You put yourself on the line as a performer, and when people reject you, it's a personal rejection.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Like every audition I go on, I do my best, but after that, I let it go because, you know, the rejection rate is so great in Hollywood, and I can only control what I do in the audition, and after that it's up to somebody else.
I used to take it personally when a casting director didn't like me or I didn't get picked for something. Now I realize you can't do that. It'll mess with your self-esteem. Don't take rejection overly personally. If that doesn't work out, there's something else waiting for you.
Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.
People were being so mean as a result of my ability - a gift, really. So I think that's what makes me fight harder to provide an option to aspiring kids or artists. I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through... to see a little girl or a little dancer experience such unnecessary rejection.
You can't reject anything in your life as an artist. Everything has its use.
There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.
With all the auditions you do, there is a lot of rejection you have to take as well. You get used to that.
I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection.
Nobody likes to be rejected, you know?
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.