Let’s face it: as actors, we control very little in the casting process. We can’t dictate what anyone else does in the audition room, whether the producers already have a certain ‘type’ in mind, or whether we look too similar to (or different from) the ensemble cast a director is putting together.

Which is why when actors ask what they can do to put themselves in a position to get seen more, to get hired more often, or to book bigger roles, our answer is always the same: train. Because the one thing – and often the only thing – a working actor has complete control over is how prepared they are.