I came very very close to calling it quits on the 14-Day Screenplay Challenge today. Instead, I decided to stick it out, prep for Salvation, Texas callbacks, update the Cricket Feet Casting website a wee…
Happy 12 of 12!
This month’s 12 of 12 was much more exciting than last month’s 12 of 12 for me. (Visit Chad for all of this month’s participants. He was shooting for 75.) PARDON THE NAME-DROPPING LINKAGE AND…
Am I too Old to Start an Acting Career?
I am 24 years old and I want to become an actor but I am intimidated by great actors in their 30s that are at the top of their careers (Reese Witherspoon, Angelina Jolie). They…
Auditions: The Room vs. Camera
Prereads are always fascinating for me. I’ll see 120 actors in one day; some of them fantastic, some just fine, some not great at all. But what’s amazing to me is how some actors get…
Q-Minus Five Days
Quinn will be here in five days. I am so seriously giddy. One of our big events this year is Legoland (again). Why return, three years after our first Legoland excursion? Ah… well… There are…
Casting My Ass Off
Well, lookee here! They’ve added my name to the poster for Salvation, Texas. *giggle* So cool! Click to enlarge. We’re in prereads all day tomorrow, which should be loads of fun. I can tell the…
Fiction vs. Non
Observation: Writing a screenplay is HARD. Day three of the 14-Day Screenplay… I’m at the top of an empty page nine. I can write non-fiction all day long. I churn out two columns a week,…
The Image Issue
I’m a frequent reader of your column and I have a question I haven’t seen asked yet. I’ll be moving out to LA in the next year or so. I’ve read a few times now…
Five Stages of Actor Grief
At a dinner party with several actors last week, I tossed out an idea I’d been toying with for my column: The Five Stages of Grief for Actors. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross developed the Five Stages of…