WENDY: That is not how things work.
Managers and agents don’t set up auditions with Casting Director’s that way. We don’t say hey you’re in town for five days let’s set up meetings with Casting Director’s. It doesn’t work that way.
1. Actors who live in Los Angeles get agents.
2. Every day Agents read the breakdowns of new roles that are being cast
3. Agents and managers submit actors headshots and resumes to casting directors for those descriptions that match their clients.
4. Casting directors receive 500-2,000 submissions for every single role.
5. Casting chooses 25-75 actors to audition for each role.
6. Casting selects a handful of actors they liked and bring about 3-5 actors back for callbacks on those roles.
7. Producers see the actors who are called back on a different day and they decide who gets the role.
8. ONE actor is offered the job and works it on the assigned day(s)
There is no way to tell if there are any descriptions of roles that will fit you today, tomorrow, this week or next month. Every day we look and see.
There’s no way to determine if there will be roles that fit your description in two months, six months or the week that you plan to be in LA for “vacation.”
Some weeks there are a lots of roles that fit your description and some times there are zero.
When you are not getting auditions there may NOT be many roles that fit your description at that time OR casting didn’t select you to audition. Your agent is still submitting you. Agents never stop submitting and pitching. They do that from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm every week day and often into the weekends.
If you want the best results you need to LIVE in the city you want to work in. You will be able to attend your auditions in person and casting directors will get to know you. The more they see you, the more familiar they become with your talent and can call you back in for future auditions.
Some agents represent out of state actors. Many do not. Even if an agent represents an out of state actor, they will expect you to come live in LA for 3-4 months so you can go on auditions regularly and go on call backs regularly so casting can get to know you. It’s a NUMBERS GAME.
Some actors that don’t come to LA for 3-4 months and don’t usually do as well as the actors who are here full time.
Acting is luck of the draw EITHER WAY.
