For me anyway, until I was exposed to doing improvisation and walking onto a stage without any script, I would have never felt comfortable enough to walk into a room with someone like Larry David and audition.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As much as I hate auditioning - it's so hard and awkward - it's way better to walk out of that room and win a role because of what you did.
There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.
I really do not like auditioning... it's hard because you never know what you're going to walk into in a room.
I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and then thinking about it. I was too in my head when I was on stage.
I've gotten a lot more comfortable with the audition process, but there's something that really turned me off initially when I was younger, to auditioning. The idea that I couldn't get to the person that was actually making the film really frustrated me.
I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
Auditioning is such an unnatural thing. You're in a tiny little room with, like, seven people cramped together, acting to a casting director; just, none of it makes any sense.
I have found that so many directors and producers in the room say nothing, and this can be deadly. It's very difficult to audition for comedy in the vacuum of a small room, but it's the only way most do it.
There's no substitute to actually being in the room and having people in the room feel the force of your audition. It's very hard to beat that.
I've really fought to get into rooms, and I'm a big believer in auditioning. It's hard, because I'm insecure, but I have an intense desire to prove myself to people.