Beginnings....

Geez, I've been so back and forth as to whether or not I should write a blog with details of my creative happenings - thinking "who the heck cares??" But something keeps pulling at me and I feel I have to listen to that. Like one of my favorite quotes says:

Gaze into the fire, into the clouds and as soon as the inner voices start to speak.....surrender to them. Do not ask first whether its permitted or would please your teachers or father or some god. You will ruin yourself if you do that......

And maybe by reading this, it will help another actor navigate the world of film/TV/theater a little better? That is my hope.....

Things have been going well so far this year. I see growth and feel its time to get out there and take some more risks, both creatively and on the biz end of things. I'm auditioning more, meeting more people and went out for pilot season more this year than I have before. I signed with one of the best commercial agents in town in February!

I'm in the midst of shooting a film with my hubby - he wrote and is directing and I'm well, everything else.......AD, cheerleader, co-producer, prop master, I've helped with lighting, dealing with talent and on and on. It's hard work, but we are really loving every minute of it and the footage looks amazing. And we've got a nice group of people we are working with.

I met the casting director of Ugly Betty for the first time yesterday! I decided a couple of weeks ago I wanted to do this, so I started renting the DVD's and watching and its really funny. I've been missing out. And now the rumor is the show might get cancelled. Oy.

Anyway, I was called in to audition in the morning - and then asked to come back that afternoon to meet the director. When I came back - they had girls of every type there for this role: black, blonde, Russian, Indian. We could have been a Bennetton ad. So who knows? But it was great to get into that door! Very grateful for that. And they were all super nice.

ok - I'm off to go buy a book filled with "action" words for my monologue work I'm doing with my friend and terrific actress O, then to volunteer at a local theater. And bringing my lines with me to learn for tomorrow's audition class....FUN!