You can make a microwave burritio in 90 seconds, you can wash your hands or you could prove to your potential bosses that you have what it takes to be successful at a job.

A job interview that lasts 90 seconds may sound ridiculous, but for actors that is about the average time alotted for a monologue audition. It is for what actors spend weeks and even months training and rehearsing: ninety seconds of pouring your heart and soul into one shot to get the job.

So, how do you prepare for such an important moment in time?

While every actor will have different approaches, here is an insight to what it takes to even try to be an actor.

Before you even pick what words you will be performing, you have to become familiar with the play or musical you are auditioning for. Which requires reading, or if you're lucky, a movie night.

The next step is finding a show that has a similar style or feel to the play for which you are auditioning. This process can be extremely tedious and frustrated as no piece ever seems quite perfect.

Once you have settled on a piece, the fun part begins. Reading the play the monologue is from to gain both an understanding of the context, but also understanding important information about your character. If you are doing a piece from Shakespeare the research can be a bit extensive by comparison to a temporary piece.

Then the memorizing begins, and until the piece is memorized it's hard to really act any objective you are hoping to convey.

Next, comes the rehearsing, and rehearsing in front of your friends for feedback and then some more rehearsing.

Then the day arrives before you know it. You put on your audition attire, do your warm ups, wait for what seems to be an ungodly amount of time. Finally, you step through the door, state your name, take a moment before and begin.

Then maybe, if you're lucky, they will call you to do the same thing without preperation at callbacks.

Break a leg!