...they love my reel
...they're trying to get me more money
...they're making sure I don't have any scheduling conflicts
Wh-wh-wh-whaaaat?
Why do I find it so hard to believe that this could actually work out? That I could get a role without actually auditioning? That I could be at a point in my career where I'm getting straight offers (albeit for an indie, but STILL!).
I'll tell you why -- because it was not so long ago that I was talking to a director who I had met on multiple occasions, who never seemed to remember me. I finally said to him one day, "We've met so many times. Why do you never remember me?" He looked me dead in the eye and said, "Well...be memorable."
It was not so long ago that I was in an audition while two asshole producers literally laughed and texted EACH OTHER during my tearful scene.
It was also not so long ago that a director told me he would give me the part in his shitty non union ultra low budget film if I brought him a chocolate chip cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. And with only $40.87 in my checking account, I did. And didn't get the part.
The shit we do and endure at the beginning of our careers. It's as painful as it is comical.
Oh, and if that lame director is reading this and feeling a pang of remorse, there are a couple things he should note:
a- I'll never do one of your films.
b- I like my cheesecake with strawberries (you can deliver it to my agency). Dick.
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this is my favorite post so far!!! LOL! i love those 'what i did out of desperation in the beginning of my career' stories. keep 'em coming!! and i love that calling that director a dick still sounds classy coming from you, haha. and p.s. after what you have had to go through to be where you are you should not be surprised by being offered a role. congrats!
ReplyDeleteI think I hear James Brown playing in the background. "I feel good...."
ReplyDeleteOH YEAH!
ReplyDeleteI was ondering why there was cheesecake in the photo. Then scrolling through your post, building more and more angry at every injustice, I come to conclusion and i yell, OH HELLS YES! GET EM!!!
BURRRRN!
In retrospect, a director ASKING for cakes, is probably a skeezy, unprofessional, no-good director anyway.
I had a manager that always asked for back rubs. I had to tell him NO on a daily basis. and guess who got the promotion? me :) (creepy old men...)
I'm so happy for you! your blog always cheers me up.
-amber
This post? Effing rocked. Not just because you're getting what you deserve (straight offers! YAY!) but also because you note that everyone has it crappy in the beginning and you give all of us who are going through that crap right now hope.
ReplyDeleteI really want to give you a high five. :)
this blog is awesome.
ReplyDeleteLOVE this post (& every post)! LMAO: "I like my cheesecake with strawberries (you can deliver it to my agency). Dick."
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