Normalizing Ignoring People

Getting no response is the ‘new normal’

When I was an actor not too long ago, it was common practice not to receive any feedback or responses after auditioning for a role — unless you later booked the role or were chosen for a callback (a 2nd or 3rd audition). In the beginning it used to bother me. I’d spend sleepless nights and countless hours memorizing lines, getting into a character, then killing it (or so I…