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Monday, June 29, 2009
short cuts.
the last week in the world of acting has brought little in the way of advancement. i went to the audition for the industrial that would have shot in portland. did not book it. and because i don't have an agent, i won't ever know why not.
the quality of my auditions has improved over the last six months. to illustrate, two of three projects i have auditioned for, my parents recognize: a bob dylan music video, a guest role on californication, and an industrial that would have paid me for travel days. travel days. ahh. now that's the sound of success. haha. i kid. sort of. shooting on location is something i long for. i love los angeles, it is my home. but i also love to travel and see new places and meet people who love those places and eat in the restaurants they love. i'd be lying if i told you it wasn't part of the allure of acting, way back when i decided i would set out to do one of the most difficult things there is to do.
the other audition i booked as i was writing the last post isn't for another week or two. however, i have steadily been watching the films they listed as their stylistic influences and it is definitely helping me to see where they're headed. a film i discovered through this process is 'the saddest music in the world' - which i highly recommend.
i've been struggling lately with the idea of failure. or, perhaps a better way to put it, living with the lack of success. maybe even: finding success in being willing to fail. whatever you want to call it, it isn't always easy. i didn't come to hollywood with stars in my eyes. i came because this is the place where people make art i want to be a part of. so i work at it. and yet, if success is elusive, how long does one continue to work at it?
in a different vein, while at the industrial audition, i had some time to chat with the other brunettes waiting to read for the project. after i expressed my desire to crop my hair short they both admitted that at their agencies the girls who book regularly are the ones with short hair. commercially speaking this is. oh, you mean the type of job that makes living off of acting possible? yes, that is what i mean.
so i am now seriously considering a short cut. for my hair. unless you know of a short cut to success...
[oh and even though no one pointed it out, i am aware of my mary poppins mistake. it was maria from the sound of music whom i disagreed with.]
the quality of my auditions has improved over the last six months. to illustrate, two of three projects i have auditioned for, my parents recognize: a bob dylan music video, a guest role on californication, and an industrial that would have paid me for travel days. travel days. ahh. now that's the sound of success. haha. i kid. sort of. shooting on location is something i long for. i love los angeles, it is my home. but i also love to travel and see new places and meet people who love those places and eat in the restaurants they love. i'd be lying if i told you it wasn't part of the allure of acting, way back when i decided i would set out to do one of the most difficult things there is to do.
the other audition i booked as i was writing the last post isn't for another week or two. however, i have steadily been watching the films they listed as their stylistic influences and it is definitely helping me to see where they're headed. a film i discovered through this process is 'the saddest music in the world' - which i highly recommend.
i've been struggling lately with the idea of failure. or, perhaps a better way to put it, living with the lack of success. maybe even: finding success in being willing to fail. whatever you want to call it, it isn't always easy. i didn't come to hollywood with stars in my eyes. i came because this is the place where people make art i want to be a part of. so i work at it. and yet, if success is elusive, how long does one continue to work at it?
in a different vein, while at the industrial audition, i had some time to chat with the other brunettes waiting to read for the project. after i expressed my desire to crop my hair short they both admitted that at their agencies the girls who book regularly are the ones with short hair. commercially speaking this is. oh, you mean the type of job that makes living off of acting possible? yes, that is what i mean.
so i am now seriously considering a short cut. for my hair. unless you know of a short cut to success...
[oh and even though no one pointed it out, i am aware of my mary poppins mistake. it was maria from the sound of music whom i disagreed with.]
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
a very good place to start.
gonna have to [respectfully?] disagree with mary poppins on this one. i'm not going to start at the beginning. i'm going to start right here, right now.
this is as much a beginning as any other day and to be quite honest, i need something of a new start.
it is easy to get discouraged even when you can feel the hunk of burnin' love and passion for what you're after every minute you live and breathe on this planet. you're one of many. many many. and they all seem to look like you but five pounds lighter and two zits fresher. and you start to think that those things matter or realize that they matter depending on how your day is going.
it's a recession. there's a pending strike. media is changing. people who started this year off with work are filling out their unemployment forms. things feel out of your control.
and that is exactly what you have to address: control. because life as an actor is very much out of your hands in so many ways, you have to accept that there sometimes will be very little you can do. but there's always something.
during a few free moments at my day job i pillaged www.imdb.com to compile a list of casting directors who use my type, who cast projects i really like and as i was leaving work i got a call for an audition tomorrow. when i got home and started this blog and opened a twitter account to track my acting career, i got another audition call for a project i'm really interested in.
so this is what i'm going to take from today: sometimes taking action with the few things that are left to you to control is all it takes to get the ball rolling again.
my goals for this week: book tomorrow's project, organize footage for demo reel, find someone who needs to add pictures to their portfolio to take some new headshots.
this is as much a beginning as any other day and to be quite honest, i need something of a new start.
it is easy to get discouraged even when you can feel the hunk of burnin' love and passion for what you're after every minute you live and breathe on this planet. you're one of many. many many. and they all seem to look like you but five pounds lighter and two zits fresher. and you start to think that those things matter or realize that they matter depending on how your day is going.
it's a recession. there's a pending strike. media is changing. people who started this year off with work are filling out their unemployment forms. things feel out of your control.
and that is exactly what you have to address: control. because life as an actor is very much out of your hands in so many ways, you have to accept that there sometimes will be very little you can do. but there's always something.
during a few free moments at my day job i pillaged www.imdb.com to compile a list of casting directors who use my type, who cast projects i really like and as i was leaving work i got a call for an audition tomorrow. when i got home and started this blog and opened a twitter account to track my acting career, i got another audition call for a project i'm really interested in.
so this is what i'm going to take from today: sometimes taking action with the few things that are left to you to control is all it takes to get the ball rolling again.
my goals for this week: book tomorrow's project, organize footage for demo reel, find someone who needs to add pictures to their portfolio to take some new headshots.
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