First Audition!

Just got back from my first audition. Let me qualify that. This is the first audition that really means anything. It also happens to be the first from my new agency Brady, Brannon and Rich (aka BBR). They used to be Talent Group Inc. who, I was pleasantly surprised to find, helped my first coach from Portland, OR, Karen LaVoie get her first commercial job. It was for Taco Bell. A lot of firsts today. Let's hope that a first job for me gets added to that list.

Anyway, on to the gory details. So this audition was for a Ford commercial that will shoot and air in China. It's funny how the casting call felt like asian day. Even more intriguing was how many of these guys knew each other. One of them mentioned just getting a part in Transformers 2. I guess I'm in the right crowd. The key is to be noticed in the crowd.

One actor caught my eye. He wasn't good looking and by the way he carried himself he didn't seem too confident of himself either. Actually he dropped biggest hint when he walked in the room, looked around and said,"I don't have much of a chance. I shouldn't waste my time. I wanted to tell him that he had a unique asian look that sets himself apart from everyone else. The rest of us were the general good looking asian guy. If only he brought some confidence with him, he could make that look work for him. Perhaps you could say that I passed up an opportunity to do something positive for someone else. Lesson learned.

So say a prayer for me that it is in the Lord's good graces to give me this job. I definitely could use the money!