Hello miss, how can I help you?

My boss gave me so many hours that I haven't had any time to think about acting! This is not good at all. Oh, retail!

Make a choice

I woke up at 4 am this morning (after going to bed at 1:00am. And by bed I mean laying in it and not sleeping), got ready at a snails pace and left my house at 5:10 for the city. It was a really enjoyable road because the expressway was empty (I got to the city in 25 minutes) and I was listening to my new Michael Buble cd.

I got to Actorfest around 6:30 and had to stand outside for 2.5 hours. Let me just tell you, I was freezing. The good part about the wait was that I wasn't alone because my friend VK came as well. We were allowed into the event after filling out a form and being given a side (it was 30 seconds long of some girl lying her way out of detention). Lots of booths were set up in Hammerstein Ballroom. They were headshot photographers, SAG representatives, people from different acting studios, etc. It was interesting to see all these people who have a common dream gathering in one place. However, it also made me really understand the fact that there are SO many other people trying for the same thing as you. Somewhere around 200 people showed up for the Nickelodean casting call and they were all going out for the same roles as me.

The audition was very non-traditional. We had to stand in a line all the way up until we walked into the room with the Casting Director, there were 3 different rooms of CD's, it was not filmed, and there wasn't a reader-the CD read the other lines.

Now, I did all my work on the line. I figured out my objective and my moment before and I made 2 clear vocal and physical choices. But I will be completely honest with you guys because there's no need to lie: I did not do well. For some reason--and I am definitely going to invest in an audition techniques class--everything went out the window. If I could have done anything more to help me I would have warmed up more and really grounded myself. On the line for the audition there was this very loud boom and considering I was in Manhattan it was scary. Everyone jumped and started looking around but after a minute I figured if something really happened than we would have known by then. So that pretty much put me completely on edge and I had trouble getting back into it. I think as an actor it's important that you don't put the blame on anyone or anything else. If you messed up, figure out why. Were you not prepared enough? Were you not grounded? Were you not confident? Find out why you didn't do as well as you hoped and decide what you can do to fix it.

Needless to say, I did not get a callback but they still have my headshot for further castings. What's next? I need to invest in better head shots and submit for more auditions, I suppose.