rejection
Sun, 18 Apr 2004, 01:12 pmCharisse G8 posts in thread
rejection
Sun, 18 Apr 2004, 01:12 pmI am awaiting a call of rejection, from a musical I have been dying to get into. Any ideas as to how to accept rejection graciously??
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Acceptance
Sun, 18 Apr 2004, 11:58 pmCharisse wrote:
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> I am awaiting a call of rejection, from a musical I have been
> dying to get into. Any ideas as to how to accept rejection
> graciously??
You can be gracious or ungracious....but why even see it as rejection?
Auditioning is not the same as passing a test, where everyone at a certain level is accepted and the rest are rejected...it's not a true measure of your ability, because for every role there can be only one who 'passes', no matter how good the rest are. And that can be dependent on so many factors that it's all a bit ridiculous to compare results between auditionees or even between yourself and your last audition.
A better way to view auditions is as a chance to show them what you can do. You're not competing, you're not asking for acceptance, and so you can't be rejected. You're showing what you're capable of at this present moment. Sometimes, this will result in being asked to play a role. Quite often (for me, at least; and I hear it's happened to others) the role you are asked to play may not be the one you auditioned for, or even the same play...or even the same year! But as a result of showing someone what I was capable of once, I was offered work somewhere down the line. If you get to audition for the same casting agent/director, but for a different role, you may find it's an opportunity to show them something different...and perhaps that difference will make an impression.
If you still feel you need to see it as 'rejection' and want to learn to accept it, you need to practise it....go for more auditions and get 'rejected' more often. It'll put it all in perspective, and teach you more things you can then demonstrate in each subsequent audition. The more you learn, the better and more fun your auditions will be...and then you'll find good things will come of them.
Cheers,
Craig
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> I am awaiting a call of rejection, from a musical I have been
> dying to get into. Any ideas as to how to accept rejection
> graciously??
You can be gracious or ungracious....but why even see it as rejection?
Auditioning is not the same as passing a test, where everyone at a certain level is accepted and the rest are rejected...it's not a true measure of your ability, because for every role there can be only one who 'passes', no matter how good the rest are. And that can be dependent on so many factors that it's all a bit ridiculous to compare results between auditionees or even between yourself and your last audition.
A better way to view auditions is as a chance to show them what you can do. You're not competing, you're not asking for acceptance, and so you can't be rejected. You're showing what you're capable of at this present moment. Sometimes, this will result in being asked to play a role. Quite often (for me, at least; and I hear it's happened to others) the role you are asked to play may not be the one you auditioned for, or even the same play...or even the same year! But as a result of showing someone what I was capable of once, I was offered work somewhere down the line. If you get to audition for the same casting agent/director, but for a different role, you may find it's an opportunity to show them something different...and perhaps that difference will make an impression.
If you still feel you need to see it as 'rejection' and want to learn to accept it, you need to practise it....go for more auditions and get 'rejected' more often. It'll put it all in perspective, and teach you more things you can then demonstrate in each subsequent audition. The more you learn, the better and more fun your auditions will be...and then you'll find good things will come of them.
Cheers,
Craig
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