David Chiu

Happy 4th!

Our 4th was pretty quiet. We just stayed home, grilled and made sure our house didn’t catch on fire from all the illegal fireworks being used by the locals.

A few minutes ago Heather and I were watching a small gathering of police officers who were trying to block off an alley-way which is on the other side of our neighbors house. I guess they were trying to catch someone. In my mind I started to hear the theme song to “Cops” and was waiing for the camera crew to show up. No such luck. A couple minutes passed and then all the police cars left. I hope they got who they were looking for.

I recorded myself tonight rehearsing my part in “She Stoops to Conquer”. It was kinda painful to watch. I looked so awkward. It did kinda help though in terms of being able to see what I’m doing and relate it to the critique I received.

I have an 8.30am rehearsal tomorrow morning. I basically have two more classes to “finish” my scene and perform it to the approval of my acting coach. We’re pretty close. My major note was to relax into the part and own it. We’ll see how it goes…

The other day I received an email from my theatrical agency saing that 70% of casting is now being done online and that we must maintain our portfolios at the three major services: The Players Directory, Actor’s Access and LA Casting. The Hollywood process has gone high-tech. It’s a brave new world…

Talking about agencies, I just realized that I have been represented by the same commercial and theatrical agencies since 1997. That’s 7 years of booking a couple of small jobs and not getting dropped. I feel lucky, but on edge because I feel the need to start demonstrating to my agencies that I can book jobs and that I’m still marketable.