The talent director is a talent buyer, and your major link to the people who are in a position to hire you. It has been said that the best casting directors are those who have done some acting, for they are uniquely aware of the problems that actors have and what goes into the creation of a memorable performance. Ideally casting directors go to see as much work as possible, remember all the good actors, and are willing to believe that a mediocre performance is not necessarily the actors fault, but can be the result of bad direction and poor casting. the Casting director is engaged in a never-ending search to find the right actor for the right job. Constantly under the gun to meet a production deadline, the casting director needs to have an encyclopedic knowledge of actors and the talent pool, and to have a computer-brain of information. It also means that after eight or nine hours at a desk looking at pictures, interviewing actors and hearing them read, evenings are spent going to plays, showcases, cabarets and comedy clubs,and watching movies and television. The casting director is always seeking the talent no one else has yet found.
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