Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner

My audition went well yesterday. It was a low budget SAG feature film. I only had to drive a couple miles down the freeway to this Holiday Inn which was nice; considering my time slot was at 4pm, the rush hour would have SUUUUCKED otherwise. The movie is called "3 Time's a Charm." I read for the roles of "Football Player" and "Trent." I read for Football Player first, and they liked what they saw, so they gave me a few pages for a character named Trent. I looked them over twice and was ready to go. They gave me the option to go back into the holding room to look it over, but it really wouldn't have made a difference if I read in 30 mins. or right there on the spot. I do better under pressure anyway, I don't have the time to worry or get nervous; which is for pussies anyways. I say that because no matter how your audition goes, your life won't change if you don't get the part, so why worry?

One of the FUNNIEST things I do notice during this process, is that I notice that some of the people are holding head shots that don't even look like them! Their hair is a different color, or they gained weight. I just don't get it. The only thing that can really get into people's heads is when you go into audition and you see the BIG table with all the other head shots laid about. Some with better resumes, better pictures, and hell some of them didn't really have to audition because they already know the director. So now we play the waiting game.

Today I went to work on the set of NCIS: L.A. It was a cattle call of 300 people, which always good for a laugh. You'll meet the good, the bad, and the ugly on these calls. First thing I saw out of the gate, was once I found the parking garage, 3 cars had pulled into the opening that had the BIG BOLD LETTERS saying DO NOT ENTER EXIT ONLY above it. Since it was 3 cars, that means that the first person made a mistake, the other two were out of PURE stupidity to follow. Which gave me a good laugh right off the bat. Pretty solid day overall. Good food always makes being on a set of 400 people (crew included) bearable.

It was a club scene, which means, a lot of 20 somethings dancing to no music holding a drink for 12 hours. It can be a little annoying after awhile. And the PA's will pair us up sometimes. Which means, they see me (red head) and pair me up with another red head or "the bottom of the barrel." Which is fine because they usually have a "good personality" which helps with conversation. She is probably thinking the same thing about me for all i know. HA! Anyways, not a bad day, good company, makes for yet another day not wasted.