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Principal photography has wrapped

3 June 2009

Out with a bang. Ending with a full day of shooting in a high-end convertible, principal photography of Look in the Mirror has wrapped!

In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s a full-length feature in which I play the lead. Read more about it on my blog.

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One week of freedom remains, then Happy Busy Time begins

24 April 2009

I am one week away from shooting Look in the Mirror, a full-length indie feature wherein I play the lead role. That’s right, I’m going to be a mirror. Or a widowed lawyer dealing with a kid, murders and a wanton woman, all without really knowing what I’m dealing with.

Anyway, I’m trying to figure out how to write about the experience. Daily posts to my blog? Weekly posts to my blog? Daily tweets? Hourly? Facebook it to death? Opinions solicited.

Meanwhile, I am enjoying the flexible busy-ness of my life while it lasts, knowing that a structured busy-ness of long hours over many weeks is right around the corner!

UPDATE: I’m blogging about it with daily LITM posts.

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Happy birthday to my sister Cynthia. And to me!

15 April 2009

My sister Cynthia and I were born exactly two years apart, born on two separate April the 15th’s. She is in Indiana, I am in Los Angeles, and on this special day we both think of each other, and our parents, and the I.R.S. Happy birthday to us!

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Welcome, all readers of Bonnie Gillespie

23 March 2009

A week or so ago, I wrote to Bonnie Gillespie, the casting director who writes an awesome weekly blog called The Actors Voice. She publishes letters to the editor (letters to the blogitor?) regularly, and today she published mine, including a link to this here site of mine. So I checked my server logs and, as you might guess, I’m seeing a bump-up in the number of visitors.

To those who are visiting my site for the first time via Bonnie: Hello! Welcome! Have fun! Leave a comment! Nice to meet you! Best wishes in all your endeavors!

And now, back to our regular programming….

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Demo reel now online

4 March 2009

At long last, my demo reel is viewable here on my site. View it from my acting resumé. Just click the link on the left-hand side under my headshot; my reel will be a small pop-up window from there.

You can also see it on Vimeo.

It’s a minute long, and shows a couple of the scenes from my work on Brotherhood, the Showtime drama filmed entirely in Rhode Island. Soon, I hope to add to my reel an excellent funny thing I shot recently, but for now it simply shows me in this well-made drama alongside Jason Isaacs and Kevin Chapman.

Note for the sensitive of ear: this reel has strong language. It’s Showtime, you know.

Busy, happy actor

27 February 2009

I went to an audition today (my second of the day) and I knew 3 other people there: Kristin, Angelo and Erin. That was awesome! These are good people, and talented. And I loved realizing that though I’ve been here less than 6 months, I know people. That’s pretty dope.

It’s been a week of good auditions, good socializing and good networking. It’s been a week of starting to see the fruits of some new things I’ve been trying this year. It’s been a very full week in less-visible ways, too, because I’m so busy working behind the scenes on networking, building relationships and catching up on a few things I wish I had been doing from day one. And you know what? Saturday and Sunday are also going to be full. All good, my friends. All good.

Booked a nice voiceover project

4 February 2009

I did my happy dance yesterday, the “I booked it” boogie. I’m going to be doing a little voiceover work for a documentary on AIDS in Thailand that will be shown at the UN in a couple of weeks. It’s important, and it pays — perfect. Also of note, I booked it through TAN, the network of which I continue to be a happy member.

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Too many auditions

2 February 2009

In January, it’s possible that I had too many auditions. I calculate that I had 50% more auditions in January than in any other month. It’s good to audition, and fun, but in retrospect there were a couple that I just didn’t do good work in because of lack of time, and there were a couple that were ridiculous, period — but then again, I guess those can happen to anybody.

So, yeah, my problem is too many auditions. Is this like one of those job interview questions where they ask you what your biggest weakness is?

Shooting a thing

22 January 2009

I’m shooting a thing today, a little thing, a silly thing wherein I play the bad guy, a little thing that will be on the world wide internets ere long and someday I shall point you to it. Patience till then.

Money matters

19 January 2009

Okay, this is a different sensation! I have just gotten my first audition for something with a significant amount of money involved, as in the amount starts with “$” and ends with “,000.”

Money matters. It makes a difference, it’s an important part of being an artist, it changes the sensation in my heart. It’s a good sensation, to be frank. I look forward to getting used to it.

[UPDATE: I went. It was just another audition — which is a good thing. Plus they had a teleprompter.]

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