My bad

I've been a little remiss about blogging on a regular basis, but in my defense I've had a few things to keep me preoccupied. Since my last post I did voice-over work for an independent feature film and attended its premiere. I also had an audition for a student film, an indie film, the TV show The Mentalist, a Virgin Mobile commercial, and a role on an untitled comedy pilot. Oh, and I attended an acting class.

Back in my post of June 30 I mentioned how things were slow. Well, the pendulum has swung back the other way. Lets see how long it takes to trek back to the slow side. Life is such a gamble I don't know why some people feel the need to go to a casino.

Every time you audition you roll the dice. The trick is, however, not to worry about the outcome. You will end up driving yourself to the Funny Farm if you do. You can't guess what the auditors want because they usually don't know what they want until someone comes in and shows it to them. Hopefully you'll be that person, but then you may not. There are more reasons, or excuses, not to hire you than there are to hire you. Most of them have absolutely nothing to do with you. So all you can do is show up to the audition (you'd be surprised how many don't), execute your game plan, say thank you, walk out, and then forget about it. Forget about it? OK, OK, I know, it's easier said than done.

My audition for The Mentalist was one of the quickest I've ever had. I was brought straight to producers. I did my thing, the auditors chuckled, and I left. I executed my game plan and I left them laughing. I felt good about the audition and that's all anyone can hope for. I also did not get the part and I'll never know why. All I know is I got to perform for the producers of a top rated TV show and walk around the Warner Bros. lot. I'm happy.