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Meet me on Melrose

Not only do I have to
ACT like “the girl,”

I have to
LOOK like “the girl.”

Audition PRESSURE!

This requires creative thinking since, as you may have guessed, my fashion budget Read the rest of this entry »

everything fits

The Actor’s Goal in EVERY Audition is to get a

CALLBACK.

It’s the green light that means, Read the rest of this entry »

The Right Wardrobe is important–

in Films & TV (that reflect Real Life)
in Auditions for Films & TV (that reflect Real life) and
in Real Life.

First impressions

talk about judgy!

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A new start, yay!

Your wonderful blog comments have encouraged and inspired me to
Reach Higher.
Dream Bigger.
Expand My Personal and Professional Horizons. Read the rest of this entry »

BUMMER.

Beemer got a boo-boo and I’m bugged.

SO my whole day gets rearranged for a bumper bust-up. Ugh.

(No wonder… it’s Friday the 13th. Double ugh!)

Remember what it felt like in high school on the day of the SATs? You’d been prepping all year for this (maybe longer), private coaching (if you grew up in West LA) on the various techniques, taking PSATs periodically to get a rough idea, pumping yourself up to get into the right mind frame or better yet –

THE ZONE.

Knowing that with every right step you are that much closer to the college of your dreams… In this moment you have complete control over –

YOUR FUTURE.

That’s what it’s like to make it to the Network Test for a TV pilot.

You’ve already:

• wowed the Casting Director at the pre-read
• gotten new notes
• impressed the director and producers in the second round

You’ve spent a day in a work session (with the director and the CD) where (if you’re lucky) you’re told “you’re in first position” (hush hush) going into the Test, and now all you need to do is produce one more time with confidence and specificity.
And it’s nerve wracking.
(Think Johnny Drama’s last audition on Entourage.)

Then… after sitting in a folding chair in the hallway for over an hour with 3 or 4 other actors competing for the same part, your nerves become almost palpable.

Palms start sweating – Read the rest of this entry »

it’s really smart+funny

I really like Joel McHale’s new series ‘Community’ (except that, no offense,  I so should be playing Britta), so I’m online looking for some of the extras when I find this instead —

This article called “Community service as a TV theme” on LATimes.com today that talks about all of the networks spotlighting giving back, Read the rest of this entry »