If you are an aspiring actor, make sure you read my buddy Ken Levine's piece about a scam that's taking mucho dinero from aspiring actors. It's all about casting directors and others of like profession charging people to audition. Oh — and read the Hollywood Reporter piece Ken links to, as well. This has been going on in various forms, some of them quite subtle for a long time but lately, it's gotten quite blatant and more costly. A casting director is paid to be up on the current talent pool and to know who's out there and what they can do and to find new talent. There's no justification for them taking money from that new talent.