Cool Hand Luke

I worked on the show "How I Met Your Mother" yesterday. It's like going home when I work that show. This is the third season I have worked on this show as a regular. Many opportunities have come out of my experiences working on that show. I have received a SAG voucher, met the cast, and it has provided me with somewhat of a steady paycheck. Being a regular for this show has been a blessing. Made a lot of good friends working the show as well.

In this line of work the days can be 15 hours long, bad conditions, and surround by negative people. It can wear you down after awhile. But when I work that show, and see how close the cast and crew are, it reminds me why I got into this line of work in the first place. You create this family atmosphere that you don't see anywhere else. Its as if you aren't at work at all. The long hours don't bother you. Thats how I feel when I work that show, and it's that feeling that keeps my hope up that all this hustling can be worth it down the road.

Thats the one thing people don't understand when they come to HOLLYWOOD to be the next Johnny Depp or Jennifer Aniston. When they realize that it does actually take time, the negative mindset starts to settle in. Thats what makes this job the hardest. It's the mentality to overcome the people that surround you. The auditions and all the other tests you got to pass are easy. Almost every single day I hear the same conversations. The consist of people talking about SAG vouchers, how long the day is, and how unfair the process is. That is how you filter those who can stand it, and those who can. I don't plan on leaving the game anytime soon. There is no reason to take a job that doesn't make you happy. No one wants to be 50 years old and wonder what would could have happened if they actually went for the career they wanted. I apologize for having nothing funny to say, so i will leave you with a quote from "Family Guy,"

Tom Tucker: And now, here's Ollie Williams, with the BlaccuWeather Forecast. Ollie!
Ollie Williams: IT'S GON' RAIN!
Tom Tucker: Thanks, Ollie.