Auditions

I remember my very first audition, it was like going to school for the first time. My hands clammy from reading my lines in the holding room right before hand. The nerves and fiery fierce competition in the room was all that you could feel like a hot plate warming up. I look back at this moment as one of my biggest successes - breaking down the fear factor and doing what I feared most, an audition.

 All I knew is that if there was something I wanted to do, I needed to do it myself, what was the worst that could happen? So I went out and did it. With so much support from my friends and family, it was undeniable how much I could achieve in my life if I only just put my mind to it.

Acting for me has been a breath of fresh air really. Many close friends who know me very well can tell you how it transformed my 'quiet' nature into who I am today. Yes, I do have bouts of quietness still, times when I don't feel I need to talk or comment or 'be loud'. It's a very big overstatement in the thought that you have to be loud, obnoxious and rude to get anywhere in acting, let alone be an actor.

But the truth is: You just have to be who you really are.

That's not hard is it? Wrong. It is extremely hard to be who you are in an industry telling you, you have to be one certain type of person. But that I believe is the secret. If we continually give into the demands of those around us, we fall short of what part of us as an individual can give to the audience, role or character.

I cannot tell you how challenged I have been since being in Drama School for four years. It has stretched me, taught me valuable lessons, given me confidence like you wouldn't believe, and even enlightened me as to what I can really achieve.

I guess though, the most important lesson I can share on my years at Drama School is and the countless auditions I have been to is that it is okay to be yourself, because if we were like everyone else who had stepped into that audition room before us, how would we ever stand out and win that particular role over everyone else?