I know Brandon will be all over my shit for not posting the actual GOOD-LOOKING VS. ATTRACTIVE blog first, but frankly, I am so pissed at Dreamhost now, I can barely write straight*. Besides, it’s too hot here in Ye Olde Time Los-Angeles-with-a-hard-”g” to think deeply. And I’m a former media maven. So I’m using [...]
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Today I auditioned for a spot I’d really like to book. The part is funny, the casting director is smart (meaning, the spots he casts are low in cheese factor) and, imagine, I could use the money. Casting directors often give a group explanation prior to a string of individual auditions to save time and [...]
I am just waiting for the day I get a casting breakdown specifying, “Unnatural, awkward talent only. Must be over-the-top with no ability at all to respond in the moment. Or dead. Dead would be good. Dead, with really, really bad comic timing.â€
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What not to tell an actress
I’ve taken 2 hours out of my very busy day surfing the interweb to audition for you. I’ve driven 10 miles in the rain at $2.75/gallon with a cityful of rude assholes in luxury assault vehicles to get there. I’ve suffered the indignity of holding up a magic-markered sign with my name on it as [...]
At the beginning of my commercial career, I worked a lot with semi-animate objects: the Jack-In-The-Box antenna ball (it chatted me up about the Sourdough Jack and checked out my ass in the tag); the Pets.com puppet (before the dot.com bust sent him skidding downwards into low-rent car insurance commercials); the Jolly Green Giant, way, [...]
From a breakdown (character description) for an audition I have tomorrow: Caucasian woman, 35-45. Real with character. Not attractive. They probably have some cute or quirky characteristics, but again, they’re not beautiful. We would love a brunette or dark hair but open to all hair colors. Oh, this is to play a tomato. Yes, really. [...]
Note to anyone* who ever knew me in my previous incarnation as a copywriter: Dear Former Co-Worker of Mine Who Is Still in Advertising, Boy! Long time, no time, huh? Where are you guys staying now, Shutters? The Viceroy? Or do you eschew the beach and stay in town? Or maybe you go super-downscale and [...]
I had one of those colossally bad auditions yesterday. The kind where from the moment you walk into the room, not only can you feel it’s not going your way, it would throw up on your shoes and slam the door in your face if it could. And where by the time you slate your [...]
