Rejection

Hello everyone!

I know none of you are writing any comments about my blog, and that's ok. As long as you guys are reading it so far. You guys especially have to read this post because the topic is REJECTION. How many of you have heard that word? I'm sure all of us have heard it: in auditions, relationships, etc. This post is important because I want people to read this and go "oh, rejection isn't really that big of a deal." IT REALLY ISN'T!!! When someone tells you "no" or "thank you for auditioning at this time, but we couldn't cast you in this production," don't be alarmed! That doesn't mean you aren't good. That just means that wasn't the right guy for you or really THAT WASN'T THE RIGHT PART FOR YOU. There's nothing wrong with that! Let me tell you my experience with rejection:

As you know, from my last post, I have been acting for years: 17 to be exact. When I got my first acting rejection, I was very upset. It was for the show The Crucible. I went into the audition and I thought "I'm gonna rock this audition!" I thought that because for 1: I love the book/play and 2: apparantly I'm good at being dramatic haha so I thought Why not? This will be fun. I was mortified because I felt I wasn't as prepared as I should have been. I started freaking out, I wasn't confident enough in myself anymore and confidence is key, people! You have to have confidence to at least do well in an audition or have confidence enough to BS the audition(I wouldn't recommend that by the way). But the problem was, I lost my confidence, even to BS it. Then, I didn't get the part; I was rejected. That was fine, I thought "ok i will try out for the next show." Then, a boyfriend came into the picture and I was screwed because I lost focus. During the time with him, hence we are not together anymore, I wasn't going to as many auditions as I used to. Then, another show came along called Dancing at Lughnasa and I really loved the show. I went ahead and auditioned and I felt really good about it. Then, the cast list went up and of course again, I didn't get a part. I was very bummed and my boyfriend at the time went "oh that's ok you'll get the next one or maybe, you're not cut out for acting." I was sooo hurt by that comment I wanted to cry because then I thought "OMG maybe he's right, I'm not good." In a way, if you think about it, he rejected my confidence which made me lose my confidence all together. Then, we broke up a few months after that incident and a couple months after we broke up, I went to the bahamas and got my confidence back. I came back home and then I auditioned for Steel Magnolias. I was sooo excited when I got a callback, I wanted to jump up and down screaming(but then again that's just a callback, that doesn't mean necessarily that you'll be in the show). Then, at the callbacks I felt soooo confident ! I was prepared and ready to go and then, on my birthday, I saw the cast list and I was Truvy Jones. That was one of the most exciting times of my life.

There ya have it ladies and gentlemen. That is why you should not take rejection seriously, I mean if you think about it, it's just a word :Rejection. It means absolutely nothing, if you have confidence in yourself that is. So, please when you get rejected for a part, just think positive and say "I'll get the next one." The only way you'll know is if you show up to an audition, right?