An acting teacher friend used to say:

“If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late. If you’re late, you’re fired.”

We find these to be truly inspirational words. There is nothing more important (as an actor showing up to an audition) than being on time. When you’re on time to an audition, or early, you are automatically sending a good message to the casting director. Sort of an “I’m here and you can count on me because I’m punctual and awesome.” type of message. An exact adverse affect can be created by being late; “I’m here but I am late because I had so many more important things to do than this, and I am incompetent.”

Awesome or incompetent?

The choice is yours. Just be aware that non-stop working actors are pretty awesome.

When you are late to an audition it makes you seem sloppy, forgetful, untrustworthy… the list goes on. You can’t always control whether you get the job or not, but something you CAN control is whether you are on time or not.

Bottom line is, NEVER be late to an audition.