The Cake Is A Lie
There is a saying. I've probably said this saying before but I am going to say this saying again. If you want to increase your auditions or book an acting job, buy a plane ticket.
Addendum: Or accept a full time writing gig.
2 weeks into my new gig at AOTS, and suddenly I have an audition for Cold Case. For a guest starring role. Meaty, Chunky - the same kind of character I played in the "Winters" pilot - distraught wife. Typecast away, I can cry on cue, bitches! w00t! So I have to cut out early to head over to Burbank this afternoon. As far as I can tell from the television on my desk, Burbank is out of the way of the fires. I'm no fan of the valley, but I didn't want it to BURN.
Oh, and I also have a callback for a Lexus commercial. I know I usually tell the funnEh funnEh stories about my commercial auditions, but nothing funny happened at this one. No! Seriously! It was on Saturday - so not inconvenient in terms of scheduling. I got there with no problem and time to spare. Parking was plentiful. I went in right at my appointed time, and there was even a nice doggie named Gus there. Gus brought me a ball over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over while I sat in the waiting room. The improv wasn't that ridiculous, and I was out in a matter of moments. I then went to Trader Joe's, which was my next errand - located ACROSS THE STREET. And they had Garlic Naan! t3h r0Xorz!
I totally knew I was going to get a callback for that commercial. I'm not wearing the same thing I wore to the first audition, and I don't have time to go home, so they are going to have to like my new top or go to HELL. I also got a haircut in-between Saturday and today. BOOSH!
By the way, I like it here so far. The other writers are smart and funny and remarkably laid back when it comes to showing me the ropes. I say remarkably because, well, it *is* a live show. It happens at 4pm every day whether we like it or not. They could be total douchebags. I'm not just being nice because this is a public blog. (Plus, I think we've firmly established that I can be *kind of a bitch* at times.) However, the other writers do have this one strange thing that they do.... they actually LAUGH when someone says something funny. I was completely startled during the first pitch meeting.
I need to start a tally of how many times I see Ryan Seacrest. I bumped into him the other day as I was coming out of the break room. Maybe we can have a contest, like guess how many jelly beans in the jar! Guess how many times I will see Ryan Seacrest before the end of the year. Ryan Seacrest - you can put him in your pocket! Gotta Catch them all!
Today I was coming out of the break room, and they were filming something, so I had to go the other way. I looked at what they were filming before I doubled back -- and realized it was part of a script I wrote last week. I gotta say - that's pretty cool. It's part of what makes this place so great and also kind of stressful. You'll say, "You know what would be awesome?" and someone else will say, "Yeah! You're right! go write it and get it back to us in an hour!!" and then BOOM it's on the show. We build this show from scratch every day - there isn't a moment to spare.
Speaking of no moments to spare. I've finished my salad. Time to punch up a Portal script and head on out into the haze.
Addendum: Or accept a full time writing gig.
2 weeks into my new gig at AOTS, and suddenly I have an audition for Cold Case. For a guest starring role. Meaty, Chunky - the same kind of character I played in the "Winters" pilot - distraught wife. Typecast away, I can cry on cue, bitches! w00t! So I have to cut out early to head over to Burbank this afternoon. As far as I can tell from the television on my desk, Burbank is out of the way of the fires. I'm no fan of the valley, but I didn't want it to BURN.
Oh, and I also have a callback for a Lexus commercial. I know I usually tell the funnEh funnEh stories about my commercial auditions, but nothing funny happened at this one. No! Seriously! It was on Saturday - so not inconvenient in terms of scheduling. I got there with no problem and time to spare. Parking was plentiful. I went in right at my appointed time, and there was even a nice doggie named Gus there. Gus brought me a ball over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over while I sat in the waiting room. The improv wasn't that ridiculous, and I was out in a matter of moments. I then went to Trader Joe's, which was my next errand - located ACROSS THE STREET. And they had Garlic Naan! t3h r0Xorz!
I totally knew I was going to get a callback for that commercial. I'm not wearing the same thing I wore to the first audition, and I don't have time to go home, so they are going to have to like my new top or go to HELL. I also got a haircut in-between Saturday and today. BOOSH!
By the way, I like it here so far. The other writers are smart and funny and remarkably laid back when it comes to showing me the ropes. I say remarkably because, well, it *is* a live show. It happens at 4pm every day whether we like it or not. They could be total douchebags. I'm not just being nice because this is a public blog. (Plus, I think we've firmly established that I can be *kind of a bitch* at times.) However, the other writers do have this one strange thing that they do.... they actually LAUGH when someone says something funny. I was completely startled during the first pitch meeting.
I need to start a tally of how many times I see Ryan Seacrest. I bumped into him the other day as I was coming out of the break room. Maybe we can have a contest, like guess how many jelly beans in the jar! Guess how many times I will see Ryan Seacrest before the end of the year. Ryan Seacrest - you can put him in your pocket! Gotta Catch them all!
Today I was coming out of the break room, and they were filming something, so I had to go the other way. I looked at what they were filming before I doubled back -- and realized it was part of a script I wrote last week. I gotta say - that's pretty cool. It's part of what makes this place so great and also kind of stressful. You'll say, "You know what would be awesome?" and someone else will say, "Yeah! You're right! go write it and get it back to us in an hour!!" and then BOOM it's on the show. We build this show from scratch every day - there isn't a moment to spare.
Speaking of no moments to spare. I've finished my salad. Time to punch up a Portal script and head on out into the haze.
posted by Oh. It's Kristen Again. *sigh* at 12:19 PM
2 Comments:
How the heck did I miss the pilot of Cold Case? I'll have to find that when I get home. Also, mmm Garlic Naan.
Glad the writing gig is going well.
I assume each time you see him counts as half a point, right?
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