AGENT

I have another agent meeting! The first week of March. Wish me luck. I will keep you posted:) :):)

Nobody Mourns The Wicked

I went to see "Wicked" tonight at the 2812 seat Pantageous Theater. It was amazing. Jenna Leigh Green, who I met when I lived in New York City was in the show. The good people at "Wicked" offer 26 front row tickets for $25 each by lottery. I won the lottery and got to see the show right up close.

I did my first play when I was four years old and theater makes me happy. It has always been my dream to be in a show on Broadway.

Response

Yesterday someone asked "what does it take to be on the academy voting committee and is that one of your goals."

It is my understanding that to be part of the academy you must be an accomplished writer with at least 4 major screenwriting credits. If this goal is met you must then have several writers and respected industry professionals write recommendation letters on your behalf. The current members of the academy then vote on the applicants.

Is it one of my goals to be a voter? No
Is it one of my goals to have my name on a ballot for the academy voters? My goal is simply to have a long and successful career acting. Everything else is icing on the cake:)

Out of the 300 Million People on Earth

350 of them have the honor of voting on academy award nominees. I happen to take a creative writing class from one of them. It is really cool to know someone with such a cool privilege :)

Nice treat after my paid holiday, had to get up super early today to drive an hour and be onset by 6:30 AM. Happy Day After President's Day...

Paid Holiday

Thanks to the screen actor's guild, I get paid for 8 hours of work today and nobody in "the biz" is working:)

Agenda:
Gym
Submissions
Write
Play games with a few friends
Creative Writing Class

My comments on fake elevators

One time when I was at the New Yorker Hotel I was in an elevator that dropped 7 stories. We were staying on the 18th floor, the elevator got up to 11, the lights went out and then the elevator car I was standing in plummeted Tower of Terror style and the doors opened on the 4th floor! I got out and walked up to the 18th and I have had a slight fear of elevators ever since.

Now working in Hollywood I have been "trapped" in two fake elevators, one on the set of CSI: Miami and one on the set of The Riches. The fake ones are just as bad as real ones.

Standing on the studio floor looking at the buttons and the sliding doors, it is really freaky to look up and see the raptors of the set. When you stare straight ahead you feel confined to an elevator and when you look up there is the panic of "where is this elevator's cable?" Also, you can push the 'door open' button and then stand for hours waiting for the doors to open but unless one of the grips is near the control button, the doors don't open. The buttons just glow but dont actually function.

In Hollywood there is a very weird line that separates fact from fiction and the real from the imaginary.