Doing Background Acting requires a fair tolerance of rejection. When I see a job posted and apply for the role, I am only successful in about 1/4, or 1/3, of the times. The rest of the time, I am rejected because I did not meet certain physical requirements; or I was 'too late" and the job was already filled.
This happens to everyone.
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Some people take the rejection personally, thinking the casting director has a vendetta, or there is some negative rating associated with their name. When this happens to me I am tempted to think the same thing. However, I remind myself , "It is a numbers game." The more times I play the game, the more times I am likely to win. The more times I "roll the dice," the more times I will get a winning number.
Most of public sales, retail sales, commercial distribution, subscription sales, insurance sales, investment products sales, and other forms of street hustling are similar. There is a certain percentage of rejection that is inherent in the business. A predictable amount of the time even the best salesmen get rejected. But they keep going. They "roll the dice" one more time, because they know there is always another opportunity.
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"There are five more sides to the dice.Next time ~ it might be a winner." - Mr. Atwater
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William Schaeffer
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