So, I got my feet wet.

I had my first audition yesterday. Thanks to an angel of a talent manager who is “hip pocket representing” me (which basically means I’m on trial, so I better be good. No pressure there. AT ALL.), I hauled my cookies to Hollywood to audition for two roles in a NBC/Universal web series. And you know? I actually survived. : )

I learned a lot. Like the fact that casting directors or readers will not always give the emotions to help you play off of them. So the acting truly is all on you. Or that if you want to avoid the awkward sitting in a room with all the people you’re auditioning against, get there early and be the first to sign in. Or if you’re auditioning for multiple roles, have your stuff together because there will be *no* time to mentally transition to the next character before you begin reading for it.

Overall, I didn’t do my best. But I didn’t do my worst, either. And the really good news? I don’t think my hives were noticeable on camera. Haaayyyy!

The best part was…when I walking into the audition, a car drove by and sprayed water all. over. me. I was feet-wet completely water logged from the shins down. So when I walked into the office, my shoes were making that embarrassing sloshing-spongey noise and my jeans were dragging water all over the floor. But I had to laugh. Because it was my first audition. And there I was. Getting my feet wet.

Somewhere in the universe there’s a chorus of dads laughing at that joke.

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5 Responses to “So, I got my feet wet.”

  1. On January 27th, 2010 at 2:47 pm, Audrey said:

    So proud!! :)
    this is funny, PS….

  2. On January 28th, 2010 at 9:30 am, Hitoshi said:

    awesome. proud of you.

  3. On February 1st, 2010 at 11:11 pm, Mark said:

    All this is just good stuff for a made-for-TV Lifetime movie about you (you know, later when you’re even more famous). So…results of the auditions??

  4. On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:59 pm, Gina said:

    I LOVE it.

  5. On February 19th, 2010 at 9:58 pm, matthew Costner said:

    that is funny. alyson and i are proud of you! good luck with everything.

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