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In the Waiting Room
Another productive and exciting week! Since I had the script for the audition, I highlighted my lines, I made cue cards, I practiced emotions and the non-verbal stuff…I was as prepared as I could be, until I stepped into the waiting room. I had arrived at the same time as a guy, Chris, who was auditioning for another film, but had auditioned for the same one as me a few days ago. He informed me that they were now at the 6th draft of the script, while I had pretty much memorized the 4th. I had been warned that things like this happen, but I would have been extremely thrown…
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Back on Track
I know I’ve been absent for a while, and I wish it was because I have been so overwhelmed with all of my acting that I haven’t had the time, but I actually haven’t really done much to further my acting career. I never got to go to the Tom Todoroff acting intensive, because a few days before it started, I had this freak accident where I passed out and hit the front and back of my head. I couldn’t drive for 2 months while they ran tests, and I used this as an excuse not to take classes or promote myself. Not one of my finest decisions, but I…
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I am my own worst critic
So all the finals are done now, so I have nothing to worry about but work and acting. I am so excited to be starting this, but first, I thought I would share a little piece of wisdom that came to me recently. I have been under the impression that acting was a dream others would think was crazy, that people would judge me on it and think I was silly to believe I could make it. This led to my not telling so many people about it, but I did tell my family. Still, I was pretty sure they were just waiting for me to settle on a more…
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SOS
Three of my five finals are done, which means I only have one week left of studying before I am free! In the meantime, my scene partner and I have decided which scene we will be performing at the Tom Todoroff weekend intensive. It is called The Sorrows of Stephen (which I will be referring to as SOS from now on), and our scene is pretty much my character, Liz, breaking up with Stephen on the night he is trying to propose. I am going to try and memorize my lines while studying the second world war and Russian history. I clearly have my work cut out for me this…
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The First Day of the Rest of My Life
Today is my 22nd birthday, so my life has kind of already started, but today is the beginning of one of the most terrifying and hopefully rewarding endeavors I have ever attempted. People will tell you to find a dream, believe you can achieve it and make it happen, so I am going to do my best to become a working actress, which I have wanted to do since I was maybe 2 years old. This blog will update my progress, or my downfalls. Ideally, it will be a blog that the aspiring actress can read, to see how a nobody from a small french town near Montreal becomes a…