I've only ever auditioned for one production and I got a rather decent part- yup people who know me, now you've heard everything! The angry God of the Gods when I was in Year 9 (who only lasted for a bit of the play but that's besides of the point) and I think that explains one important factor already. I'm not the easiest person to impress and I don't have the best temper either so attitude does indeed have a lot to do with it. Another thing is that I would say I'm incredibly hard working- to be hard working you need to be dedicated, definitely not saying you're not but like the above posts say, a lot of people who you wouldn't expect to do something like this will actually be dedicated. I think these are the main two factors and it's just rather unfortunate.