NYU Acting Audition

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Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:12:10 +0000

Peter Facinelli said this in an interview:

"I went to one year at St. John’s University, and I’m studying pre-law, and I take an acting 101 class and I love it.

I remember there was a kid in the class and he said, “This is fun, but what are the chances of us actually ever being an actor?” I kind of got mad at that, and that’s when I made the decision that I was gonna be an actor, and I said, “I don’t care if it takes me six years to start getting work.” I was just that passionate about actually doing it, and I didn’t like the fact that this kid said that we couldn’t.

I knew a manager who kind of found me through friends, and his name is Mark Amitin. Mark steered me in the right direction. On his advice, I transferred into NYU to study acting.
For a whole year I was going up on stuff and I was really terrible. Every time I walked out of the room, I had this great high, like I was doing what I wanted to be doing, and I was really excited that I was able to go out on things. I was getting some really crappy feedback, but for some reason, my agent stuck with me.

I was horrible. They were saying, “This kid can’t act, he’s terrible.” But you know, it was a great learning curve for me."

(This is now me speaking):
My question is if he was so “horrible” then how did he get into NYU? Do they weigh heavily on the audition or are they more focused on how much drive you demonstrate through your college transcripts and application essay.

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