I spent a couple hours today dropping off new headshots at various casting offices. Most of the time, you just walk in and find the "Drop Box", a mail bin of some kind, and drop the shot in there. In one office, I actually met the CD herself and had a nice introduction chat. She was great. I love meeting people who treat this as a business community of peers rather than somehow giving off airs that actors are so much cattle.
I also stopped in for a visit with a friend who now works at CBS. I hadn't really been to this particular lot before, and it ended up being a little production getting in to see her. On the way in, I passed the holding area for the Price is Right audience where they were all standing with their crazy t-shirts and those big name tags. My friend's got a big area to herself in a nice office suite. She used to be a casting assistant for an independent CD, but now that she's at CBS, she's got a job all the time. The independent CD's go from job to job like actors. No work=no pay. It seems like a step up, and she's happy. Congrats to her!
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