Just got home from a wardrobe fitting for the show I'll be working on the next two weeks.
I gotta say -- next to the hair and makeup department (which is literally a show in itself on ANY production), the wardrobe department is a special breed.
In the past I've had a wardrobe head tell me to never wear the color gray unless I want to look like I'm dying (fantastic news! considering it's one of my favorite colors). Yesterday I saw that one of the designers I worked with on a show is now on this season of "Project Runway." And today, the woman who was doing my fitting had her fat poodle there, and was fixated on when Mocha Kiss would show up. (FYI: on most sets, directors or a cast member will order a coffee truck/ice cream truck to come as a treat for the crew on certain days...in this case, it was Mocha Kiss, and until this woman got her free frappuccino she just couldn't think of anything else).
Point is, people in the wardrobe department are characters. Colorful, outspoken, uncensored characters.
It's a funny world in this entertainment industry bubble.
As for next week, I have two pilot auditions Monday, then shoot this show Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and the following week. That's what's so crazy. As a working actress, even when you have a job, you are still working on what your next job will be.
I'm telling you, if you take anything away from this blog, it's that if this is what you want to do (what you really really really want to do), you've got to embrace the hustle. It's a prerequisite for the job.
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It's a good thing you blog. Someday you can write a memoir that can be full of not only all of the interesting stuff you did, but all of the colorful people you met along the way. It's all about the journey. I hope you're taking pictures of some of these people. I bet the crew who never get noticed would LOVE to have their picture snapped. They never get any glory.
ReplyDelete*Make notes on the back of every picture. You think you will remember, but you won't. I look at pictures from twenty years ago and scratch my head and think, "I am sure her name starts with S, no B, no it has to be L. Definitely L." A mind is a terrible thing to lose. Write down everything! And then write down where you put it.
Feel free to drop by my blog anytime. I've got zero acting tips for you. Life tips I have in spades. Either way, I love reading your stuff. I find that somehow it all applies no matter what you're doing. Just keep posting:-)
Whenever I don't have to wear my own clothes for a shoot, I think, "I've made it!"
ReplyDeleteWhat studio are you shooting at? I was at NBC doing background today and thought of you. :)
I'm a barista for Mocha Kiss, wonder if we've met...
ReplyDeleteGreat blog, thanks for writing!
-Brant
Brantdavidwilliams@yahoo.com