Episode 299: Having Fun As An Actor

Try out The Weekly Accountability Group for Free We are going to be talking about the importance of fun. So I'm going to be really honest with you, this is a topic that I have had so much trouble with.  Yeah, I have had trouble having fun.  I thought that, I don't know, life was to be endured. And even though I had a positive, natural positive attitude, I didn't know how to have fun. I had no idea how to have fun. And you know what that hurt? That hurt my acting career and that hurt my ability to act because I wasn't experiencing all emotions, especially the really good ones.  But the thing is that when we as casting directors, agents, managers are meeting with you, we want to be with people who are Professional, but also are fun to be around people that we want to work with, that we want to be on a set with day in and day out now. Okay, that might not apply for the casting director or the agent or the manager, but I am going to be working with you a decent amount.  So yes, it does apply to that, but it really applies in your auditions.  Are you having fun? Do you know how to have fun?  And if you don't, that's okay.  You can have fun learning, and you may make mistakes while having fun.  I've certainly done that.  I thought something was going to be fun, and then it really wasn't.  In fact, I hated it.  Anyway, so I'm going to read a little thing out of Melody Beattie's Language of Letting Go. "Have some fun with life, with the day. Find the good things in the day. Find the fun things in the day. Life is not a drudgery. That is an old belief."  And as I said, truly an old belief of mine.  "We can let go of it. We are on an adventure. And this adventure is life. It is a journey. Events will come to pass that we cannot even fathom." I think that's one of the gifts of being deaf. Age is that with age, you begin to appreciate life more. You begin to appreciate the day more.  And lately I've had podcasts and podcasts that will come up about being decisive, making mistakes. You can have fun with all of this.  The big thing is we want to create the best life and career and experience with this one amazing shot we have on this planet.  "We want to try and replace our heaviness and weariness of spirit with joy. Surround yourself with people and things that bring lightness of spirit as opposed to that heaviness. Become sensitive to happiness, to lightness, to the incredible wonder of life.  The journey, it really can be an exciting adventure. Let yourself be. Enjoy it." One of the mantras that I gave myself recently, creating amazing experiences in my life is fun for me. Creating amazing experiences in my life. is fun for me.  Again, fun. It's so important. You want to be around people who are fun.  Why would that stop in a casting office? Why would that stop in an agent's office? Why would that stop at a manager's office? Why would that stop in auditioning?  Have fun. This business can be fun. It can be exciting. Yes, it can also be trying. But let's have fun on the adventure.