Batting 1000

On Tuesday, I was informed that I had a callback for the commercial I mentioned. That was great news. Unfortunately, I also had some rather problematic news in other areas of my life that were weighing a bit on my mind. But the callback news was great. The location was in Santa Monica, which is an area I do not often venture to on weekdays, so I did a few drop-offs beforehand. I guess I had expected some first LA commercial callback jitters, but they didn't show up. I'll admit to feeling a little self-conscious, but strangely proud, that I didn't have anything to put on the size card next to "Agent". The scene had changed a little for the callback. Instead of taking place in an elevator, the scene was a company meeting - no dialogue, only circumstances. Things change all the time, and you gotta be ready to do it. Thank you, JaCKPie. The director directed me through it, and guys from the production company were there. At one point, I got laughs in the room, which is a good sign, and as I was leaving, the director said, "King of deadpan." Nice. I love Leslie Nielsen. I hustled over to CTG, the managers, and got the call booking me on the job later that afternoon.
To add to the joy, the CD has offered to help me get some meetings with commercial agents. First commercial audition in town leads to first comm. callback, which leads to first comm. job in town, etc. Given some of the lows I experienced over the weekend and that very day, that was a HUGE pick-me-up.

So, today, I spent two hours at a special effects shop getting my ears "Lifecast" for prosthetics that I wear in the spot. That was cool, but I'm still dealing with spirit gum in my hair these many hours later. Still, my ears are immortalized! Maybe they'll hang the molds on their wall next to Robin Williams' face and all the other faces they have up there.

Tonight, my good buddy Jim who put the JaK in JaCKPie, helped me put the HTML in a very basic web page that will help me IMMENSELY in my marketing efforts. Marketing is a huge topic at TAN, and marketing was one of the main topics of discussion in my first acting class last night with Lesly Kahn, who is a wonderfully insightful and direct coach. We meet for 6 hours, count 'em up, once a week in class, and then rehearse for 3 hours every day outside class with our mates (not our spouses). My world is busy, busy, but I feel more every day that we're on the right path. Glenn Morshower, fantastic character actor and another insightful person, said something like this a couple of weeks ago, "Life has a way of proving you right." What do you want to be right about?