That has been my thought most mornings - really since I moved to LA. Today I'm waiting on a few things though. I could find out more about the audition yesterday. I could find out if I have a callback for an AFI film I auditioned for over the weekend. I could get another audition that is unrelated to those auditions. Geez. I'm such an optimist.
Went to class last night and got to put up our scene. I am in Ivana Chubbuck's masters class on Tuesday nights and it has been such a great experience being a part of her studio. I'm not going to sit here an wax poetic but suffice to say - I feel like I learn and grow each week, I love the friends that I have made and I just get excited to be there, every time. It is another reason I feel lucky to do what I do. My scene partner, Brian, and I are doing a scene from The Proposal - the Sandra Bullock movie from earlier this year. It is a lot of fun. Ivana gave us some tweaks and twists to work on and we'll bring it back for a second time.
Tonight I am going to a casting workshop and meeting with the casting associate from CSI:NY, Lindsay Jameyson. I used to do casting workshops all the time in NY but they never really worked out for me. I've decided to pick up the habit again out here though because it is just so hard to get seen. Even though I am well represented - I have a great manager and agent - it is still hard to get into a room. Especially because I am in that lovely stage of 20s, brunette, girl next door. Um. There are thousands of us out here. And when I started to think about the opportunities I've had since moving here, a lot of them have been because I had met the casting director before...
...So, the crapshoot begins again. Last week I met with Sherie Hernandez - who casts on Melrose Place, Rita Rocks, 10 Things I Hate About You (to name a few) - and Kendra Castleberry - who casts for Castle and Ghost Whisperer. I think Kendra put it best when she said, "Listen. It's not fair. When I put out a breakdown, I have a thousand submissions within the hour. Generally I'll receive 15 to 1700 submissions for any given role. I'll call in 20. I'll cast 1. This business is. Not. Fair." Amen, sister. That is why I'm hoping that these workshops could pay off in the end. I know that most CDs do them for the money but I gotta believe that if they see someone who impresses them, they'll remember them. And when my headshot is in the sea of thousands, it might bring a twinge of rememberance. A twinge that says, "Yeah, let's see her."
Here's to hopin'.
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