Victory Is Where You Find It
Being an actor is an odd thing. For most people in my life, they want to know "when can I see you on TV/movies/commercials" and the end result is what matters. It's tough to explain all of the little victories you score along the way to having your own series or 3 picture deal with a studio.
For example, last week I got called in for a co-star role on a sitcom pilot. The roles on a sitcom pretty much break down to: series lead, series regular, guest star, co star, extra. There are exceptions of course but that's the pretty general break down. Guest stars are usually more experienced actors or "names" for stunt casting. People like me get called in for co star parts. A few lines here and there, a joke or a setup to a joke for one of the leads. Stuff like that.
I was reading for three different roles, one or two lines each and I was really happy and excited to do so. I originally thought I was going in for a pre-read (you read with just the casting director and the decision is then made to have you read for producers or thank you and send you on your way) but it ended up being a producer's session. Victory #1...I got called in straight to producers so that meant the casting director trusted me to do a good job. Then I went in and did my reads and got a laugh from the table full of people on each one. Victory #2.
As I had mentioned in a previous post about auditioning...you can't worry about getting that gig. You can only go in and kick ass in the audition...the rest is out of your hands. You might be taller than the lead or there are too many brunettes or they want to diversify the cast and go with more ethnic characters...whatever. You can't control any of that. You can only go in and do a good job and not worry about the rest. If you do a good job in the audition you get called back for other parts, regardless of whether you booked that gig or not. THAT'S the desired result.
I didn't book any of the parts due to a few of the above mentioned reasons but that didn't really matter to me. The casting director might be bringing me in again this week for a different part (Victory #3) so the people at the show and office like me.
So those, my friends, are some of the little victories and accomplishments you make along the way to stardom. As someone keeps telling me, it's the journey not the destination so I try to take my wins where I can find them. This past week was a huge win.
posted by John K @ 12:48 PM
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