I had an audition last week for a medical industrial about allergies in adults and children. Ironically, the kid that was in the Literal Enforcer video of my last post was there on the wrong day and needed a "mom" to read with him so I volunteered. LA is a big city, but a small world!
I had a callback on Sunday for the webseries I auditioned for the previous Sunday. They had me read for three different parts. Two of them were bigoted bitches and the other a sweet art teacher. I loved it! I love putting on the skin of those so different than me. (You guys can guess of which I'm speaking...I hope!)This morning I got to miss some audience work to audition with the lovely Brittany Belland and the dashing Mahmoud Osman for a print ad about friends. I think we nailed it! The camera guy was from Ohio and we submitted these pictures...
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| Come on! How adorable are we? Frans! |
This weekend is my first show with HOME. I have a link in a previous post to their music on Reverbnation. Check them out. Also here is our poster! O yea!
As far as regular outside of industry LA life goes, it's been one thing after another. Good vibes sent this way for my roomie who has been struggling with a myriad of issues and my stress worrying about my 210 sister. It's hard to stay present here in LA. Everyone asks you about your plan, what's coming up, etc, etc. Of course one wants to have an answer for these things, but one also needs to realize how beautiful the sunshine is here or how sweet the cupcake is someone leaves behind after a birthday at SoulCycle :)Last week on one of my days off I read The Alchemist. It was wonderful and such an encouragement. The whole book was about a man who knew his destiny, all he had to do was focus on present moments to lead him to his goal. He was advised:
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
I'm going to keep this quote in my back pocket for when I get discouraged or bogged down by the daunting task of becoming a working actor. I don't think anyone moving out here expects that the simple desire to bring entertainment to others and/or change minds and lives through the art of film-making is going to be difficult...but it is.
Create your own work is what I hear very often, but I've become so crazed that I went to interview to be a contestant for the Miss Manhattan Beach pageant. Last Saturday I went to a casting office to sit through a convincing presentation and most of an off dubbed Miss Congeniality, only to have to leave before being interviewed because I was going to be late for work. I ran into work just in time, but not before having a complete meltdown walking though Beverly Hills barefoot with blisters all over my feet holding my heels, dressed to the nines, sobbing on the phone with my mom about this amazing missed networking opportunity. After that spectacle, and convincing myself that it's not worth it anyway, everyone would laugh at me if I said I was doing a pageant, (come on, I am Gracie Lou Freebush.) the coordinator of the pageant called me today and said they have two more days of interviews. They saw me at the presentation and they really want to meet with me. So, yay! My dreams of becoming a pageant queen may still be fulfilled! But really, the networking (and perhaps a little self confidence) I would gain from this would be really amazing.
One last thing I've been doing to survive what we like to call out here, the South Land. Audience work. Some of you may think! Wow, cool! Being in the audience for Ellen or the Price is Right would be so fun...maybe those shows. But did you know Marie Osmond has a talk show? Neither did I! Until I was on it as a seat filler. AH! We sat in chairs clapping like monkeys and laughing like hyenas for 8 hours, without a lunch break and not allowed to go to the bathroom...not worth $66. Marie was VERY nice, but ugh. Working audience on up and coming new ABC Family Spellmageddon was slightly more bearable. Mostly because Dotty and I went together, also because what we were watching was a game show and it was little more entertaining. She also participate in a dance off and I participated in the Dating Game. I was a blindfolded bachelorette and I had a man sing to me, one spoke to me in Russian, but I went with the one who sexually objectified me least. Cuz' that's how I role...We were there for 10 hours. Again, not fed (except for an exorbitant amount of candy that had me sprinting to the bathroom the entire next day). And no bathroom breaks except two hours in, unless we begged. We got overtime and a bump for lunch on that though. Whoot! Obviously it is not too horrible because I was about to do it again today if not for the audition I had earlier. But maybe Dotty will have an entertaining Facebook status about it later. Stay tuned.
LAism of the Week:
I think being a ninja is part of the training in becoming famous...unless you're famous for no reason...Kim Kardashian... Celebrities are very good at being neither seen nor heard. There are a few that will remain unnamed that come into where I work, also unnamed ;). Among these few, there was one actress that I saw on the list 4-5 times before I actually saw her, and only because she was late and I needed to run her in the room. Also this morning I went in to ride, and only recognized that one of my favorites was there because I know exactly what he looks like and how he sneaks in and out. The person I was talking to did not even detect the celebrity presence. Ninjas.
P.S. My mama and step dad are coming to visit this weekend!! I'm so excited!
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