It's been five months with my managers and zero auditions. They got me one meeting with an on-camera commercial talent agency. They called me with my appointment time of 2 pm and said I was to meet "Stacey" at this talent agency in Hollywood. I had heard of them, nothing outstanding, but again, I was open and willing to try to get my feet back in. I put two hours worth of … [Read more...]
Gloria! Glor-ee-a!
"Gloria" is the worst song ever by Laura Branigan. That is all I think about when Gloria answers the phone at my management company. My second meeting was with Jim and Gloria. I mostly spoke with Gloria. Wait. Let me clarify. Gloria spoke about Gloria while I sat there. She was dressed all in white and has a blond bob haircut. She reminded me of Anna Wintour from Vogue … [Read more...]
Are you there,manager? It’s me Tracy.
I started mailing out any head shot I had. I basically had a supermarket in my home office of hundreds of head-shots of me that never got used: some good, some not-so-great, long hair, short hair, smiles, not smiling. So I thought: What the heck? Send them out with my resume and see what happens. Like throwing a wad of gum at the wall, something may stick. A month later, “Jim” … [Read more...]