Episode #140
140. Making An Impression That Lasts with
Gayle Keller
Making An Impression That Lasts
What makes a casting director remember you? This week, Jennifer sits down with casting director, Gayle Keller, whose nearly 30-year career in TV and film has given her a front-row seat to what makes an actor stand out. Gayle gets super specific about what she’s watching for in an audition, what makes a self-tape work, why truthfulness and instinct matter more than getting every choice “right,” and how an audition that doesn’t lead to the job can still lead to years of being called back. They also dig into the relationship between actors and casting directors, how Gayle discovers new talent, why she still sees theater as one of the most powerful ways to get on someone’s radar, and what actors can do to stay in a casting director’s orbit. Because, as Gayle reminds us, while actors are trying to find casting directors, casting directors are trying to find you, too.
About Our Guest
An independent New York casting director who has worked the past 25 years casting television and film. Some recent film credits include - The Comeback King ( release date Feb. 2017) The Mastermind, Poetic License, Showing Up (2024 winner of the Independent Spirit award for Casting), Certain Women, The Big Sick, Hustlers ( Artios nomination for Comedy Feature Casting), First Cow, The King of Staten Island, The Bubble, Problemista, Please Don’t Destroy and Babes. Some tv credits include - Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Bored To Death, Louie (nominated for two Emmys), Inside Amy Schumer, At Home With Amy Sedaris, Crashing, What We Do In The Shadows (nominated for Emmy and won Artios for Best TV Comedy series), Betty, Flatbush Misdemeanors, Life & Beth, Big Door Prize, Fantasmas and The Chair Company and Big Mistakes. A proud member of CSA, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and Local 817.