The other day I was talking to one of my friends about how even though getting a commercial agent and doing commercials first is the route most actors go, it's not really the route I'm taking. And I don't even know if I should be taking that route even if I got the opportunity because really I don't want my face on any product I don't actually want to endorse, which means I could be available for probably like ten products.
Obviously I'm being a little extreme, but I was even thinking about this in terms of submitting for extras work on commercials, like how recently I submitted for a Coke commercial but later on I'm like, Wait, I really don't think anyone should be drinking Coke. I'm not going to judge someone for drinking Coke, but I don't want to promote it or make money from it. I mean I do want to make money from it, but I recently listened to this Timothy Keller sermon about seeking righteousness instead of seeking happiness. And in it he talked about how most people pursue righteousness to the extent that it makes them happy. Like, "Honesty is a good idea, except if I need to say this one thing to get this one agent to be interested in me," or, "Purity is a good idea, except if I really like this one guy and I want him to stay with me." Those things are us seeking happiness, and in doing so, we actually never get happy. But if we pursue righteousness (i.e. serving God and obeying him above all else), he will lead us to an abundant life, more than we could ever dream.
John 10:10 says, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."
(The Thief is our enemy by the way - Satan. You can learn more about him if you read the Bible. Or The Screwtape Letters.)
But anyways, so what's funny is like two days after I had this commercial conversation with my friend, I was babysitting this little five year old, and we had this conversation:
Her: What do you do for your job?
Me: Well, one of my jobs is to babysit you. (She laughs.) And also I want to be an actress, so that is going to be my job. Your mommy and daddy do acting.
Her: What have they acted in?
Me: Well, they've been in some commercials.
Her: My daddy hates commercials, so why would he act in commercials?
From the mouth of babes.......
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
The New Nurse
I got called by a student producer at USC yesterday to see if I could very-last-minute play a part in her short film today because she lost one of her actresses (?) and I guess she remembered my audition for another one of her films back in October and thought I could do the part well.
So of course I did it, and the part I was going to play was the nurse. I was really excited about playing the nurse because I'd never played a nurse in a movie before, and when I got there they had brand new scrubs for me that looked really cute actually. But what's funny is that after I was done changing into them in the bathroom on the first level, I headed back to the elevator to go back to the third level where they were shooting, and it just so happened one of the principal actors I'd never met before had just walked into the building.
So we walked into the elevator together, and he was cute and looking all actor-y holding his wardrobe, and he's like, "It's the third floor right?" I'm like, "Yeah." Then he notices my scrubs and is like, "Are you the new nurse?"
AHHHHHHHH ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I just had to share this story because in that moment, in the elevator of that hospital, standing next to this guy with my scrubs, I really felt like I really was "the new nurse" like in an actual way, and that this cute doctor guy (he wasn't even playing a doctor, he was playing a visitor to a patient, but anyways) this cute doctor guy was asking me if I was the new nurse, and I had this vision that we were going to start talking and like really hit it off or something.
THIS IS BECAUSE I'M WATCHING TOO MUCH MINDY PROJECT. I watched a bunch of episodes on hulu and decided I liked it enough to start getting the Season 1 discs on Netflix. But yeah, she's a doctor and always has an inner monologue going on about the men around her, and she's always having cute encounters in the elevator, so yeah. That was my acting experience today that felt somewhat real for a moment, (or at least like I was on The Mindy Project.)
So of course I did it, and the part I was going to play was the nurse. I was really excited about playing the nurse because I'd never played a nurse in a movie before, and when I got there they had brand new scrubs for me that looked really cute actually. But what's funny is that after I was done changing into them in the bathroom on the first level, I headed back to the elevator to go back to the third level where they were shooting, and it just so happened one of the principal actors I'd never met before had just walked into the building.
So we walked into the elevator together, and he was cute and looking all actor-y holding his wardrobe, and he's like, "It's the third floor right?" I'm like, "Yeah." Then he notices my scrubs and is like, "Are you the new nurse?"
AHHHHHHHH ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I just had to share this story because in that moment, in the elevator of that hospital, standing next to this guy with my scrubs, I really felt like I really was "the new nurse" like in an actual way, and that this cute doctor guy (he wasn't even playing a doctor, he was playing a visitor to a patient, but anyways) this cute doctor guy was asking me if I was the new nurse, and I had this vision that we were going to start talking and like really hit it off or something.
THIS IS BECAUSE I'M WATCHING TOO MUCH MINDY PROJECT. I watched a bunch of episodes on hulu and decided I liked it enough to start getting the Season 1 discs on Netflix. But yeah, she's a doctor and always has an inner monologue going on about the men around her, and she's always having cute encounters in the elevator, so yeah. That was my acting experience today that felt somewhat real for a moment, (or at least like I was on The Mindy Project.)
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