Lets catch up on my life, shall we?
I recently came back from a two week "vacation" to the west coast. I went on the cruise that I was talking about in an earlier post. This was a regular cruise on the Carnival cruise line ... we were but a small portion of the people on board. Anyway, there were about 25 talent agents and casting directors, and about 85 talent. The agents were big ones! Modeling agents from the big agencies, Casting directors and talent agents from the big channels and most popular shows (think of your favorite show that you can't stand to miss every week, and I bet one of these people cast someone on their).
So, day one was just an orientation and introduction. Day two included the modeling, swimsuit and monologue portion. Day three was talent (dancing & singing), scene study and improv day. (I'm not sure that's exactly how it went, but something like that).
I was confident that I sailed through the majority of it. Since I had been working out for fitness competitions, I thought I looked ok in my swimsuit (even though I had a minor incident while trying to cover my tattoos and got brown concealer all over my yellow bikini bottoms :-/ ). My monologue came out exactly how I wanted it to and I got lots of laughs. Scene study was eh ... I'll admit I stumbled through a couple of lines. I probably looked pretty nervous during improv and I rushed through it to hurry off stage (definitely my weakest moment of the cruise). I somehow got cut from the singing portion, even though I know I sounded better than some of the chosen ones. I'm still not exactly sure how/why that happened, but I took it in stride. So all in all, I thought I would at least get three or four call backs....
Wrong! I got one lousy callback ... and it wasn't even a real one. It was from an acting school in the NY area ... they were basically there to let people know about their school and to give away a few scholarships. I'm pretty sure they called back everyone on the ship.
Three other girls from my agency came on the cruise along with myself ... they each got 5-7 callbacks AND they recieved $1500 scholarships from the school that I got the pity callback from. Needless to say I was upset, crushed, devastated, discouraged ... I was a horrible mess. At that point, I felt like I had wasted my money ... I felt like a failure ....but not once did I think that I should give up on my acting dream.
I mean, come on! That was my first time ... I had no training, no experience ... nothing. I did walk away with 2nd place for my monologue. Also, after callbacks, they had open interview time ... this is when you could to talk to all of the people who didn't call you back and be like "...WTF?!" (or something like that). So, I went to some casting directors who all gave me great feedback. They advised that I should make the move to LA if I truly want to pursue acting. I do have two degrees to fall back on if it doesn't work out. I was told that I am absolutely adorable. I was told that I am green and definitely need more training, which I totally agree with. I was told that I need completely new pictures, which I also agree with. Actually I will show you my comp card! You are not supposed to have on black lipstick in a head shot ... EVER. But my issues with Kim are another story entirely...
So, there it is! Some pictures I like, some I don't .... consensus on the cruise was that they SUCK! And it's the industry's opinion that matters! But Um ... I think I'm done with this post. There will be another one shortly entitled, "THE MOVE" ... or something original like that.
Oh! And I'm definitely starting a video blog (My youtube is MissToyz). I need some more on camera time anyway. K, Bye!
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