Episode 99: ANIMATION with Casting Director Kristin Paiva

Yeah.

How many, when you get like a thousand auditions or whatever, how many like percentage would you feel like are decent, good auditions?

Yeah.

I mean, I talk about this a lot and while I've never really looked at it, I think I will now because I've been talking about it recently too, quite a bit.

Yeah.

I would guess that somewhere in the range of like, I don't know, percentages are hard, probably like six, seven, 800 or something are good.

Yeah.

Look,

we didn't get into a

creative field because of Matt.

Exactly.

Everyone here is going to be Phil Grace.

Yeah.

Exactly.

So then out of those, I'm sure that there's like even a smaller range that are great, great auditions because there's good and then there's great, right? Yes.

What separates the good from the great?

Well, something I also do talk about quite a bit, and it's such a great question, Heidi.

I think everyone's looking for that.

How do I make sure that my auditions do fall in the great pile? Tough question to answer, but it is always talent that have specificity, intent, and a point of view.

And talent that swing big.

And I steal that phrase from Scott Parkin, who's an incredible improv coach.

But it's such a great phrase because it doesn't necessarily mean, Heidi, that you have to be big and loud.

But it means make a choice and stick with it and do it.

Go for it.

You know, I always like to say, and I steal everything apparently I've decided.