I love Hollywood Reporter for doing these roundtable talks. They’re endlessly awesome and loaded with little bits of inspiration and confirmation that you’re not crazy, you’re on the right track and keep going! Last night I watched the round table with Kerry Washington (Scandal), Monica Potter (Parenthood) Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Connie Britton (Nashville) and Kate Mara (House of Cards). These women are all beautiful and have been through pretty much everything in the industry. It was nice to hear them all talk about bad auditions, joe jobs that they sucked at and tv shows they wish they were apart of.

Parts that struck a chord with me:

Kerry Washington says that her approach to auditions is just taking the next 15 minutes to do what she loves and not have any worries. A few years ago an amazing acting coach and casting director Deb Aquila told me this exact piece of advice and I’ve tried to apply it ever since to all of my auditions.

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Elisabeth Moss said the best advice she’d gotten before an audition was that you don’t have to hit the bulls eye just get on the board. That advice is perfect for auditions, you don’t have to be perfect!

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Monica Potter is just so casual and hilarious, it’s really refreshing to see.

Watch the full video and if you’re an actress let’s dream of what questions we’ll answer when we’re there! 🙂