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Yikes, I’ll try to knock these out in the next few. I had a student film audition in Studio City, just across from the Universal Studios parking lot. I read for a dad in a flashback scene, talking to his son during a hike in the woods. The director really liked what I did, he [...]

Last week was a blur of auditioning, starting with a TMZ-style voice-over audition. Pretty straightforward, except for the rapid-fire nature of the readings. Holy crap. I walked into a room full of guys waiting to be heard, which is not uncommon, but the producer/director in charge was running us through at about two minutes apiece. [...]

It was a weird coincidence, but I had two auditions in a row that used the number six in their working titles. Otherwise, they were totally unconnected. The first was for a student film called Room 6, which was kind of a heist gone wrong that became a kidnap thriller. I was late. I was [...]

Before I catch up on some overdue happenings, I wanted to jot down my latest audition note. This one was for several voices for a video game, and the auditions were held in a music studio in Santa Monica. I love voice auditions. It’s a chance to create characters I would otherwise have no chance [...]

I’ve been to this building before, auditioning for a voice part on a film about Columbine. Fortunately, it was Sunday, so parking was no problem. I walked in, signed my name, and grabbed the sides, as this was a cold reading. I hate those. I don’t understand what the director and/or producer think they gain [...]

I’ve had no auditions since wrapping the short film. My intuition tells me I’m doing something wrong, and should fix it. But intuition isn’t always right, and it’s likely just a random break, for no reason. My headshots are the same, my resume has one more credit on it, and submissions are still being sent. [...]

I don’t have much to say about this one, except that I was a bit late due to, not one, but two accidents on the 5 that had been cleared, but still had the residual slow traffic remaining. Still, it was easy to get in and out of Cal Arts, and the director turned out [...]

I’m a bit late on this one, but on Sunday I auditioned for a short film down on Western. I’d been to this same building once before, and I’ll bet that as time goes on I’ll have read in all three of the rooms there. This time I was trying for the part of a [...]

Since I’m posting so much about my auditions lately, this Mr. Show sketch has been foremost in my mind. The setting is perfect, except the director/producer usually has a camera pointed at the actor so they can watch it again later.

I drove way out of town on Thursday, almost to Santa Clarita for this one. It was stranger than any I’d done so far, as the film has no dialogue, so it would all be expressions, reacting to the situation and the other actors. The director seemed confident in his story, so it put me [...]