on Jaja's African
Hair Braiding.
I think Black excellence, blackgirl, joy, black people just
everything that it encompassedwas pretty perfection.
Just everything that itencompassed was pretty
perfection, and just being inthose auditions rooms were so
exciting and so lovely that thatwas the highlight.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Congratulations.
I love that.
Now I know you got a lot to dotonight, but we have a quick
flash round.
It's the 40th Annual ArteosAwards, so we're going to give
you 40 seconds and we're goingto go through some casting
keywords.
It's just like word association.
If a piece of advice comes tomind, just really quick little
snippets.
Do you feel ready?
No Perfect time to do it.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Then let's do it Sounds like me before every
audition.
Okay, here we go.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Headshots Look your best.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Resumes Don't lie.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Reels.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Don't lie.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Whoops Actor websites .
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Clean and simple.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Social media.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Big Brothers watching .
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yes, it is Audition etiquette.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Be polite, I love that.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
That's what Tara Rubin said to me.
Analyzing breakdowns.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
If it fits, it fits.
If it doesn't, something willcome down the pipeline.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Audition wardrobe.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Look in the world, but I don't need a costume.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Okay, cold reads.
Oh, ding, ding, ding, you didit.
They are terrible, terrible.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Thank you so much.
Have the best time.
My name is Stephanie Gorin.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
And I'm Brendan Wilcox.
We're nominated for two shortprojects for Fargo season five
and and for the Apprenticefeature film.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
So good, very exciting.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Congratulations.
I'm so excited for the both ofyou.
Now, looking at this past year,I might know the answer, but
we're trying to get people'scasting moments.
So what is a casting momentthat stood out for both of you
from this past season?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
we'll say Wow, I can't say.
There's just one moment I think.
Uh, the moments are when youhave a director who watches,
somebody who you're, you've beensearching for forever and
you're praying that you've gotit right and they say, yes, we
love them.
That's the casting moment,that's the one we all dream
about.
When we've seen a thousandpeople and and you're hoping,
(04:01):
well, you should have a fewhundred, yeah, totally agree
with that Some cosigning.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Yeah, that's like the best moments, like all that
work you find, work with allthese actors to find just the
right person for it, and thendirector season, like that's
exactly who I was thinking of.
They're perfect for it.
Let's do it.
I love that.
I think you're both perfect.
For, before I let you go, thislittle surprise game.
It's called Casting Keywordsand because we're at the 40th
thank you Annual Ardeos Awards,you're going to get 40 seconds.
(04:28):
We're going to start the timer.
I'm going to say a keyword andthen you just say, like a piece
of advice, sort of like wordassociation, whatever pops into
your head.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Well, let's do it Sign forth.
So we don't jump on each other.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Sure, yeah, that think we're ready.
Thank you, bryce.
Okay, headshots and resumes.
Oh, resumes.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Resumes Make sure you've got all your special
skills on it, because thatreally comes in handy.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Yes, Don't lie about them.
Reels Short, and sweet, to thepoint.
I love that.
I need to be liked that way.
Actor websites.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Actor websites come in handy, but I think it's
really about the audition.
That's what's important.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Audition etiquette Be polite, be nice, be good in the
room and we'll be the same way.
It's always goes both ways.
I love that Analyzing abreakdown.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I think a good way to analyze a breakdown is to not
just look at your own character,but try to look at the others.
Just quite often you don't getthe script, and so you don't
have a lot to go on, especiallyif it's a secret project.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Smart.
That's like a detective work.
Oh time, we did it.
That was so great.
Thank you both.
You win my phone.
Well, hope you win tonight.
Thank you both for being here,congratulations.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
Nice to meet you.
My name is Spencer Galdoni andI'm a casting associate at the
TRC company and I am veryhonored to be here.
I have three nominationstonight, so I'm so grateful and
what a high you must be on withthe big news Congratulations.
Thank you so much.
Yes, I'm very happy.
It's a very exciting time forthe company and I'm so proud of
our new core partners and justalso the legacy that Tara has
created.
You know I just feel so honoredto be a part of that.
I always like to tell people.
I feel so honored to be a partof that.
(06:01):
I always like to tell people Ifeel so lucky that I got cast
into her office.
You know she is just awonderful way of assembling
people and I'm proud that we getto kind of continue on her
legacy.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
So, yeah, that's so sweet.
She's one of our first episodeson the podcast and she was
incredible.
She's so good.
She is a dream.
I feel so lucky.
Well, what a casting momentthat was.
Jump to our surprise game.
Sure, it's the 40th annual RDO,so we're going to give you 40
seconds to play casting keywords.
I'm going to say a keyword fromthe casting process and then
you just do word association andsay the first piece of advice
(06:33):
that pops into your head.
Okay, you ready, here we goHeadshots.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Headshots.
They should be 8x10, colored.
Everybody prints them on 8.5x11paper.
But it's one of those things ifit ain't broke, don't fix it,
and we want it cut down to 8x10staples.
I love that.
Cold reads Ooh, that's good.
It's one of those.
Just be in the moment.
If we ask you to go out and doa cold read, just take your time
, process the material and justcome in and be you.
(07:00):
Do your best, yeah totally.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Tara said she doesn't understand them and we were
like everyone needs to be warmCallbacks.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
Callbacks.
I love callbacks.
It's the best process becausewe get to kind of really narrow
in on who we're envisioning andwho could play the role, and I
love it.
It's a great experience.
Okay, we did it.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
We're out of time.
Yeah, no, that was amazing.
Thank you so much.
It was so good to see you havefun tonight.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
My name is Bernie Telsey and I'm a casting
director.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You must be so excited to be here tonight.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
It's always such a joy, I mean coming for years,
and it's just a great eventbecause it gets the whole
community of casting directorstogether.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I love that.
Well, if you'll indulge me,it's the 40th annual, so we're
going to put 40 seconds on theclock and I'm just going to play
a little game with you.
It's called casting keywords.
So I'm going to say a keywordfrom your process of casting and
you just say the first thingthat comes to your head Advice,
word, association which are norules.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
You ready, but only a one-word answer.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Yeah, oh, we'll go fast.
Okay, headshots, love them.
Resumes Okay, love them,resumes, okay.
Reels Helpful, hopefully.
Actor websites Sometimes.
Social media presence CarefulOoh, that's a good one.
Audition wardrobe, professionalbeing off, book Helps Cold
(08:21):
reads I like, oh, okay, I likebeing warm.
Callbacks Even reads, I like,oh, okay, I like being warm
Callbacks Even better.
Making choices, smart idea andslates Needed, definitely needed
.
Thank you so much.
It's such an honor to meet you.
Have fun tonight.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
So I'm Jeff Jostelson and I'm excited to be here to
celebrate all the castingdirectors.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Yeah, what a great time we had last year.
Your speech, I have to say, wasincredible.
Oh God, I was locked out.
So I'm locked out right now.
This is perfect.
So we're going to do a quickcasting game called Casting
Keywords.
I was trying to do 40 secondson the clock because it's the
40th REOs, but that's too muchtime, so we're doing 20 seconds.
I'm going to say a keyword fromthe casting process and you
(09:04):
just say the first piece ofadvice or word that comes to
mind Great, so it's like wordassociation.
Okay, okay, ready, yeah, herewe go.
Headshots oh God, I've alreadyfailed.
I get this.
Um, lots of them.
Resume, helpful information.
A reel Also helpful information.
Audition wardrobe your bestluck.
(09:24):
I love that.
Oh, we're at time already.
Whoa, I love that.
Whoa, no Hi.
Speaker 7 (09:29):
I'm JC Clements.
I'm the director of casting atSteppenwolf Theater Company.
I'm a nominee tonight and I'mjust thrilled to be supporting
and being with all my fellowcasting directors here in New.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
York, congratulations .
What do you feel like was yourcasting moment this past year?
If you had to pick one, I'msure there were a lot, but what
stands out to you as being likea big moment?
Speaker 7 (09:49):
I think probably casting Laurie Metcalf in the
premiere of Little Bear RidgeRoad that premiered at
Steppenwolf in Chicago by SamuelD Hunter.
It was just great to get Lauriein the room and work with Joe
Mantella, the director.
It was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
What amazing talents you know, either Laurie or Joe.
What would you say you learnedthat would be helpful for actors
, Like a piece of advice.
I mean, they're both sort ofmasters of the craft.
Speaker 7 (10:14):
I think, laurie, what she does that's just amazing is
that she brings the truth toeverything.
There's no acting, she's justthere, present and doesn't try,
she just is.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Yeah, I love that.
Well, I hope you just istonight and have a great time.
It was great to meet you, thankyou.
Speaker 8 (10:31):
I'm Liz Lewis.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
The Liz Lewis icon.
Come on, and what are youexcited for tonight?
I?
Speaker 8 (10:37):
really would say that you know seeing everybody and
it's just a real fun party toget to reconnect with people and
I love that.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Well, speaking of real fun, we have a bit of a
surprise game.
It's called casting keywordsand so I'm going to read you
some keywords from the castingprocess and you're going to get
like 20 seconds just to say likequick advice or word
association, whatever comes outof your head.
All right, cool, I was doing 40, but that was too much.
Ready Headshots.
Speaker 8 (11:06):
Make them as natural as possible.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Resume.
Speaker 8 (11:10):
Be truthful, reels, keep them short and your best
work.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Asking questions about the material.
Speaker 8 (11:19):
Perfect.
Yes, you should.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Submission notes.
Speaker 8 (11:23):
When we ask for notes , please give us notes.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Choosing your best take for self-tape.
Speaker 8 (11:30):
It's usually great to get somebody else to look at it
that maybe is an actor friendso that you can pick your best
take.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
That's great advice and actor websites.
Speaker 8 (11:44):
Oh, having them is great, but making sure that when
you're submitting that, it's ahyperlink and you can just press
on it.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
I love that.
Well, I'm going to press on.
Stop here, because you did agreat job.
Thank you so much.
It was great to meet you.
Speaker 9 (11:57):
I'm Eden Espinosa and I'm so excited to be presenting
tonight at the RDO.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
That's so exciting.
Okay.
So we have a really fun quickgame.
It's called Casting Keywords.
So, from a stellar performerPOV, I'm going to shout out a
casting keyword.
You're going to get like 20seconds on the clock and then
you just tell me a piece ofadvice for actors, or like a
word association.
Whatever pops into your head,we're going to roll with it.
We're ready.
Okay, let's do it.
Baby girl Headshots.
Speaker 10 (12:24):
Yourself.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Resumes.
Speaker 10 (12:27):
Don't lie.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
That's a common thread here.
Audition etiquette.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Oh, be kind.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
I love that Cold reads.
Go with your instinct Self-take, choosing your best takes.
Speaker 9 (12:41):
Ah my advice is don't give yourself too many shots.
I like to say, if I was in theroom right now, what would I do?
So I really only do about twoto four takes.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
I love that and I think we're out of time.
That was incredible.
Thank you so much, Hi.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
I'm Andrew Terraciano , and I'm here to help honor my
friend, josie Rodriguez, who hasbeen a fantastic cast and
director for Blue Bloods for 11years.
Amazing, I know.
Speaker 12 (13:04):
And hi, I am Sammy Gale, andrew's TV cousin, and
I'm also here to honor JosieRodriguez and the amazing work
that she has done on Blue Bloods.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I love it.
It's all in the family.
Now I wish I had more time toask you about your audition
processes and all that.
But to kind of distill it,we're going to play a quick
flash round game.
It's called Cast keywords.
Here we go and I'll alternate.
So it's not too crazy, Unlessyou want to do buzzers, but
that's fine.
Headshots, Stressful Reels.
Make them Get your content outthere.
(13:34):
Social media presence ImportantAsking questions about the
material.
Speaker 12 (13:42):
Super important.
It's great to have thedirection of the casting
director to understand whatthey're looking for.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Best self-tape tip.
Have fun with it.
Choosing your takes for aself-tape so hard A journey.
Someone else to do it Literally.
Thank you so much.
I think we're out of time, butit was so great to meet you both
and go kill it.
Have fun tonight rashad nailer.
Speaker 6 (14:04):
I work for the tiltsy office.
Uh, why I'm excited to be here.
This is my first time beingnominated.
Um, I just joined the castingsociety of america about like
eight months ago, socongratulations.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's reallythrilling yeah, it's amazing, so
exciting.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
I want you to go enjoy yourself.
So I'm going to play a reallyquick game with you.
We're going to put about like20-ish seconds on the clock
Can't count so we don't know ifthat's accurate and then we're
going to play casting keywords.
So I'm going to say a keywordfrom the casting process and you
tell me a piece of advice foractors that just like pops into
your head, or word association.
We're going to see what happens.
All right, here we go.
Cuckoo Chew Actor websites.
(14:42):
Concise is your friend, theless the better.
I'm going to play it to myselfas an affirmation, asking
questions about the material.
Read the script first.
Cold reads.
Follow your instincts.
Analyzing a breakdown.
Speaker 6 (15:01):
Read the entire breakdown.
Most of the information is allthere.
Self-tape tip Make the camerayour friend.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I love it.
Speaker 6 (15:12):
And then, finally, the last one I'll say is not
getting in your own headMeditation.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
On that note, I'm going to go.
Bmps Awesome.
That was good we harmonized.
Thank you so much.
It was so nice to meet you.
Have fun tonight.
Thank you so much.
It was so nice to meet you.
Have fun tonight.
Thank you so much.
Congratulations Hi.
Speaker 14 (15:28):
I'm Kate Geller.
I'm a casting director.
I'm nominated, but I'm excitedto be here to celebrate all the
wonderful work this communitydoes for each other, like
together, and how we help makebeautiful projects.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
I love that beautiful projects.
I love that.
I'm Ross Shanker, I'm KateGeller's associate and we are
nominated for a film called OmniLoop that Kate co-cast
alongside Taylor Williams, andI'm nominated as their associate
casting director.
Congratulations, I'm so excitedfor you.
So we don't have much timetogether, so we're going to
distill this in a littlesurprise game called Casting
(16:03):
Keywords and basically I'm goingto say a keyword from the
casting process that you'll knowand you just say the first
piece of advice for actors thatpops into your head, or whatever
pops into your head.
Honestly, it doesn't matter.
So we're going to put like 20seconds on the clock.
Here we go.
First one headshots.
Speaker 14 (16:20):
Make sure that we see you, we see your eyes really
well and that you're emotingthrough them.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
I love that Resumes Cleanly formatted.
Staple them back to back in allfour corners with your headshot
on regular paper stock so thatwe can write notes on them.
I love that.
I love the specificity of that.
Actor websites.
Speaker 14 (16:42):
Keep them succinct actor websites Keep them
succinct.
Pictures, your media, yourresume, how to contact you both
personally and through a rep,and interesting facts about you
not the whole world.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
I love that.
A fun fact goes a long way.
Last one will be self-tape tip.
Ooh, alliteration.
Have the reader.
I learned this from Kate.
Have the reader speak quieterbecause they are likely closer
to the microphone and you wantthe focus to be on you.
I love that, especially if it'syou recording your own voice,
because you don't have a personJust kidding.
That never happens.
Thank you both so much.
Congratulations again.
(17:18):
Kevin Metzger-Timpson, 5'10",new York City local, I love that
.
You got it.
You and Erica Hart are the onlyones that sit in the height and
I appreciate it.
We got to let you go on yourway.
We're going to do a fun flashround called casting keywords.
You might have seen Tara playit.
I'm going to say oh, thank you,bryce.
I'm going to say a keyword fromthe casting process and you
just say the first piece ofadvice for actors that pops into
(17:39):
your head Great, all right,ready 20-ish seconds on the
clock, not really counting.
Okay, headshots, look likeyourself and look personable.
Actor websites, you need them.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
They can be easy Website resume pictures video.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
That's it Making choices, do them, do it
Self-tape tip.
Speaker 6 (18:04):
It's not about the gimmick.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
It's just about doing the good work.
Not getting in your own headfor an audition it's near
impossible but breathe and knowthat we're rooting for you.
We want you to be good.
I'm going to breathe right now.
Thank you so much.
It was so good to see you.
We want you to be good.
Yes, we want you to be good.
I'm going to breathe right now.
Speaker 11 (18:21):
Thank you so much, it was so good to see you have
fun tonight.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Speaker 11 (18:24):
Hello, I'm Michael Cyril Creighton.
I'm so excited to be herebecause I love casting directors
.
They gave me my life, so I'mvery happy to be here
celebrating them.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
I'm that.
What do you remember about youraudition process for Only
Murders in?
Speaker 11 (18:40):
the Building.
What stood out to you from that?
It was great.
I mean, I originally went infor a smaller role and then they
called me in for Howard and Ihad a Zoom, because it was in
the middle of the dark times andthe Zoom was great, everybody
was super friendly.
And then I had a callback andJohn, the showrunnerner, gave me
a pretty large adjustment.
A very uh sort of uh turnedeverything around and, um, I
(19:05):
went for it, I did it and then Iwaited a really long time to
find out.
I got the job, but it feltincredible.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Yeah, yeah, we're so glad you got it yeah, I'm gonna
fan favorite.
I was like this person needsmore screen time.
Now you got it.
Yes, uh, before I let you go,can you quickly just give us
your best self-tape tip foractors?
Oh, if you have one.
Speaker 11 (19:23):
Yeah, I would say don't do what you think you're
supposed to do.
I love that.
Don't do what feels natural toyou, because it's the worst when
you try to just fit into whatyou think you're supposed to do.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
That's what I said to my parents my whole life.
I'm not going to do what I'msupposed to do, Daddy.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Such a joy to see you .
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 13 (19:42):
Have fun tonight.
Hi, I'm Thea Washington,casting director in television
and film, and I'm excited to behere.
I'm a nominee for the GreatChristmas Light Fight on ABC and
Disney.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
So good Such joy you're bringing to people,
especially with that show.
We don't have much time, so Iwant to do a quick casting flash
round game.
It's called Casting Keywords.
Basically, I'm going to giveyou a little keyword from the
process that you know so welland you're going to say the
first piece of advice for actors, performers, real people that
pops into your head.
How real can I keep it though?
(20:16):
You keep it.
I would love for you to keep itas real as you can.
Okay, okay, headshots.
Speaker 13 (20:21):
Headshots Okay, Do not over-edit your headshots.
Show up looking like yourheadshots.
Please do not catfish mebecause I'm going to be upset
with you.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
I love that Catfish me Resumes.
Speaker 13 (20:32):
Resumes.
No one really knows, or listen.
Don't fumble your resume.
This is a small town, you know.
People are investigators, allthat stuff.
Do not lie Present as yourselfand try to tailor it to the
special job.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Being yourself in an audition setting.
What's your advice for that?
Because people put it on forthe camera, you know, especially
in reality.
Speaker 13 (20:54):
Okay, being yourself , know yourself and decide if
you should be yourself.
Is it appropriate, is it not so?
Yes, you know, just take alittle temperature and my
favorite term is read the room.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Read the room.
Well, I'm reading the room andI got to let you go because I'm
clogging this carpet up.
Thank you so much.
I think you're amazing andyou're so much fun.
Speaker 14 (21:14):
Thank you, I'm so excited to see you Okay.
Speaker 16 (21:17):
Hi, I'm Tara Rubin.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
The Atacom.
Speaker 16 (21:21):
I'm Mary Sugarman, next to the icon, the other icon
, the legend.
Speaker 10 (21:24):
The legend and the icon.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Together we're sugar-coated.
Why are you both excited to behere tonight at the REOs Awards?
Speaker 16 (21:30):
I'm always excited when we can represent at our
office.
We had some nominations, butit's also really great to like
be in a room of like-mindedpeople.
We don't get to see our peersvery often, so this is really
fun All the agents and managersand other casting directors.
It's like a big social eventfor us.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
And you deserve it.
Congratulations on all theacclaim.
Loved your speech last year.
Everything is so great.
I know I got to let you go.
So we're going to play a quickgame.
You might be familiar with it,casting keywords.
I played it with you before.
I'm going to say a keyword fromthe process you know so well,
and then you just tell me thefirst piece of advice for actors
that pops into your head.
Speaker 13 (22:08):
Okay, we're going to start the timer.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Oh, I like that.
We can do a little buzzer, alittle, no, but I think that's
more organized.
She's like don't?
Okay, we ready, All rightHeadshots.
Speaker 16 (22:21):
Not as important as you think they are.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Actor websites.
Speaker 16 (22:26):
Important, but as long as you have some presence
on social media and we can findyou easily, not tantamount.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Making strong choices .
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Always a good idea.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
I love that Social media presence Important, so
that Social media presence.
Speaker 16 (22:40):
Important so that we can find you.
Sometimes we have to educateour teams about who you are.
It's great if you've got greatexamples of your work out there.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
That's a great answer .
Self-tape tip before I let yougo.
Speaker 16 (22:50):
Keep the website and the social media presence
fairly professional.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Oh, I love that and self-tape tip.
Speaker 16 (22:58):
Self-tape tip.
Don't stress about it.
If we can hear you and we cansee you, that's all that matters
.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
I love that we can see you.
That's a good slogan.
Well, I can see you both.
You look so great and it was sonice to see you have fun
tonight.
Great to see you.
Speaker 13 (23:10):
Thank you, have a wonderful evening.
Thank you so much.
Hi, I'm Josie Rodriguez and I'mthe associate spotlight winner.
Yay, welcome to Spotlight.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Is On you.
Why are you excited to be heretonight?
I think I might know why.
Speaker 13 (23:23):
Just to celebrate casting as a whole and celebrate
my career so far.
I'm just really excited.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Okay, I'm excited to play this little game with you
because I've got to keep moving.
So we're going to play castingkeywords.
Basically, I'm going to throw akeyword out from the casting
process and then you just saythe first piece of advice for
actors, performers, that popsinto your head.
All right, you ready, start theclock.
We're not really counting, okay.
Speaker 13 (23:45):
Headshots, Two of them white collar, blue collar.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Oh, that's very helpful.
Resume.
Speaker 13 (23:51):
Full.
Put everything on there, allyour skills and your height.
Social media.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Social media.
Just have fun, but be careful.
Okay, my best audition tip.
Speaker 13 (24:02):
Clear, great reader confidence.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Ooh, I love that.
Choosing your best, take Justwhatever your gut tells you.
Oh, I love that.
Well, my gut's telling me we'reout of time, but it was so nice
to meet you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you have fun tonight.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
Thank you, jessica Fox, thigpen, casting director,
and I'm here for the GreatLillian Hall.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Oh, I love that.
Now I want to keep it moving,so we're going to play a fun
game called Casting Keywords.
Basically, I'm going to throwsome keywords out from the
casting process you know so well, and then you tell me the first
piece of advice for actors thatpops into your head.
Speaker 14 (24:33):
All right.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Okay, you feel good.
All right, let's start.
I think I remember us at thispoint.
Let's start the time on theclock.
There is no clock, uh, andwhenever you're ready, headshots
headshots um clear.
Speaker 9 (24:46):
But I like the ones that are kind of different,
where it's just not the cozyright in the face, kind of thing
.
You know, some attitude or alittle emotion in it okay,
resumes.
You need them.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
Yes, you do, and unfortunately you've got to keep
updating them.
If you're lucky.
Speaker 9 (25:02):
Yeah, I think there's a format that's good to follow.
So many people forget to fitthe different components to it.
Training I want to see training.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Well, how do you choose your best training,
choosing your craft?
Do you have advice for that?
Speaker 9 (25:18):
I think you just you need to probably visit all of
them and see what resonates withyou, because I think they're
all good but it's individual.
It's almost like I hate to sayit going to a gynecologist you
got to find the one Glad yousaid it or a psychiatrist,
finding the one that fits you.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Yeah, I love that.
That's personal.
Well, I got to let you go, butthank you so much.
It was so nice to meet you.
Speaker 17 (25:40):
I'm Daniel Sui.
I'm excited to be here becauseI'm being honored tonight with a
Marion Doherty New York AppleAward, and I'm also up for a
Best Casting Award as well.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
Congratulations.
If I could have you cheat out alittle bit, of course.
Bit Speaking of cheating out,what is your best piece of
audition advice for actors?
We have a lot of actors thatlisten.
I know you get the question alot, probably, but right now.
Speaker 17 (26:02):
It's a great question.
I would say preparation morethan anything else.
It's prepare more than youthink you have to prepare
because it's your chance to begood and you owe it to yourself
as an actor to do that.
So I would say preparation.
I love that.
Speaker 18 (26:19):
I'm Jinx.
Speaker 9 (26:19):
Monsoon and I'm excited to be here because I
worked my whole life to be onBroadway and they finally let me
in.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
Talk about celebrating casting.
You've been someone who's justcome in and shaking everything
up this season in the very bestway.
As we're here to celebratecasting directors, I would love
to play a very quick castinggame with you, called Casting
Keywords, sure, so I'm going tothrow some casting keywords at
you and then you give us thebest piece of advice you have
for performers out therelistening Okay, good, all right,
cheat sheet Ready, not reallycounting, I don't think
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Headshots.
Speaker 18 (26:52):
Oh you know, be approachable, be sexy but
approachable.
Approachable, be sexy butapproachable.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Approachable, approachable, approachable
sexiness.
I love that.
Speaker 19 (27:03):
Resume Only the stuff that really counts.
Learn when to let go of certainprojects.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
Oh, my goodness Bye.
Speaker 19 (27:12):
High school Actor website oh have someone do it
who's good at websites, that's agood tip, and then self-tape
audition tip.
Speaker 18 (27:23):
Oh, approachable, approachable, approachable,
charming, delightful.
You got to show them in a videothat you're someone they want
to work with.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
I love that.
Now do you have any advice foractors out there to be
themselves in an audition, tobring themselves to it Like it's
hard to do that sometimes.
Speaker 18 (27:42):
I like to tell myself this If you're right for
the role, it's going to shinethrough.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
If you're not right for the role, but they love you,
that'll still be somethingsomeday, you know, you never
know what seeds will fertilize.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Ooh, hopefully it becomes a sunflower.
I love that.
Thank you so much.
It was so nice to meet you.
You're so fun.
Congratulations on everything.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
My name is Frankie Ramirez and I am so excited to
be here amongst all of theseincredible shows and nominees.
It's just an honor to be amongthem.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
What a great season, so excited to celebrate casting.
I got to keep it moving here.
So we're going to do a littlefun game we played with Tara
which is called Casting Keywords.
So we're going to put some 20seconds on the clock I'm not
counting honestly and then I'mgoing to ask you some.
I'm going to say some keywordsand you say the first piece of
advice for actors that pops intoyour head based on the keyword
keyword.
Okay, ready you ready.
All right headshots, amazingresume resumes, clean and
(28:41):
organized.
That's good self-tape tip uh beyourself be yourself, be
yourself, you ever see.
Just friends, ryan reynoldssorry, I'm lagging out.
Uh, choosing, choosing yourbest we're blocking out together
.
Speaker 4 (28:54):
Choosing your best takes um trust yourself, and
it's usually the first onethat's so good.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Best audition advice in general Be yourself as well.
Be yourself.
Well, I'm going to let you go,be yourself and have a good time
.
Thank you so much.
This was fun.
You're the best.
Can I give you a?
Speaker 10 (29:09):
hug.
Well, hello, I'm StephanieClapper.
I'm so excited to be at the RDSthis year to celebrate my
friends in casting and my twonominations.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Congratulations Well deserved.
So we'll keep things quick.
Tonight we're playing a littlesurprise game to advice for
actors that pops into your head.
Good idea?
Oh, thank you, okay, sobreakdown Good thing to study.
Speaker 10 (29:33):
well, so you know what you're coming in for and
what to prepare.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
I love that.
Speaker 10 (29:37):
Headshots.
Make sure they're in focus.
They show you as you are andhow you will come into the room.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Audition etiquette coming into the room.
Speaker 10 (29:46):
Be friendly.
Do the best work you could do,don't worry.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Speaking of not worrying self-tape tip, Do you
got any advice there?
Speaker 10 (29:54):
Oh, this is so hard, but I think, keeping it simple
there too, make sure it soundssilly, but really make sure
you're well lit and that yoursound is well balanced.
And it doesn't need to be fancy, it just needs to be useful.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
And finally I'll just say choosing your best take.
We could spiral there a littlebit as actor.
Speaker 10 (30:10):
You can spiral there .
Usually, I find the first onetends to be the most successful.
Do no more than three and giveyourself a little air to breathe
.
It's never going to be perfect,but it's going to be good
enough to feel good aboutsending it out.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
I love that Well, you're making me feel good just
seeing you.
Thank you so much.
I hope you have fun.
See you soon.
Lots of love to you.
Speaker 15 (30:29):
My name is Mauko Kwaji and I'm from Ghana, west
Africa.
I've been nominated for twocategories and I'm excited to be
here.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Congratulations, I'm so excited you're here.
So, in honor of castingprofessionals everywhere,
tonight we're playing a funlittle game called Casting
Keywords.
So I'm going to it's kind oflike word association I'm going
to throw a casting keyword outthere that you'll know and then
you just say the first piece ofadvice for actors, auditioners
in general.
Okay, you ready, we're going toput 20 seconds on the clock
(30:56):
Headshots.
Speaker 15 (30:58):
My advice to actors on there is that it's very
important and it should beupdated periodically.
Resume it needs to be updatedconstantly so that we know your
last work.
Self-tapes Make sure your soundis good and your lighting is
correct.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Oh, that's very good, analyzing a breakdown as an
actor.
Speaker 15 (31:19):
If you don't fit, don't submit.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
Oh Wait, that's like a rhyme If you don't fit, don't
submit.
You say that a lot.
I love that you put that on abumper sticker.
It just jumped up my head itjust on top of my head.
That's really good.
You should honestly coin thattrademark it, or I'll take it
and then your your best piece ofaudition advice for actors in
general.
Speaker 15 (31:39):
Um just go in audition and forget about it oh,
I love that too well.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
Thank you so much.
Don't forget about me, friend.
Now have fun tonight.
So nice to meet you helloeverybody.
Speaker 18 (31:48):
This is asia luke here on the ones and twos.
I am a reality TV castingdirector and casting producer
and I'm being nominated for theGreat Christmas Light Fight.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Congratulations.
I had so much fun with yourfriend earlier that was up here.
Yeah, yes, what a good time.
It must be so much fun to worktogether.
It is One thing I was curiousabout in regards to reality
casting is that you're lookingfor people to bring their
authentic selves a little bit ofsparkle for the camera, maybe.
What's your advice for peopleout there auditioning for
reality shows on beingthemselves on camera and not
(32:22):
like putting on something extra?
Speaker 18 (32:24):
Right?
Well, the number one thing is alot of people don't understand
how to pull their storiestogether.
You know, like when we talk topeople, they'll be like, oh,
it's nothing interesting in mylife, and then it's like next,
you already talked yourself outof the whole situation.
Really take the time to reallyunderstand what makes you unique
, um, your hobbies, the thingsthat make you stand out and be
(32:48):
yourself.
Like everybody has a story.
This tell the story.
Take time to really flesh outall of your life experiences.
You know anywhere from, likehow your family is set up, where
you grew up.
Was it a rural place, Was it acity?
Did you go to Ivy League?
Did you play sports?
Like, do you collect anythinginteresting?
Do you collect anythinginteresting?
(33:09):
Like, there's so many thingsyou know that you can work on to
really flesh out that story.
That's the most important thingand just be yourself,
absolutely that's such greatlife advice in general.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
So everybody rewind that I'm gonna go open a journal
a fresh one and write all thosequestions down and the answers
maybe hi jordan carlos by the 10, based in brooklyn, new york,
where all of us run survive.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
I'm excited to be here for some hosting this thing
, and this is my first time here, so it's just a lot of
different emotions running atonce and they're all positive.
Speaker 9 (33:39):
Hi, my name is Alina.
I'm Jordan's wife and I'mexcited to be here to support
him.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
PhD.
We've got to get that on therecord.
I'm going to throw out somekeywords from the casting
process and the whole goal is toget some tangible advice for
actors listening, but we'regoing to give you like 20
seconds to do it.
I'm not really keeping track.
I'm here for you, I'm here tohelp.
I love this.
Okay, so whenever we're ready,clock started, here we go
Headshots.
Speaker 4 (34:03):
Headshots.
Okay, so headshots are 8x10s or8x11 glossies.
That are the casting director.
They should be appropriate toyour age.
That is the hope.
Some pens are not Shoot.
She was there when I got myfirst set of headshots.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Oh, I love that, but what about when you saw his
first clips like a reel, anactor's reel?
Do you have any advice on that?
Speaker 9 (34:24):
Oh my gosh, I don't know, I'll keep it on you.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
I'll keep on Nurse Jackie once in 2009.
It was like man.
I was so booked and busy, veryblessed, and I was so nervous I
couldn't even watch myself on TV.
I remember this so well.
So, yes, this one has been withme, even though I couldn't
handle my first time on TV.
I love that.
Okay, best self-tape tip.
Best self-tape tip Go to Elliotin the Navy Yards.
(34:51):
He's amazing.
Brooklyn Self-Tape Actor'sStudio.
You see how nervous I am to sayit, because I'm so excited to
tell you Leave it to aprofessional if we can afford it
.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
That's really great advice, because then we spiral
it always comes back from therejust saying I love this guy so
much and I'm like it's like agood experience, that's a
healthy experience.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
It keeps you too healthy, as I that's a healthy
experience keeps you too healthy, as I was going to say.
Is this your built in reader?
Because I know with my wifeit's not always the best vibe,
but I'm like please help me doit again.
Speaker 11 (35:19):
I've broken her on the wheel, and so now he has
somebody to do that.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
I have outsourced it.
She's done her time.
She's done her time and it'slike you just have to go to the
industry professionals.
You know she's amazing and withto theater school like herself.
But I go to professionals sothey can hear me whine Amazing.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Oh yeah, there we go.
The last question I'll say iswhat do you think makes a great
host?
I need some advice.
Speaker 4 (35:46):
He's the great host.
No you're a very good host.
You're asking follow upquestions.
You're interested?
Don't even worry about it.
Don't even worry about it, justlike.
I think a good host is justsomeone that's like the most
comfortable person in the world.
If they're, they're trying tobe the pace car for the comfort
level.
So that's at least my motonight is just be super
(36:08):
comfortable, super cash andthat's it.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
I love that.
Well, you're gonna kill it.
I can't wait to see you shine,and it was so nice to meet you
both congratulations thank you,I'm kaisha heebly.
Speaker 19 (36:18):
I'm so excited to be here tonight because casting is
one of the mostunderrepresented talked about
parts of the industry and theydo some of the most important
work okay, and I'm so tempted tohold your nail.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Wicked style, these nails are sick, hold space.
We're holding space right now.
I gotta say can you please justshout out your handle.
You're the most amazing creator, performer, extraordinaire.
Tell the people at home wherethey can find your content.
Speaker 19 (36:44):
Yeah, you can find me at Kaisha Creates.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yes and it's so good you won't be sorry.
One thing I'm wondering for youis you've like, truly, I so
admire how you create your owncontent and you don't wait for a
yes, yeah, what's your adviceto actors on doing that?
Speaker 19 (36:56):
I kind of like taking their power back yeah,
you know, I think the thing thatis really important for artists
is to constantly be creatingand not limiting that creation
to only when you get past insomething.
Creation can be happening allthe time, whether it be on the
internet or off.
So I think about that, likewhat can I be making?
How can I pour into myself asan artist that has nothing to do
(37:17):
and is not connected to a jobthat I've booked?
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Oh, I love that.
I'm going to write that downand tattoo it to my face.
Okay, so really quick.
It's getting quiet.
I think the show's about tostart.
We're going to play a surprisegame.
It's called casting keywords.
Basically, I'm going to throwout some keywords you'll know
from the audition process andyou say the first piece of
advice for actors that pops intoyour head.
Speaker 13 (37:36):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
So whenever you're ready, you good.
All right, headshots Be you.
Resume Be honest Actor real.
Speaker 19 (37:47):
Showcase your talent honestly.
Ooh, self-taping, don't do itmore than three times.
Choosing your best tape.
Don't think too hard about it.
Speaker 1 (37:58):
Ooh, that's really good Dressing the part for an
audition.
Speaker 19 (38:01):
Dress how you would dress in real life.
Speaker 11 (38:03):
Ooh, I love that.
Finally, audition etiquette.
Speaker 19 (38:11):
Mm, listen.
I want to say more but, like,listen, pay attention to read
the room and pay attention towhat is happening.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
I love that.
That's good life advice ingeneral.
Thank you so much, Ren.
Thank you for tuning in to howwe roll.
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Hello, fellow actors, this isRobert Peterpaul of Casting
Networks.
How we Roll, live and in personfrom the 40th Annual Ardeos
Awards at the Edison Ballroom inNew York City.
It's a snowy evening and I didalmost roll on some ice, but I
gotta say the vibes areimmaculate.
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Tonight we celebrate thecontributions of casting
professionals across theater,film and television.
You are joining me here on thebustling red carpet ahead of the
ceremony, as we glean goldennuggets of wisdom from all the
VIP guests and have a lot of funalong the way, of course.
Now, without further ado, let'stalk with all the stars.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Hi everybody, erica A Hart, new York City, 5'4".
I'm a casting director and I'mso excited to be here
celebrating castingprofessionals.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
I love that you had the hype too.
You said a slight, I did.
I'm going to turn the tables ony'all tonight, so I need to
know.
Yes, it's been an amazing year.
It's going to be an amazingnight.
What do you think has been yourcasting moment this season?
What's a moment that sticks outto you from your amazing work
casting this season that youwould like to share?
Speaker 2 (01:52):
A big casting moment was working on Jaja's African
Hair Braiding.
I think Black excellence, blackgirl, joy, black people just
everything that it encompassedwas pretty perfection.
Just everything that itencompassed was pretty
perfection, and just being inthose auditions rooms were so
exciting and so lovely that thatwas the highlight.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Congratulations.
I love that.
Now I know you got a lot to dotonight, but we have a quick
flash round.
It's the 40th Annual ArteosAwards, so we're going to give
you 40 seconds and we're goingto go through some casting
keywords.
It's just like word association.
If a piece of advice comes tomind, just really quick little
snippets.
Do you feel ready?
No Perfect time to do it.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Then let's do it Sounds like me before every
audition.
Okay, here we go.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Headshots Look your best.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Resumes Don't lie.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Reels.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Don't lie.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Whoops Actor websites .
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Clean and simple.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Social media.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Big Brothers watching .
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yes, it is Audition etiquette.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Be polite, I love that.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
That's what Tara Rubin said to me.
Analyzing breakdowns.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
If it fits, it fits.
If it doesn't, something willcome down the pipeline.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Audition wardrobe.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Look in the world, but I don't need a costume.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Okay, cold reads.
Oh, ding, ding, ding, you didit.
They are terrible, terrible.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Thank you so much.
Have the best time.
My name is Stephanie Gorin.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
And I'm Brendan Wilcox.
We're nominated for two shortprojects for Fargo season five
and and for the Apprenticefeature film.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
So good, very exciting.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Congratulations.
I'm so excited for the both ofyou.
Now, looking at this past year,I might know the answer, but
we're trying to get people'scasting moments.
So what is a casting momentthat stood out for both of you
from this past season?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
we'll say Wow, I can't say.
There's just one moment I think.
Uh, the moments are when youhave a director who watches,
somebody who you're, you've beensearching for forever and
you're praying that you've gotit right and they say, yes, we
love them.
That's the casting moment,that's the one we all dream
about.
When we've seen a thousandpeople and and you're hoping,
(04:01):
well, you should have a fewhundred, yeah, totally agree
with that Some cosigning.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Yeah, that's like the best moments, like all that
work you find, work with allthese actors to find just the
right person for it, and thendirector season, like that's
exactly who I was thinking of.
They're perfect for it.
Let's do it.
I love that.
I think you're both perfect.
For, before I let you go, thislittle surprise game.
It's called Casting Keywordsand because we're at the 40th
thank you Annual Ardeos Awards,you're going to get 40 seconds.
(04:28):
We're going to start the timer.
I'm going to say a keyword andthen you just say, like a piece
of advice, sort of like wordassociation, whatever pops into
your head.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Well, let's do it Sign forth.
So we don't jump on each other.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Sure, yeah, that think we're ready.
Thank you, bryce.
Okay, headshots and resumes.
Oh, resumes.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Resumes Make sure you've got all your special
skills on it, because thatreally comes in handy.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Yes, Don't lie about them.
Reels Short, and sweet, to thepoint.
I love that.
I need to be liked that way.
Actor websites.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Actor websites come in handy, but I think it's
really about the audition.
That's what's important.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Audition etiquette Be polite, be nice, be good in the
room and we'll be the same way.
It's always goes both ways.
I love that Analyzing abreakdown.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I think a good way to analyze a breakdown is to not
just look at your own character,but try to look at the others.
Just quite often you don't getthe script, and so you don't
have a lot to go on, especiallyif it's a secret project.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Smart.
That's like a detective work.
Oh time, we did it.
That was so great.
Thank you both.
You win my phone.
Well, hope you win tonight.
Thank you both for being here,congratulations.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
Nice to meet you.
My name is Spencer Galdoni andI'm a casting associate at the
TRC company and I am veryhonored to be here.
I have three nominationstonight, so I'm so grateful and
what a high you must be on withthe big news Congratulations.
Thank you so much.
Yes, I'm very happy.
It's a very exciting time forthe company and I'm so proud of
our new core partners and justalso the legacy that Tara has
created.
You know I just feel so honoredto be a part of that.
I always like to tell people.
I feel so honored to be a partof that.
(06:01):
I always like to tell people Ifeel so lucky that I got cast
into her office.
You know she is just awonderful way of assembling
people and I'm proud that we getto kind of continue on her
legacy.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
So, yeah, that's so sweet.
She's one of our first episodeson the podcast and she was
incredible.
She's so good.
She is a dream.
I feel so lucky.
Well, what a casting momentthat was.
Jump to our surprise game.
Sure, it's the 40th annual RDO,so we're going to give you 40
seconds to play casting keywords.
I'm going to say a keyword fromthe casting process and then
you just do word association andsay the first piece of advice
(06:33):
that pops into your head.
Okay, you ready, here we goHeadshots.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Headshots.
They should be 8x10, colored.
Everybody prints them on 8.5x11paper.
But it's one of those things ifit ain't broke, don't fix it,
and we want it cut down to 8x10staples.
I love that.
Cold reads Ooh, that's good.
It's one of those.
Just be in the moment.
If we ask you to go out and doa cold read, just take your time
, process the material and justcome in and be you.
(07:00):
Do your best, yeah totally.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Tara said she doesn't understand them and we were
like everyone needs to be warmCallbacks.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
Callbacks.
I love callbacks.
It's the best process becausewe get to kind of really narrow
in on who we're envisioning andwho could play the role, and I
love it.
It's a great experience.
Okay, we did it.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
We're out of time.
Yeah, no, that was amazing.
Thank you so much.
It was so good to see you havefun tonight.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
My name is Bernie Telsey and I'm a casting
director.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You must be so excited to be here tonight.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
It's always such a joy, I mean coming for years,
and it's just a great eventbecause it gets the whole
community of casting directorstogether.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I love that.
Well, if you'll indulge me,it's the 40th annual, so we're
going to put 40 seconds on theclock and I'm just going to play
a little game with you.
It's called casting keywords.
So I'm going to say a keywordfrom your process of casting and
you just say the first thingthat comes to your head Advice,
word, association which are norules.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
You ready, but only a one-word answer.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Yeah, oh, we'll go fast.
Okay, headshots, love them.
Resumes Okay, love them,resumes, okay.
Reels Helpful, hopefully.
Actor websites Sometimes.
Social media presence CarefulOoh, that's a good one.
Audition wardrobe, professionalbeing off, book Helps Cold
(08:21):
reads I like, oh, okay, I likebeing warm.
Callbacks Even reads, I like,oh, okay, I like being warm
Callbacks Even better.
Making choices, smart idea andslates Needed, definitely needed
.
Thank you so much.
It's such an honor to meet you.
Have fun tonight.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
So I'm Jeff Jostelson and I'm excited to be here to
celebrate all the castingdirectors.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Yeah, what a great time we had last year.
Your speech, I have to say, wasincredible.
Oh God, I was locked out.
So I'm locked out right now.
This is perfect.
So we're going to do a quickcasting game called Casting
Keywords.
I was trying to do 40 secondson the clock because it's the
40th REOs, but that's too muchtime, so we're doing 20 seconds.
I'm going to say a keyword fromthe casting process and you
(09:04):
just say the first piece ofadvice or word that comes to
mind Great, so it's like wordassociation.
Okay, okay, ready, yeah, herewe go.
Headshots oh God, I've alreadyfailed.
I get this.
Um, lots of them.
Resume, helpful information.
A reel Also helpful information.
Audition wardrobe your bestluck.
(09:24):
I love that.
Oh, we're at time already.
Whoa, I love that.
Whoa, no Hi.
Speaker 7 (09:29):
I'm JC Clements.
I'm the director of casting atSteppenwolf Theater Company.
I'm a nominee tonight and I'mjust thrilled to be supporting
and being with all my fellowcasting directors here in New.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
York, congratulations .
What do you feel like was yourcasting moment this past year?
If you had to pick one, I'msure there were a lot, but what
stands out to you as being likea big moment?
Speaker 7 (09:49):
I think probably casting Laurie Metcalf in the
premiere of Little Bear RidgeRoad that premiered at
Steppenwolf in Chicago by SamuelD Hunter.
It was just great to get Lauriein the room and work with Joe
Mantella, the director.
It was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
What amazing talents you know, either Laurie or Joe.
What would you say you learnedthat would be helpful for actors
, Like a piece of advice.
I mean, they're both sort ofmasters of the craft.
Speaker 7 (10:14):
I think, laurie, what she does that's just amazing is
that she brings the truth toeverything.
There's no acting, she's justthere, present and doesn't try,
she just is.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Yeah, I love that.
Well, I hope you just istonight and have a great time.
It was great to meet you, thankyou.
Speaker 8 (10:31):
I'm Liz Lewis.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
The Liz Lewis icon.
Come on, and what are youexcited for tonight?
I?
Speaker 8 (10:37):
really would say that you know seeing everybody and
it's just a real fun party toget to reconnect with people and
I love that.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Well, speaking of real fun, we have a bit of a
surprise game.
It's called casting keywordsand so I'm going to read you
some keywords from the castingprocess and you're going to get
like 20 seconds just to say likequick advice or word
association, whatever comes outof your head.
All right, cool, I was doing 40, but that was too much.
Ready Headshots.
Speaker 8 (11:06):
Make them as natural as possible.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Resume.
Speaker 8 (11:10):
Be truthful, reels, keep them short and your best
work.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Asking questions about the material.
Speaker 8 (11:19):
Perfect.
Yes, you should.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Submission notes.
Speaker 8 (11:23):
When we ask for notes , please give us notes.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Choosing your best take for self-tape.
Speaker 8 (11:30):
It's usually great to get somebody else to look at it
that maybe is an actor friendso that you can pick your best
take.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
That's great advice and actor websites.
Speaker 8 (11:44):
Oh, having them is great, but making sure that when
you're submitting that, it's ahyperlink and you can just press
on it.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
I love that.
Well, I'm going to press on.
Stop here, because you did agreat job.
Thank you so much.
It was great to meet you.
Speaker 9 (11:57):
I'm Eden Espinosa and I'm so excited to be presenting
tonight at the RDO.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
That's so exciting.
Okay.
So we have a really fun quickgame.
It's called Casting Keywords.
So, from a stellar performerPOV, I'm going to shout out a
casting keyword.
You're going to get like 20seconds on the clock and then
you just tell me a piece ofadvice for actors, or like a
word association.
Whatever pops into your head,we're going to roll with it.
We're ready.
Okay, let's do it.
Baby girl Headshots.
Speaker 10 (12:24):
Yourself.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Resumes.
Speaker 10 (12:27):
Don't lie.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
That's a common thread here.
Audition etiquette.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Oh, be kind.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
I love that Cold reads.
Go with your instinct Self-take, choosing your best takes.
Speaker 9 (12:41):
Ah my advice is don't give yourself too many shots.
I like to say, if I was in theroom right now, what would I do?
So I really only do about twoto four takes.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
I love that and I think we're out of time.
That was incredible.
Thank you so much, Hi.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
I'm Andrew Terraciano , and I'm here to help honor my
friend, josie Rodriguez, who hasbeen a fantastic cast and
director for Blue Bloods for 11years.
Amazing, I know.
Speaker 12 (13:04):
And hi, I am Sammy Gale, andrew's TV cousin, and
I'm also here to honor JosieRodriguez and the amazing work
that she has done on Blue Bloods.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I love it.
It's all in the family.
Now I wish I had more time toask you about your audition
processes and all that.
But to kind of distill it,we're going to play a quick
flash round game.
It's called Cast keywords.
Here we go and I'll alternate.
So it's not too crazy, Unlessyou want to do buzzers, but
that's fine.
Headshots, Stressful Reels.
Make them Get your content outthere.
(13:34):
Social media presence ImportantAsking questions about the
material.
Speaker 12 (13:42):
Super important.
It's great to have thedirection of the casting
director to understand whatthey're looking for.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Best self-tape tip.
Have fun with it.
Choosing your takes for aself-tape so hard A journey.
Someone else to do it Literally.
Thank you so much.
I think we're out of time, butit was so great to meet you both
and go kill it.
Have fun tonight rashad nailer.
Speaker 6 (14:04):
I work for the tiltsy office.
Uh, why I'm excited to be here.
This is my first time beingnominated.
Um, I just joined the castingsociety of america about like
eight months ago, socongratulations.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's reallythrilling yeah, it's amazing, so
exciting.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
I want you to go enjoy yourself.
So I'm going to play a reallyquick game with you.
We're going to put about like20-ish seconds on the clock
Can't count so we don't know ifthat's accurate and then we're
going to play casting keywords.
So I'm going to say a keywordfrom the casting process and you
tell me a piece of advice foractors that just like pops into
your head, or word association.
We're going to see what happens.
All right, here we go.
Cuckoo Chew Actor websites.
(14:42):
Concise is your friend, theless the better.
I'm going to play it to myselfas an affirmation, asking
questions about the material.
Read the script first.
Cold reads.
Follow your instincts.
Analyzing a breakdown.
Speaker 6 (15:01):
Read the entire breakdown.
Most of the information is allthere.
Self-tape tip Make the camerayour friend.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I love it.
Speaker 6 (15:12):
And then, finally, the last one I'll say is not
getting in your own headMeditation.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
On that note, I'm going to go.
Bmps Awesome.
That was good we harmonized.
Thank you so much.
It was so nice to meet you.
Have fun tonight.
Thank you so much.
It was so nice to meet you.
Have fun tonight.
Thank you so much.
Congratulations Hi.
Speaker 14 (15:28):
I'm Kate Geller.
I'm a casting director.
I'm nominated, but I'm excitedto be here to celebrate all the
wonderful work this communitydoes for each other, like
together, and how we help makebeautiful projects.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
I love that beautiful projects.
I love that.
I'm Ross Shanker, I'm KateGeller's associate and we are
nominated for a film called OmniLoop that Kate co-cast
alongside Taylor Williams, andI'm nominated as their associate
casting director.
Congratulations, I'm so excitedfor you.
So we don't have much timetogether, so we're going to
distill this in a littlesurprise game called Casting
(16:03):
Keywords and basically I'm goingto say a keyword from the
casting process that you'll knowand you just say the first
piece of advice for actors thatpops into your head, or whatever
pops into your head.
Honestly, it doesn't matter.
So we're going to put like 20seconds on the clock.
Here we go.
First one headshots.
Speaker 14 (16:20):
Make sure that we see you, we see your eyes really
well and that you're emotingthrough them.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
I love that Resumes Cleanly formatted.
Staple them back to back in allfour corners with your headshot
on regular paper stock so thatwe can write notes on them.
I love that.
I love the specificity of that.
Actor websites.
Speaker 14 (16:42):
Keep them succinct actor websites Keep them
succinct.
Pictures, your media, yourresume, how to contact you both
personally and through a rep,and interesting facts about you
not the whole world.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
I love that.
A fun fact goes a long way.
Last one will be self-tape tip.
Ooh, alliteration.
Have the reader.
I learned this from Kate.
Have the reader speak quieterbecause they are likely closer
to the microphone and you wantthe focus to be on you.
I love that, especially if it'syou recording your own voice,
because you don't have a personJust kidding.
That never happens.
Thank you both so much.
Congratulations again.
(17:18):
Kevin Metzger-Timpson, 5'10",new York City local, I love that
.
You got it.
You and Erica Hart are the onlyones that sit in the height and
I appreciate it.
We got to let you go on yourway.
We're going to do a fun flashround called casting keywords.
You might have seen Tara playit.
I'm going to say oh, thank you,bryce.
I'm going to say a keyword fromthe casting process and you
just say the first piece ofadvice for actors that pops into
(17:39):
your head Great, all right,ready 20-ish seconds on the
clock, not really counting.
Okay, headshots, look likeyourself and look personable.
Actor websites, you need them.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
They can be easy Website resume pictures video.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
That's it Making choices, do them, do it
Self-tape tip.
Speaker 6 (18:04):
It's not about the gimmick.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
It's just about doing the good work.
Not getting in your own headfor an audition it's near
impossible but breathe and knowthat we're rooting for you.
We want you to be good.
I'm going to breathe right now.
Thank you so much.
It was so good to see you.
We want you to be good.
Yes, we want you to be good.
I'm going to breathe right now.
Speaker 11 (18:21):
Thank you so much, it was so good to see you have
fun tonight.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Speaker 11 (18:24):
Hello, I'm Michael Cyril Creighton.
I'm so excited to be herebecause I love casting directors
.
They gave me my life, so I'mvery happy to be here
celebrating them.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
I'm that.
What do you remember about youraudition process for Only
Murders in?
Speaker 11 (18:40):
the Building.
What stood out to you from that?
It was great.
I mean, I originally went infor a smaller role and then they
called me in for Howard and Ihad a Zoom, because it was in
the middle of the dark times andthe Zoom was great, everybody
was super friendly.
And then I had a callback andJohn, the showrunnerner, gave me
a pretty large adjustment.
A very uh sort of uh turnedeverything around and, um, I
(19:05):
went for it, I did it and then Iwaited a really long time to
find out.
I got the job, but it feltincredible.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Yeah, yeah, we're so glad you got it yeah, I'm gonna
fan favorite.
I was like this person needsmore screen time.
Now you got it.
Yes, uh, before I let you go,can you quickly just give us
your best self-tape tip foractors?
Oh, if you have one.
Speaker 11 (19:23):
Yeah, I would say don't do what you think you're
supposed to do.
I love that.
Don't do what feels natural toyou, because it's the worst when
you try to just fit into whatyou think you're supposed to do.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
That's what I said to my parents my whole life.
I'm not going to do what I'msupposed to do, Daddy.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Such a joy to see you .
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 13 (19:42):
Have fun tonight.
Hi, I'm Thea Washington,casting director in television
and film, and I'm excited to behere.
I'm a nominee for the GreatChristmas Light Fight on ABC and
Disney.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
So good Such joy you're bringing to people,
especially with that show.
We don't have much time, so Iwant to do a quick casting flash
round game.
It's called Casting Keywords.
Basically, I'm going to giveyou a little keyword from the
process that you know so welland you're going to say the
first piece of advice for actors, performers, real people that
pops into your head.
How real can I keep it though?
(20:16):
You keep it.
I would love for you to keep itas real as you can.
Okay, okay, headshots.
Speaker 13 (20:21):
Headshots Okay, Do not over-edit your headshots.
Show up looking like yourheadshots.
Please do not catfish mebecause I'm going to be upset
with you.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
I love that Catfish me Resumes.
Speaker 13 (20:32):
Resumes.
No one really knows, or listen.
Don't fumble your resume.
This is a small town, you know.
People are investigators, allthat stuff.
Do not lie Present as yourselfand try to tailor it to the
special job.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Being yourself in an audition setting.
What's your advice for that?
Because people put it on forthe camera, you know, especially
in reality.
Speaker 13 (20:54):
Okay, being yourself , know yourself and decide if
you should be yourself.
Is it appropriate, is it not so?
Yes, you know, just take alittle temperature and my
favorite term is read the room.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Read the room.
Well, I'm reading the room andI got to let you go because I'm
clogging this carpet up.
Thank you so much.
I think you're amazing andyou're so much fun.
Speaker 14 (21:14):
Thank you, I'm so excited to see you Okay.
Speaker 16 (21:17):
Hi, I'm Tara Rubin.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
The Atacom.
Speaker 16 (21:21):
I'm Mary Sugarman, next to the icon, the other icon
, the legend.
Speaker 10 (21:24):
The legend and the icon.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Together we're sugar-coated.
Why are you both excited to behere tonight at the REOs Awards?
Speaker 16 (21:30):
I'm always excited when we can represent at our
office.
We had some nominations, butit's also really great to like
be in a room of like-mindedpeople.
We don't get to see our peersvery often, so this is really
fun All the agents and managersand other casting directors.
It's like a big social eventfor us.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
And you deserve it.
Congratulations on all theacclaim.
Loved your speech last year.
Everything is so great.
I know I got to let you go.
So we're going to play a quickgame.
You might be familiar with it,casting keywords.
I played it with you before.
I'm going to say a keyword fromthe process you know so well,
and then you just tell me thefirst piece of advice for actors
that pops into your head.
Speaker 13 (22:08):
Okay, we're going to start the timer.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Oh, I like that.
We can do a little buzzer, alittle, no, but I think that's
more organized.
She's like don't?
Okay, we ready, All rightHeadshots.
Speaker 16 (22:21):
Not as important as you think they are.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Actor websites.
Speaker 16 (22:26):
Important, but as long as you have some presence
on social media and we can findyou easily, not tantamount.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Making strong choices .
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Always a good idea.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
I love that Social media presence Important, so
that Social media presence.
Speaker 16 (22:40):
Important so that we can find you.
Sometimes we have to educateour teams about who you are.
It's great if you've got greatexamples of your work out there.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
That's a great answer .
Self-tape tip before I let yougo.
Speaker 16 (22:50):
Keep the website and the social media presence
fairly professional.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Oh, I love that and self-tape tip.
Speaker 16 (22:58):
Self-tape tip.
Don't stress about it.
If we can hear you and we cansee you, that's all that matters
.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
I love that we can see you.
That's a good slogan.
Well, I can see you both.
You look so great and it was sonice to see you have fun
tonight.
Great to see you.
Speaker 13 (23:10):
Thank you, have a wonderful evening.
Thank you so much.
Hi, I'm Josie Rodriguez and I'mthe associate spotlight winner.
Yay, welcome to Spotlight.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Is On you.
Why are you excited to be heretonight?
I think I might know why.
Speaker 13 (23:23):
Just to celebrate casting as a whole and celebrate
my career so far.
I'm just really excited.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Okay, I'm excited to play this little game with you
because I've got to keep moving.
So we're going to play castingkeywords.
Basically, I'm going to throw akeyword out from the casting
process and then you just saythe first piece of advice for
actors, performers, that popsinto your head.
All right, you ready, start theclock.
We're not really counting, okay.
Speaker 13 (23:45):
Headshots, Two of them white collar, blue collar.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Oh, that's very helpful.
Resume.
Speaker 13 (23:51):
Full.
Put everything on there, allyour skills and your height.
Social media.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Social media.
Just have fun, but be careful.
Okay, my best audition tip.
Speaker 13 (24:02):
Clear, great reader confidence.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Ooh, I love that.
Choosing your best, take Justwhatever your gut tells you.
Oh, I love that.
Well, my gut's telling me we'reout of time, but it was so nice
to meet you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you have fun tonight.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
Thank you, jessica Fox, thigpen, casting director,
and I'm here for the GreatLillian Hall.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Oh, I love that.
Now I want to keep it moving,so we're going to play a fun
game called Casting Keywords.
Basically, I'm going to throwsome keywords out from the
casting process you know so well, and then you tell me the first
piece of advice for actors thatpops into your head.
Speaker 14 (24:33):
All right.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Okay, you feel good.
All right, let's start.
I think I remember us at thispoint.
Let's start the time on theclock.
There is no clock, uh, andwhenever you're ready, headshots
headshots um clear.
Speaker 9 (24:46):
But I like the ones that are kind of different,
where it's just not the cozyright in the face, kind of thing
.
You know, some attitude or alittle emotion in it okay,
resumes.
You need them.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
Yes, you do, and unfortunately you've got to keep
updating them.
If you're lucky.
Speaker 9 (25:02):
Yeah, I think there's a format that's good to follow.
So many people forget to fitthe different components to it.
Training I want to see training.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Well, how do you choose your best training,
choosing your craft?
Do you have advice for that?
Speaker 9 (25:18):
I think you just you need to probably visit all of
them and see what resonates withyou, because I think they're
all good but it's individual.
It's almost like I hate to sayit going to a gynecologist you
got to find the one Glad yousaid it or a psychiatrist,
finding the one that fits you.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Yeah, I love that.
That's personal.
Well, I got to let you go, butthank you so much.
It was so nice to meet you.
Speaker 17 (25:40):
I'm Daniel Sui.
I'm excited to be here becauseI'm being honored tonight with a
Marion Doherty New York AppleAward, and I'm also up for a
Best Casting Award as well.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
Congratulations.
If I could have you cheat out alittle bit, of course.
Bit Speaking of cheating out,what is your best piece of
audition advice for actors?
We have a lot of actors thatlisten.
I know you get the question alot, probably, but right now.
Speaker 17 (26:02):
It's a great question.
I would say preparation morethan anything else.
It's prepare more than youthink you have to prepare
because it's your chance to begood and you owe it to yourself
as an actor to do that.
So I would say preparation.
I love that.
Speaker 18 (26:19):
I'm Jinx.
Speaker 9 (26:19):
Monsoon and I'm excited to be here because I
worked my whole life to be onBroadway and they finally let me
in.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
Talk about celebrating casting.
You've been someone who's justcome in and shaking everything
up this season in the very bestway.
As we're here to celebratecasting directors, I would love
to play a very quick castinggame with you, called Casting
Keywords, sure, so I'm going tothrow some casting keywords at
you and then you give us thebest piece of advice you have
for performers out therelistening Okay, good, all right,
cheat sheet Ready, not reallycounting, I don't think
(26:50):
Headshots.
Speaker 18 (26:52):
Oh you know, be approachable, be sexy but
approachable.
Approachable, be sexy butapproachable.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Approachable, approachable, approachable
sexiness.
I love that.
Speaker 19 (27:03):
Resume Only the stuff that really counts.
Learn when to let go of certainprojects.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
Oh, my goodness Bye.
Speaker 19 (27:12):
High school Actor website oh have someone do it
who's good at websites, that's agood tip, and then self-tape
audition tip.
Speaker 18 (27:23):
Oh, approachable, approachable, approachable,
charming, delightful.
You got to show them in a videothat you're someone they want
to work with.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
I love that.
Now do you have any advice foractors out there to be
themselves in an audition, tobring themselves to it Like it's
hard to do that sometimes.
Speaker 18 (27:42):
I like to tell myself this If you're right for
the role, it's going to shinethrough.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
If you're not right for the role, but they love you,
that'll still be somethingsomeday, you know, you never
know what seeds will fertilize.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Ooh, hopefully it becomes a sunflower.
I love that.
Thank you so much.
It was so nice to meet you.
You're so fun.
Congratulations on everything.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
My name is Frankie Ramirez and I am so excited to
be here amongst all of theseincredible shows and nominees.
It's just an honor to be amongthem.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
What a great season, so excited to celebrate casting.
I got to keep it moving here.
So we're going to do a littlefun game we played with Tara
which is called Casting Keywords.
So we're going to put some 20seconds on the clock I'm not
counting honestly and then I'mgoing to ask you some.
I'm going to say some keywordsand you say the first piece of
advice for actors that pops intoyour head based on the keyword
keyword.
Okay, ready you ready.
All right headshots, amazingresume resumes, clean and
(28:41):
organized.
That's good self-tape tip uh beyourself be yourself, be
yourself, you ever see.
Just friends, ryan reynoldssorry, I'm lagging out.
Uh, choosing, choosing yourbest we're blocking out together
.
Speaker 4 (28:54):
Choosing your best takes um trust yourself, and
it's usually the first onethat's so good.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Best audition advice in general Be yourself as well.
Be yourself.
Well, I'm going to let you go,be yourself and have a good time
.
Thank you so much.
This was fun.
You're the best.
Can I give you a?
Speaker 10 (29:09):
hug.
Well, hello, I'm StephanieClapper.
I'm so excited to be at the RDSthis year to celebrate my
friends in casting and my twonominations.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Congratulations Well deserved.
So we'll keep things quick.
Tonight we're playing a littlesurprise game to advice for
actors that pops into your head.
Good idea?
Oh, thank you, okay, sobreakdown Good thing to study.
Speaker 10 (29:33):
well, so you know what you're coming in for and
what to prepare.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
I love that.
Speaker 10 (29:37):
Headshots.
Make sure they're in focus.
They show you as you are andhow you will come into the room.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Audition etiquette coming into the room.
Speaker 10 (29:46):
Be friendly.
Do the best work you could do,don't worry.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Speaking of not worrying self-tape tip, Do you
got any advice there?
Speaker 10 (29:54):
Oh, this is so hard, but I think, keeping it simple
there too, make sure it soundssilly, but really make sure
you're well lit and that yoursound is well balanced.
And it doesn't need to be fancy, it just needs to be useful.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
And finally I'll just say choosing your best take.
We could spiral there a littlebit as actor.
Speaker 10 (30:10):
You can spiral there .
Usually, I find the first onetends to be the most successful.
Do no more than three and giveyourself a little air to breathe
.
It's never going to be perfect,but it's going to be good
enough to feel good aboutsending it out.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
I love that Well, you're making me feel good just
seeing you.
Thank you so much.
I hope you have fun.
See you soon.
Lots of love to you.
Speaker 15 (30:29):
My name is Mauko Kwaji and I'm from Ghana, west
Africa.
I've been nominated for twocategories and I'm excited to be
here.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Congratulations, I'm so excited you're here.
So, in honor of castingprofessionals everywhere,
tonight we're playing a funlittle game called Casting
Keywords.
So I'm going to it's kind oflike word association I'm going
to throw a casting keyword outthere that you'll know and then
you just say the first piece ofadvice for actors, auditioners
in general.
Okay, you ready, we're going toput 20 seconds on the clock
(30:56):
Headshots.
Speaker 15 (30:58):
My advice to actors on there is that it's very
important and it should beupdated periodically.
Resume it needs to be updatedconstantly so that we know your
last work.
Self-tapes Make sure your soundis good and your lighting is
correct.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Oh, that's very good, analyzing a breakdown as an
actor.
Speaker 15 (31:19):
If you don't fit, don't submit.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
Oh Wait, that's like a rhyme If you don't fit, don't
submit.
You say that a lot.
I love that you put that on abumper sticker.
It just jumped up my head itjust on top of my head.
That's really good.
You should honestly coin thattrademark it, or I'll take it
and then your your best piece ofaudition advice for actors in
general.
Speaker 15 (31:39):
Um just go in audition and forget about it oh,
I love that too well.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
Thank you so much.
Don't forget about me, friend.
Now have fun tonight.
So nice to meet you helloeverybody.
Speaker 18 (31:48):
This is asia luke here on the ones and twos.
I am a reality TV castingdirector and casting producer
and I'm being nominated for theGreat Christmas Light Fight.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Congratulations.
I had so much fun with yourfriend earlier that was up here.
Yeah, yes, what a good time.
It must be so much fun to worktogether.
It is One thing I was curiousabout in regards to reality
casting is that you're lookingfor people to bring their
authentic selves a little bit ofsparkle for the camera, maybe.
What's your advice for peopleout there auditioning for
reality shows on beingthemselves on camera and not
(32:22):
like putting on something extra?
Speaker 18 (32:24):
Right?
Well, the number one thing is alot of people don't understand
how to pull their storiestogether.
You know, like when we talk topeople, they'll be like, oh,
it's nothing interesting in mylife, and then it's like next,
you already talked yourself outof the whole situation.
Really take the time to reallyunderstand what makes you unique
, um, your hobbies, the thingsthat make you stand out and be
(32:48):
yourself.
Like everybody has a story.
This tell the story.
Take time to really flesh outall of your life experiences.
You know anywhere from, likehow your family is set up, where
you grew up.
Was it a rural place, Was it acity?
Did you go to Ivy League?
Did you play sports?
Like, do you collect anythinginteresting?
Do you collect anythinginteresting?
(33:09):
Like, there's so many thingsyou know that you can work on to
really flesh out that story.
That's the most important thingand just be yourself,
absolutely that's such greatlife advice in general.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
So everybody rewind that I'm gonna go open a journal
a fresh one and write all thosequestions down and the answers
maybe hi jordan carlos by the 10, based in brooklyn, new york,
where all of us run survive.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
I'm excited to be here for some hosting this thing
, and this is my first time here, so it's just a lot of
different emotions running atonce and they're all positive.
Speaker 9 (33:39):
Hi, my name is Alina.
I'm Jordan's wife and I'mexcited to be here to support
him.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
PhD.
We've got to get that on therecord.
I'm going to throw out somekeywords from the casting
process and the whole goal is toget some tangible advice for
actors listening, but we'regoing to give you like 20
seconds to do it.
I'm not really keeping track.
I'm here for you, I'm here tohelp.
I love this.
Okay, so whenever we're ready,clock started, here we go
Headshots.
Speaker 4 (34:03):
Headshots.
Okay, so headshots are 8x10s or8x11 glossies.
That are the casting director.
They should be appropriate toyour age.
That is the hope.
Some pens are not Shoot.
She was there when I got myfirst set of headshots.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Oh, I love that, but what about when you saw his
first clips like a reel, anactor's reel?
Do you have any advice on that?
Speaker 9 (34:24):
Oh my gosh, I don't know, I'll keep it on you.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
I'll keep on Nurse Jackie once in 2009.
It was like man.
I was so booked and busy, veryblessed, and I was so nervous I
couldn't even watch myself on TV.
I remember this so well.
So, yes, this one has been withme, even though I couldn't
handle my first time on TV.
I love that.
Okay, best self-tape tip.
Best self-tape tip Go to Elliotin the Navy Yards.
(34:51):
He's amazing.
Brooklyn Self-Tape Actor'sStudio.
You see how nervous I am to sayit, because I'm so excited to
tell you Leave it to aprofessional if we can afford it
.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
That's really great advice, because then we spiral
it always comes back from therejust saying I love this guy so
much and I'm like it's like agood experience, that's a
healthy experience.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
It keeps you too healthy, as I that's a healthy
experience keeps you too healthy, as I was going to say.
Is this your built in reader?
Because I know with my wifeit's not always the best vibe,
but I'm like please help me doit again.
Speaker 11 (35:19):
I've broken her on the wheel, and so now he has
somebody to do that.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
I have outsourced it.
She's done her time.
She's done her time and it'slike you just have to go to the
industry professionals.
You know she's amazing and withto theater school like herself.
But I go to professionals sothey can hear me whine Amazing.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Oh yeah, there we go.
The last question I'll say iswhat do you think makes a great
host?
I need some advice.
Speaker 4 (35:46):
He's the great host.
No you're a very good host.
You're asking follow upquestions.
You're interested?
Don't even worry about it.
Don't even worry about it, justlike.
I think a good host is justsomeone that's like the most
comfortable person in the world.
If they're, they're trying tobe the pace car for the comfort
level.
So that's at least my motonight is just be super
(36:08):
comfortable, super cash andthat's it.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
I love that.
Well, you're gonna kill it.
I can't wait to see you shine,and it was so nice to meet you
both congratulations thank you,I'm kaisha heebly.
Speaker 19 (36:18):
I'm so excited to be here tonight because casting is
one of the mostunderrepresented talked about
parts of the industry and theydo some of the most important
work okay, and I'm so tempted tohold your nail.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Wicked style, these nails are sick, hold space.
We're holding space right now.
I gotta say can you please justshout out your handle.
You're the most amazing creator, performer, extraordinaire.
Tell the people at home wherethey can find your content.
Speaker 19 (36:44):
Yeah, you can find me at Kaisha Creates.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yes and it's so good you won't be sorry.
One thing I'm wondering for youis you've like, truly, I so
admire how you create your owncontent and you don't wait for a
yes, yeah, what's your adviceto actors on doing that?
Speaker 19 (36:56):
I kind of like taking their power back yeah,
you know, I think the thing thatis really important for artists
is to constantly be creatingand not limiting that creation
to only when you get past insomething.
Creation can be happening allthe time, whether it be on the
internet or off.
So I think about that, likewhat can I be making?
How can I pour into myself asan artist that has nothing to do
(37:17):
and is not connected to a jobthat I've booked?
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Oh, I love that.
I'm going to write that downand tattoo it to my face.
Okay, so really quick.
It's getting quiet.
I think the show's about tostart.
We're going to play a surprisegame.
It's called casting keywords.
Basically, I'm going to throwout some keywords you'll know
from the audition process andyou say the first piece of
advice for actors that pops intoyour head.
Speaker 13 (37:36):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
So whenever you're ready, you good.
All right, headshots Be you.
Resume Be honest Actor real.
Speaker 19 (37:47):
Showcase your talent honestly.
Ooh, self-taping, don't do itmore than three times.
Choosing your best tape.
Don't think too hard about it.
Speaker 1 (37:58):
Ooh, that's really good Dressing the part for an
audition.
Speaker 19 (38:01):
Dress how you would dress in real life.
Speaker 11 (38:03):
Ooh, I love that.
Finally, audition etiquette.
Speaker 19 (38:11):
Mm, listen.
I want to say more but, like,listen, pay attention to read
the room and pay attention towhat is happening.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
I love that.
That's good life advice ingeneral.
Thank you so much, Ren.
Thank you for tuning in to howwe roll.
Do you have more questionsabout working in entertainment?
Pop over to our Instagram pageat casting networks to submit
your cues for a chance to befeatured in a future episode.
Hope to see you there, friends.
After all, you are the we inhow we roll.
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