Talent was Never Your Problem

Mental Rehearsal is a psychology podcast for trained, working actors who keep hitting the same internal walls: audition nerves, self-doubt, the voice that says everyone else belongs in the room more than you do. I'm Albert Bramante. I have a doctorate in psychology, I've spent two decades as a talent agent, and I've worked with over a thousand actors. Most of what stands between you and your best work isn't craft. It's what happens in your head when nobody's watching. Every episode gives you …