#20: Stick to the Script
When auditioning for a role, it can be extremely tempting to go off-script and start improvising your lines. After all, you want to show directors your creativity and expressiveness! However, no matter how impressive your off-script bits may be, they could actually hurt your chances of landing the part. Lizzo knows this all too well.
Lizzo would have killed it as Ursula, but she learned a valuable lesson that day about sticking to the script. While she didn’t get the part for Ursula in the upcoming live-action of The Little Mermaid, she has gone on to win 3 Grammys, so I think Lizzo is the one who got the last laugh.