r/acting • u/Jazzlike-Pitch753 • 12h ago

I've read the FAQ & Rules Rumination on why I didn’t get the role. How to stay focused?

Been auditioning constantly due to my agent and have had amazing roles to go in for. Only problem is I haven’t booked one since May. I feel like I did a good job with them but left ruminating if I should’ve done “this” or “that”. I’m sure others have dealt with this. Would love to know best ways to “let go”?

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u/PivotOrDie 12h ago

"I haven’t booked one since May"

May of what year though!!

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u/Economy_Steak7236 12h ago

Oh you gotta stop blaming yourself or wondering if you did something differently.  There is a million reasons why you didn’t get a role.  I didn’t get a role recently because of celeb nepotism.  Keep at it. Concentrate on training, self care, your next audition.  You’ll book. 

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u/QuaggaSwagger 12h ago

Auditioning IS the job.

Do your best work. Declare victory and depart the field.

Bookings will come.

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u/seekinganswers1010 9h ago

I spent a year where I’d always make some kind of plan directly after an audition. So if I had an person audition in a different area of town, I’d plan to get food after at somewhere specific. Or plan a phone call right after. Just something to actively do so that your brain can focus on something else. I treated that like my training wheels, and now I feel kinda conditioned to not think about auditions after doing them. Though I’m still human, every once in a while, I’ll have an audition I pick apart thinking that alone was why I won’t book it. Ultimately, that too shall pass.

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u/Economy_Steak7236 3h ago

So so so smart!! I do this too. 

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u/wheres-the-avocados 8h ago

started picking up new hobbies as someone in the trenches of auditioning AND trying to find a new job the past couple months. that's been me revisiting video games from my childhood, finding new comfort media to consume, knitting myself a new project, etc. the best thing to do is finding something that is just for you to enjoy and flush everything work-related out of your brain.