There comes a time, and sometimes it blindsides you and other times you can see it from very far away, that things in your life are going to change, or that you want so badly to make a change for the better. And today was one of those days.
I had my first audition through my new agent - my first agent audition ever. It was for a basketball player in a Nissan commercial. I went to a "casting house", which was a cool little building that has a bunch of small studios where casting people can hold their auditions. Today, when I went in, there was 10 commercials auditioning... from corporate asain men, to young guys like me, to old white men in tunics... and a random dog running around. It was crazy, and everyone acted like this was the way this world always works and just how it should be... I remember coming in and asking the girl at the desk where I was to go and when she pointed me to the board, I was shocked to see Disney, Subway and many others looking for people that day to.
So I check in, get a number and my picture taken... I wait the all of 10 mins (if even) and then I am called in with three other men - who look WAY more like basketball players than I do... we all pretended to drink something, as if we had just played a really hard game, and then I was done... a moment of my life - blink - over.
As I am leaving... after having watched these men in the waiting room... wondering if the guy next to my had ever played Hamlet, did he go to Yale, or was he just living in Long Beach and saw "Top Gun" and thought 'Shit, I can do better than that' and so he became an actor... between that, and the talks we had during my class last night, I have found that my broad focus has gotten me some really good hits, but if I want to make head way, if I want to get all that I desire from this town - I need to focus up, make some goals and figure out how to take this town truely by storm.
I just sat there wondering... how many of these guys work with my agent... and how many more times will I see the same faces at these auditions... are any of these guys any good... if so who, and how would anyone know... and how do I let people know that I am good... I wonder if they are thinking the same things about me, or are they just thinking about lunch or some hot chick they saw on their way in here today...
So I have begun work on some goals... which I will post later tonight. I have plans that are in the works - I have begun by working on the office andd streamlining it... and then I am going to put together some packages, for managers that I want, for casting directors working on shows that I want to be on and even some of the theatrical agents that I want to get with.
I have to run out to Hollywood now, a mic that we have to go and get for Bree to do voice overs from home before they close... but I will be back with some more words later this evening, and my thoughts on class from last night...
Till then -
J
