Homeopathy.

In homeopathy, one treats the main symptom first.

Do the same when you prep for auditions.

An actress with lots of theatre experience comes to me with  a TV audition and says, ‘Geez, I’ve never been to a TV audition! I don’t know what to do.’

So I say, ‘Why don’t you go to the casting studio, look around, see the space, wait in the waiting room for a bit and often, a studio is open, so you could go in stand on the mark, see the camera and just get to experience it a bit.’

She does. And afterwards tells me that it really calmed her down.

Allowing her to do her work. 

Another actress blurts out, ‘I have an audition for the lead in a sit-com. I shit you not. Me an audition for the lead in a series? WOAH.’

I say, ‘My first point is stop saying WOAH. You may not stop thinking it, but don't say it out loud anymore because that will affect how you do the work. If you're not going to read for the lead, who is?’

She has to deal with the ‘idea’ of the lead before she can get to the audition itself.

The work.

Treat the main symptom first.