#actor probs

[janedujour]

What is one episode of The Handmaid’s Tale that most encapsulates the tone of the show? Never seen it and have almost no notice for an unexpected job thing, I only have time to watch maybe one episode to get the idea of how the show feels. Thank you!!

[janedujour]

Having a microphone pointed at you on a red carpet feels like someone is putting a gun to your head and screaming, “TALK, BITCH!” 

[janedujour]

Strut of Shame

Film and television studios are usually situated outside the downtown core, in the middle of nowhere, partly because if somebody’s shooting exteriors they don’t want any tall buildings in the background interfering with the setting of the project. When you’re a broke actor with no driver’s license, like me, you’ve got to do that walk of shame through No Man’s Land to the studio from the nearest subway station because you’re not in any position to pay for a cab and you are too easily replaceable to risk being late waiting for that bus that never comes. All the smokers outside can see you coming from a mile away. My partner did a job with the same studio and they sent him a driver. I am well aware of my status. Might as well skip onto the lot waving a big flag that says “I HAVE NO COMMERCIAL VALUE”. 

That feeling fades very quickly when you get to work. Nobody looks down on you for not having a nice car or a manicure or whatever. They’re just glad they’re not being looked down on by you. We’re all in this fucked up business together. 

[janedujour]

Hey Actors

I got pretty drunk with my agent at a festival party last week, and now that we’ve bonded I’m suddenly overwhelmed by auditions. Trying to update resume for an audition tomorrow. How do you guys format TV jobs? By production company or broadcaster? Broadcaster is generally more recognizable than production companies, and looks stronger on a resume, but what about when there are multiple broadcasters, or when the broadcaster is pending? Also, I’ve done a few shows that are spin-offs of movies of the same title. Do you formally differentiate the show from the film? I worry about seeming misleading. 

[janedujour]

@hereeatthiskitten “ethics smethics that's what pseudonyms are *for*”

I definitely enjoy using a fake name here as much as anybody, but it’s more of a 4th wall thing for me. Once I’ve worked with (or slept with) someone, I can’t be a fan anymore. It’s too intimate. It’s wrong. Believe me, I’ve tried. Need some distance for imagination. Ever heard the expression “one should never meet one’s hero”? (Unless they turn out to actually enrich your quality of life, in which case it’s totally worth giving up a slice of fandom for a piece of that gig/ass.) The more I work and fuck, the more threadbare my fandom life becomes. Best case scenario for my career means I will have to keep scrubbing this blog till there’s nothing left. 

Anyway, nothing to worry about, totally fucked up my callback today. Casting director has suddenly taken an interest in me (now that the show’s almost fucking over!), but I was booked for two completely different auditions for different casting directors at the exact same time in the same building today (my agent is drunker than I am), and I had to change emotional gears way too fast. I can do naked-coke-head-party-girl, and I can do down-and-out-victim-of-circumstance, but I need more than like 15 seconds in between to change my clothes and my headspace. Maybe a really amazing actor can do it. Something to work towards. 

Oh, I’m back from my mini vacation. Getting on top of those drabbles. Didn’t forget. 

[janedujour]

On one hand, a call-back is great. On the other hand, I don't want to be ethically obligated to abstain from writing fanfiction for yet another show.

[colorsdescribeme]

I was working on my lines in the drive through at my restaurant job and one of my coworkers heard me saying “Who’s there? Who is talking to me?” aloud to absolutely no one and she thought I had gone completely mad. 

[janedujour]

Haven't had an audition since August. Got tipsy and posted a naked picture of myself on Instagram. Got two job offers next day. I hate this industry so much.