I've had a commercial acting agent for 15 or more years. She retired and closed up her company. I've been working on my resume and cover letter for days. I started off slowly, grumbling under my breath about how lame my life has become. To this is pretty fun. I can't wait to do more auditions.
I went through all the pay stubs from all the commercial acting I've ever done.
It's pretty nifty. Lots of things I actually forgot about.
I did a thing for BMW where I'm a mime, the car goes by and I say "WOW" That was neat.
I did a thing for Safeway stores where I talk about all the St Patrick's Day recipes we have. The fun of that job. We shot it at a huge Safeway in the middle of the night. People came up to me asking where items were.
I did a thing for Harvard teaching people to not harass co-workers. I don't think it worked.
My first commercial was for The Smart Yellow Pages. That played for 3 years. I had a stack of residual payments. It didn't seem like a big deal at the time. I would get checks for $300 some every other month. But that's a bunch in the end.
I just sent off the last letter to the agencies in San Francisco.
I did what I never do. I asked for help. My son's girlfriend works in an agency in NYC. I asked her to look at the letter for me and my resume.
She gave me small tips and said it would get past the receptionist in her agency. That's good to know.
Lesson: Got an expert in your life. Ask for help.
I've preemptively begun working on my audition monologue.
It's from the play Harvey. It's fun and whimsical.
I'll do that and a magic trick. That always gets me in the door.
As I grumbled through this process I am realizing I'm excited about auditioning again. About giving this a try.
Auditions are terrible. And not for the reason you think. What's awful is you think and think about it as you walk to your car. Then you go to bed and say "I should have..." "Why didn't I..." And for days after till it slowly disappears.
They are always very nice in auditions, they really want you to do well. It's not like they show on tv.
Wish me luck.
I went through all the pay stubs from all the commercial acting I've ever done.
It's pretty nifty. Lots of things I actually forgot about.
I did a thing for BMW where I'm a mime, the car goes by and I say "WOW" That was neat.
I did a thing for Safeway stores where I talk about all the St Patrick's Day recipes we have. The fun of that job. We shot it at a huge Safeway in the middle of the night. People came up to me asking where items were.
I did a thing for Harvard teaching people to not harass co-workers. I don't think it worked.
My first commercial was for The Smart Yellow Pages. That played for 3 years. I had a stack of residual payments. It didn't seem like a big deal at the time. I would get checks for $300 some every other month. But that's a bunch in the end.
I just sent off the last letter to the agencies in San Francisco.
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| I was at the All Star Game. They hired Union Actors because we appeared on TV. |
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| From a Commercial For Nissan |
She gave me small tips and said it would get past the receptionist in her agency. That's good to know.
Lesson: Got an expert in your life. Ask for help.
I've preemptively begun working on my audition monologue.
It's from the play Harvey. It's fun and whimsical.
I'll do that and a magic trick. That always gets me in the door.
As I grumbled through this process I am realizing I'm excited about auditioning again. About giving this a try.
Auditions are terrible. And not for the reason you think. What's awful is you think and think about it as you walk to your car. Then you go to bed and say "I should have..." "Why didn't I..." And for days after till it slowly disappears.
They are always very nice in auditions, they really want you to do well. It's not like they show on tv.
Wish me luck.
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