MING-NA WEN and KATEE SACKHOFF hate self-tape auditions!  

When Katee or Ming-Na go anywhere, that's the direction to go. Put these women in a film together! Chaos and fun would definitely ensue!

"We're not going in that direction..." that's messed up, hollywood...

I adore both of these ladies. Great actors and very personable.

Two great actresses. Both incredibly beautiful.

I never think about actor type stuff, but that’s a very interesting point.

If you're not going in Ming-Na's direction, you took a wrong turn.

Cool interview so say we all ❤❤❤❤❤

There are advantages to self-tapes as well, from a casting perspective. On one hand, yes, it's aggravating to actors for the reasons you outline, but it also opens up opportunities to up-and-comers who may not get the chance to audition otherwise.

It's a direction most of us would love to "go". Just ask Dean Winchester.

Enjoyed the entire podcast. Do you plan to continue doing small video segments, or this a one off? You mentioned it would be audio podcast only multiple times?

They are so beautiful and talented it's crazy Miss Kate and miss ming

Theyre so fine wow

ming na is incredibly beautiful

Both of these women are awesome!!

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It's not really just auditions anymore, but job interviews in general. There used to be a time when you could walk into a business, ask for an application, and they would interview you in short order. Now, you have to apply online, and résumé gets filtered through a computer algorithm. If your résumé doesn't include certain keywords, the algorithm trashes your application, and you never hear back from them. Maybe, if you're lucky, they'll tell you weeks or months later that they're going in a different direction, but most of the time, they just ghost you. It really makes the application process more nerve-racking.

I am a fan of both of your work. You are both strong actors it would be very interesting to see how you both would riff back and forth on a show/ moive.

Ming Nas humor about it is adorable. "Turn left!" 😂 still sad that people would conifer ethnicity a "direction" tho

Nice

Indeed; oh, and don't worry- they've started doing it for regular job interviews too *sigh*

The fantasy I didn't know I had. Just played out on youtube

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OMG - KATEE ! You said the wise words! You said the things you're not! There's been so much disrespect for the crews behind the lens for so long thanks to societies 'cult of personality' focus (like, when was the last time the Technical Oscars got broadcast? They were dumped out of the main show to give more time to famous faces), that the skills and knowledge of those people is just continually devalued. By saying this line the way you have, by saying it in a way that those tasks are the skill and responsibilty of those behind the lens, indicates that you value those folks skills and experience far far more then a lot of other performers do. As for Ming-na being a 'direction', that sounds more like the cop-out to say they don't have the budget to hire her.

This clip is pure facts about the acting industry. Even a live zoom call audition is better than a video audition but even then you dont always get a true feel for an actors full potential range for a role or the atmospheric presence they can create

Turn left indeed...

From a non actors pov tho.... Don't you think the fact everyone has a device to shoot edit and send a self tape.... Opens up opportunities for Everyone?

Loved listening to this entire episode! Thank you!

Don't feel bad. Can't even get a job in a call center without having to do that BS these days.

I'll never shake my Ming-Na infatuation.

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I'd turn left for Ming-Na Wen.

Its laziness by hollywood

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These two need to be in a comedy together

She is awesome.