I need your advice regarding my 13-year-old daughter who is intent on becoming an award-winning actress. I would like to give her the opportunity to pursue her dream, at the same time; I understand that…
Actor Mind Taffy
The other day, I was sitting on the floor, surrounded by stacks and stacks of headshots, attempting to match up actors for prereads on the film I’m currently casting. I recall interviewing casting directors and…
Screen Door
Today we got a screen door. I’m so happy. It’s like a small town around here. Still need a welcome mat though. Where’s my local Pier 1? Vibes to Keith, who remains in Sacramento dealing…
Happy Birthday, TicTac!
On this day, fifteen years ago, I showed up at Rick Case Mazda with $5000 and my fingers crossed. I’d been saving for over a year while bartending and attending my first year of college….
Bye-Bye SixHundy
Bummer. The vibrate/silent ring mode on the SixHundy died last week and, after dealing with some CSRs at Cingular (on the phone and in the store) as well as someone from Palm One in some…
Average Number of Auditions?
If there is such a thing, what exactly is the average number of auditions an agent should be sending talent on per month? You already set me up for the answer you know is coming…
Headshots I Keep
In my year and a half as a casting director, I’ve received tens of thousands of headshots. This doesn’t include the postcards, electronic submissions, and photo business cards I’ve also received. I’m talking tens of…
“Each Box Is a Surprise.”
Ah, the wisdom of the Keith. He mentions how smoothly some of the boxes-into-the-right rooms thing is going as he brings over another load (the final load) of “stuff” we had stored during this move…
Dial-Up Bites
I’m so spoiled. Three years ago, Keith tried to convince me to get DSL. I told him I did NOT need DSL, couldn’t imagine why I would be so greedy as to think I had…