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Hard to believe that the first financial quarter of the year is almost behind us. Even harder to believe that I had SIX (6) theatrical auditions in three months. But I believe it because here I am, back at square one just waiting…waiting…waiting. What do I do? New agent? New manager? New headshot? It’s a […]

Real shit show today at a commercial callback. Too many opportunities seem to be dying on the vine.

Monday I will jump on the motorcycle and make a run for Santa Monica for a callback on US Cellular. It’s another biker spot with a need for comedic timing…hopefully I will razzle-dazzle. The ride is really nice, a cut through the Sepulveda Pass where you can see The Getty Center high up on the […]

The AVAIL’s and the releases behind me now, the hustle continues for the next acting gig. In just under an hour I will get on the motorcycle and weave through traffic until I end up at 1035 South La Brea for a US Cellular audition. I’ve booked for the casting director before so I know […]

Twice ain’t always nice, especially when we’re talking about getting released from AVAIL for the second time in less than a week. That’s right, I was in the top (of possibly eight candidates) group again and then POOF I was released from another acting gig. Stinks. The alarming thing is that we are now well […]

3:40 in the morning, or is it 4:40? At this point it really doesn’t matter. That hour that gets shuttled back and forth every six months is meaningless right now. I’m not making an argument for or against the practice, I’m simply inexplicably wide awake in the wake of the the time change that occurred […]

Hyundai released me. That’s the way it goes. This is the face of disappointment. But another door has opened, I am on AVAIL for another project. That is the life of the actor. Extreme lows and extreme highs. Keep it rolling.

Hopped on the motorcycle and headed though the Cahuenga Pass this morning, split lanes all the way through Hollywood down to La Brea and 3rd for the commercial callback. “Paul, are you willing to go clean shaven?” I love when they ask me that at an audition where the role description is “bearded tattoo guy” […]

Busy is never bad in the actor rat race. A callback in the morning and a two-episode costar in the afternoon- this is good news. Three irons in the fire (AVAIL, callback, and two-episode audition) feels mighty nice. Keep’em coming.

On AVAIL for Hyundai. What’s “AVAIL”? In casting for commercials you go on the first audition, you move on to the callback, and then you and a few (sometimes up to 8) people are put on AVAIL for the role. It means that you (and possibly 8 other people) are being strongly considered for the […]