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What happens to an actor when nobody is asking them to act?
When the auditions slow down, the callbacks disappear, or the next job simply isn’t happening, actors often
assume the frustration they’re feeling is about their career. But what if something else is going on?
What if you’re creatively hungry?
In Episode #439 of Casting Actors Cast, casting director, teacher, author, and former actor Jeff Dreisbach
explores the psychology behind an actor’s need for creative self-expression—and why waiting for the industry
to provide that expression can become emotionally exhausting.
We’ll look at the complicated relationship between creativity, employment, money, identity, and the need
for an audience. Why does being paid sometimes feel like proof that you’re a “real” actor? Why can a lack of
performing leave you restless or discouraged? And how can you build a creative life that doesn’t depend
entirely upon someone else giving you permission to participate?
Most importantly, Jeff offers practical ways to recognize creative hunger and find outlets that keep your
imagination, curiosity, and sense of play alive—even during the quiet periods of an acting career.
Because there’s an important difference between asking:
“Am I working?”
and asking:
“Am I creating?”
The industry may decide when it hires you.
It does not get to decide when you are allowed to be creative.
?? Casting Actors Cast — practical insight, encouragement, and a casting director’s perspective on the
psychology, craft, and business of being an actor.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When the auditions slow down, the callbacks disappear, or the next job simply isn’t happening, actors often
assume the frustration they’re feeling is about their career. But what if something else is going on?
What if you’re creatively hungry?
In Episode #439 of Casting Actors Cast, casting director, teacher, author, and former actor Jeff Dreisbach
explores the psychology behind an actor’s need for creative self-expression—and why waiting for the industry
to provide that expression can become emotionally exhausting.
We’ll look at the complicated relationship between creativity, employment, money, identity, and the need
for an audience. Why does being paid sometimes feel like proof that you’re a “real” actor? Why can a lack of
performing leave you restless or discouraged? And how can you build a creative life that doesn’t depend
entirely upon someone else giving you permission to participate?
Most importantly, Jeff offers practical ways to recognize creative hunger and find outlets that keep your
imagination, curiosity, and sense of play alive—even during the quiet periods of an acting career.
Because there’s an important difference between asking:
“Am I working?”
and asking:
“Am I creating?”
The industry may decide when it hires you.
It does not get to decide when you are allowed to be creative.
?? Casting Actors Cast — practical insight, encouragement, and a casting director’s perspective on the
psychology, craft, and business of being an actor.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices