Probably not ’cause I know the casting director wasn’t feelin’ my performance. I was suppose to be a translator to the North Korean dictator and Margaret Thatcher comes over to our political entourage and kisses me on both cheeks because I happen to be chewing Orbit gum. After my performance I got the standard “Ok. Thank you for coming in.” Well, you never know the client could still see me on tape and want to hire me. The only caveats are that it shoots in Russia the first week in July and I can’t currently find my passport. Plus I would have to take a leave of absence from work. Nothing to worry about until I get the official phone call.
More immediately I have to worry about my performance for class this Sunday. I have 15 pages to memorize, blocking to work out and my character and actions to figure out.
Published on Saturday June 17, 2006 .
The Sopranos presented by PAX: (edited for content)
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Oh my G- / What’d you freak out for? Holy s- /
She seemed so down to earth for a hollywood person. What’s with those clothes? She in the f- /
That’s prada! If I was greg, I wouldn’t allow it. Look at you, you look like a f- /
Jon favreau, he’s great! He’s also a writer, you should show him your script. “Swingers”? He can /
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It was brilliant to see it on MadTV and how they just cut the scenes short and joined the remaing parts together.
Absolutely f- brilliant.
As of last Sunday I’m back in scene study class with Lisa Milillo at the studio. It’s been a couple months since I’ve been in class but it feels good to be back. Lisa has assigned me and my new partner a scene from the comedic play “Spike Heels“. I’m playing Edward and my partner is playing Georgie. We had a table reading this past Sunday and after two lines Lisa stopped the scene. Like always, she challenged the class with “Can anybody tell me why I stopped them”. My fellow classmates responded with “their relationship is not clear” and “I don’t know what is going on in this scene” - which Lisa responded with a resounding “YES!” And proceeded to ask me and my partner basic questions about the scene. She then told us to go off stage and try again. At that point she spoke to the class about the reality of being on a sitcom and doing a table read. She said, “don’t fool yourself - at a table read for a sitcom the producers, writers and director are expecting a full performance at the table. You must come prepared to give it your all.” So we tried again. The second time was better though it was obvious I didn’t have a handle on my character. So Lisa told my partner and I that we need to rehearse at least 8 hours this week and bring it back on it’s feet next Sunday. Whew!
I’m a mess right now. My mouth is very sore from the impromptu oral surgery I had done this afternoon. I went to the oral surgeon today to check my teeth because the left side of my jaw is a little swollen. I had my wisdom teeth removed about two months ago so I didn’t know why I might have swelling. I figured it was probably an infection where my wisdom tooth use to be. Well I was right. The doctor told me that I probably got food stuck back in there that caused an infection and now they had to clean it out. At first this didn’t sound too bad. I thought it might just mean a normal teeth cleaning. But 10min later I found myself across from a tray of needles, scalpel blades and suture string. Basically he had to go in and re-open my gum to clean out the infection then attach a tube to drain out the rest of it over the next few days. So now I have a freakin tube sewn into the side of my mouth. They said I would be a little sore, but they lied. After the anesthesia wore off I was in major pain and had to go home to take a vicaden that I had leftover from my wisdom teeth extraction. On top of all that, my hamstrings are really sore from the killer back workout I did the other day. I’m just a mess.
Sunday I’m back in scene study class and suppose to be doing a table read of the play “High Heels”. Sounds like a comedy. I’m not sure if I’ll be up to performing on Sunday.
