Letters to Aaron Sorkin

I fell into a trap last week. I was preparing an audition and I caught myself thinking about past performances and how I could make this audition more like successful things I've done before. Red alert! Actor not engaging in the present with the work at hand! I unraveled what was going on before the audition and went back to work. In the end, I believe I was able to give a compelling performance because I let go of doing well and doing right, and focused on telling the story in front of me. It sounds to elementary when I read it written down, but simple mistakes are often the hardest to catch. They are subversive.