We need an audience!

I just finished the third weekend of performances for my show Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and I have two weekends left. I wish we had more performances left, because I don't feel satisfied with the audiences we have had so far. The theatre is quite small and out of the way, and it is also rather new, so not many people know about it. Crowds have been pretty small most nights. I have been doing my best to get the word out, but it is difficult. Community theatre presents more challenges than one might think, because everyone, including actors, is responsible for marketing and ultimately getting people into the theatre. You can't have a show without an audience! It's too bad that more people aren't coming out to see us, because we are puttin' on a damn good show, damn good!

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

I just watched the show Glee on FOX (which I am in love with by the way) and they sang the song "Imagine" by John Lennon, and I just started crying. "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." So true.

I AM a dreamer, but I know for sure I am not alone. I know there are more dreamers out there. The only sad part is, most of those people don't act on their dreams. A dream is nothing if you don't take the steps to attain it once you wake up. There are a lot of talented people out there. Great musicians, actors, artists, writers, whatever. But they think they can't follow their dreams of doing those things because there are too many musicians out there already, struggling for the same thing. But to those people I say, who gives a damn? Those people have dreams, but so do you. The only difference is that they're doing something about it. You have to try too. Who says that you can't have the same dream, or that you won't be successful too just because someone had your dream first?

I have dreams of winning an Academy Award, of having a successful, long-lasting career, and I know for sure I'm not the first person to have this dream. But does that change my desire to go for it? Does that make me want it any less? Not one bit. Not for a second. In fact, it makes me want it more.

You see, the thing about wishing on a star is that, there are a lot of stars in the sky. Everyone can wish on a star, and I'm sure there are enough stars for everyone to have their own. There are plenty of stars to go around, people! Don't give up being a dreamer, wish on that star!

Modeling

I have another big First that I forgot to mention- I have my first modeling go-see tomorrow morning and I am so excited! I seem to use that word a lot, "exciting," but a lot of exciting things have been happening to me lately! The modeling go-see is like any other audition I suppose, but they will just judge me more on my looks...obviously. I don't want to give too much away, seeing as it's just an audition and there is no guarantee that I will even get the job, but if I did get it, I would be modeling clothes in a sewing magazine. I think the possibility of having my picture in ANY magazine is pretty darn cool; it doesn't matter to me in the least that only a bunch of old ladies would see it. Actually, no, not just old ladies, because I'm sure there are other people who read sewing magazines. My boyfriend's mom will probably see it because she sews a lot, so that is pretty fun to think about!

I always hoped that I could start modeling. Acting is my first love, but I always kinda wanted to be a model too. Not a runway model or anything, I am not skinny enough for that, but maybe just a catalog model. I think it would be so much fun to wear all the pretty clothes in catalogs. And it would feel nice to have people tell me that I'm pretty. I need some reassurance sometimes! What I really want is to be in a magazine like Vogue and have Annie Leibovitz photograph me. Wouldn't that be a dream come true!?! That woman could make dirt look good! Her photographs are so so SO beautiful! WELL, that is another dream that I have...and wouldn't it be fun if it all started with my picture in a sewing magazine?!

Well, off to bed...time to dream about my 7 page spread in Vogue... :)

My First Starring Role!

Well, it's that time again, it's time for another post! I have just opened my new show, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at The E Project, and it is so much fun! You should all come and see it! For directions and ticket information go to www.theeproject.org. That is why I haven't posted in a while, I have been so busy rehearsing for this show, but now it is finally open! We just had our opening weekend of performances and it will play until May 22nd.

It is my first leading role in a play and I can't tell you how excited I am about it! It is definitely a different experience for me. In the last few shows I have done, I was on stage for only a few minutes at a time, and I spent a lot of time backstage waiting for my brief moments in the sun. Now I don't have a spare second to catch my breath! Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining in the least bit. I love it! I am on stage pretty much the entire show, with only a few chances to go backstage and change costumes or get a sip of water. This is what I have been working towards and what I have been waiting for. I am the STAR of the show! And I am not being vain when I say that, I really am the star of the show- I am the blond in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes! I couldn't be prouder of myself! Now I just hope I am living up to my own expectations!

That is the real scary part about having the lead role in a play. You work so hard for it, and finally when someone gives you that opportunity, you just pray to God that you don't let them down. I really want to live up to the director's expectations and just put on a great show. I am proud of myself, but I want everyone to be proud of me. I know it sounds stupid, but I want everyone to love me! I am such a little kid in that respect. Like when you put on a play in the second grade and you sing a solo of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and you just want everyone to love you and think that you are wonderful. Is that so wrong?!?

Okay, maybe I am a bit of a headcase, it's just a play after all, but I do love doing it, and I really hope that everyone enjoys watching it. It is a really great play with a really unique concept. Since the script of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a little thin and we weren't allowed to do any adaptations or alterations of our own, we decided to just put a unique spin on the play. So here it is: we are a traveling all-female troupe of Vaudevillian performers and we just happened to stop at this particular theatre to put on a show. Our cast of six women play 22 different characters, young and old, including men, and the lightning quick costume changes and occasional mishaps are hysterical! The play itself is kind of ridiculous and silly, so our take on it fits perfectly with the script. It really is a fun show and I hope many people come to see it! After all, what good is being the star of a show if no one comes to see it?

Well, it's that time again, it's time for another post! I have just opened my new show, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at The E Project, and it is so much fun! It is my first leading role in a play and I can't tell you how excited I am about it! It is definitely a different experience for me. In the last few shows I did, I was on stage for a few minutes at a time, but I spent a lot of time backstage waiting for my brief moments in the sun. Now I don't have a spare moment to catch my breath! Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining in the least bit. I love it! I am on stage pretty much the entire show, with only a few spare moments to go backstage and change costumes or get a sip of water. This is what I have been working towards and what I have been waiting for. I am the STAR of the show! I am not being vain or anything here, I really am the star of the show- I am the blonde in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes! I couldn't be prouder of myself! Now I am living up to my own expectations for myself.

My biggest fear is that someone will give me a great opportunity and I won't live up to their expectations or I'll let them down. The dreaded fear of failure! I know I'm being crazy and that all this fear is born of low self-esteem - I really just need to get over this. But sometimes I can't help it- even when given the leading role in a play, I still think I suck.

When I'm up there on stage I feel so good, so perfect, and I am not myself. I really do become this other person, because the real me would not be this confident. When I finish for the night I go back stage and I start to wind down, and then I start to pick myself apart. I said this line wrong, I did this wrong. I can't help it, it's a real problem. And I don't think I'm the only one. I think this is a real problem among most actors. Low self-esteem. Perhaps that's why we become actors, because we crave the adoration and acceptance of other people. Many, I won't say all, but many fellow actors I have worked with tear themselves apart after shows, and I feel have low-self esteem. I'm sure there are those actors who just never second guess any performance and are always big-headed about their talent, their looks, whatever, but I haven't really met any of those kind of people. Perhaps the first group outnumbers the second.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that we all as a community need to get over ourselves and our fears, and realize that we are loved and accepted. If we weren't good actors we wouldn't have been cast. And if we do suck, it's too bad for the director, because they already cast us!

Ah, well, back to the point. I am so excited to be on stage and I can't wait for every performance! I love that thrill, that excitement, that exhilaration! And I can't wait every night to pass that feeling onto each member of the audience. Yes, this definitely is the business for me.

Using Life Experiences to Help Your Acting!

I just realized another reason why I want to be an actress- it's because I have so much freakin' material. I have been scarred so many times by my parents- not in a really bad way, you know, just in the way that crazy parents normally scar their children. I wasn't like, beaten, or anything like that. At least not often. What I mean to say is that my crazy family has given me so much to laugh about, to cry about, to reflect upon, that I can't help but become an actress because I have all of these emotions swirling around inside me.

Let me give you an example of the "material" that my generous family gives to me. The other day I went over to my parents' house to see what was going on, to hang out and have lunch. When I got there they had just finished having lunch and it was clear that there had just been some major bruhaha. I asked my mom what the problem was (this time) and then off she went.

"I asked your father to make an omelette with cheese and he didn't put the cheese in it." "How do you know he didn't put the cheese in it, sometimes you can't see the cheese in a cheese omelette," I asked naively. "I know because your father is a liar and he's lying about putting the cheese in the omelette." Logically I respond with: "why would dad lie about putting cheese in an omelette?" And she simply replied, "because that's the way he is."

I then proceed to ask my dad what all the fuss is about- his side of the story so to speak. He tells me that he indeed put cheese in the omelette, and that he doesn't know why mom is so upset- he thinks she is crazy. Then my mom comes into the kitchen and a HUGE fight ensues. My mom accuses my dad of lying, my dad swears to God he put cheese in the omelette. My mom keeps provoking my dad, my dad runs over to the icon of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the twelve freakin' apostles hanging on the wall, and he puts his hand on it and keeps saying "may God strike me dead if I'm lying, I put cheese in the omelette!" Then my mom starts crying and runs downstairs saying she can't believe my dad would lie over something as petty as putting cheese in an omelette. I tried to calm them both down, but to no avail. My dad still thinks my mom is crazy, my mom still thinks my dad is a petty liar.

All this over a cheese omelette.

The moral of this story is that my family is nutso-bazingo. Now I know where I get my intense emotions from. I once thought that I was just a normal girl in a normal, even-keeled family... but the evidence would prove otherwise.

At least now I have this hilarious story to relate to friends on those nights when I try to drown my sorrows at the local watering hole. And this is what I was talking about when I said my family gives me all sorts of material. This kind of crap makes me a more interesting, quirky person- and one day I'll be telling this story to David Letterman on the Tonight Show.

...this kind of stuff also helps me to cry when I need to for those dramatic scenes I do in plays! See, always take the positive things out of every negative situation! Use these life experiences to help your acting! That's a lesson for all you kids out there!

Hollywood!

I recently took a trip to Hollywood and OMG was it amazing! I actually went out to LA for a friend's wedding, but the wedding was a wonderful excuse for me to finally take the trip out to sunny Southern California and explore the place where I would eventually like to live. It was so beautiful there I can't even explain how giddy I was. First of all, the weekend I was there they had gorgeous weather! It was near 65 degrees, and when I left Denver it was snowing. When we arrived I was so surprised to see green grass and flowers and people in shorts- it was truly amazing. Coming from Colorado where it is all dead and brown and cold right now, it was definitely a sensory shock for me. I was on sensory overload and I was annoyingly gleeful. My boyfriend had to make sure I didn't walk into traffic because I was so busy looking around at everything but the sidewalk in front of me!

The first night we stayed in Santa Monica at our friend's place, and I have to say that he is extremely lucky to live there. If I could afford it, I would move there in a heartbeat! We explored Santa Monica, drove to the beach and then walked around, and had a great day in the sun! We also did all of the touristy things- we went to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and we saw all of the handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre! We saw all of the impersonators on Hollywood Blvd. and we also saw the Kodak Theatre and even witnessed the preparations for the Oscars. It was pretty amazing! I was like "One day I'm gonna be in there!"

Worthwhile Exhaustion

I am so tired! I have had a very busy and exhausting week. For the last ten days or so I have been in final rehearsals for my latest show "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You." I also just finished out opening weekend with 3 shows! I get a break tomorrow and then it's back to the theatre for Industry Night. I love theatre, but it does take its toll. To top it all off, this show is the late show playing now at the Vintage Theatre (www.vintagetheatreproductions.com) so we don't even take the stage until 10:30pm. After working my lame 9-5 job I am drained and I just want to relax, but then I have to wait and go to the theatre at 9pm to get ready for my show. But it's worth it!!!

Other people don't realize how hard actors work. They think it's so easy, like we only have to work for a couple hours doing a show, but they don't realize how much preparation goes into it, and that most actors have other jobs too. Most times we come to the theatre after work when we would just like to go home and take a bubble bath. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of times I just love running off to the theatre, because it's fun, but it's work too! It's pretty exhausting to put on a show, but we do it because we love it! We may be broke as shit, exhausted a lot of the time, but we love coming to the theatre and getting up on that stage! No matter how tired you feel before the show, no matter what kind of mood you're in, once you get up on that stage you feel so alive and so happy! Nothing else matters but what you are trying to express, and the experience you are trying to create. I don't know how else to explain it, but you just get so into the moment that you forget all else. At least that's how it is for me. I love the theatre and its unpredictability, and I love the bonds that develop with other actors when we're all crammed together backstage.

Sometimes I might complain about being tired after a long rehearsal, and I might dread going back to work after a weekend full of shows, but I wouldn't trade this life and career path for anything. I want so badly to be an actress, that I don't care how many late nights it takes me to achieve my goals!

All that being said, all the work that goes into a show is for naught if people don't come to see it, so please come see "Sister Mary Ignatius" at the Vintage Theatre! Come out and support live theatre!!

Commercial Time: part deux

Acting is awesome! I can't think of any profession that I would like half as much as this one! I wish I could film commercials and movies every day. Being on a set, working hard, having fun, it's great!

Anyway, I just did my car wash commercial a couple days ago, and I have a LOT to talk about! I'll start by telling you all the logistics and details- I was called at 8:30, and I made sure to show up early. I was told to bring several business casual outfits, which I did, all carefully picked out, and then I went and met the director and the makeup artist for the shoot, who helped me pick my outfit for the commercial. Then the makeup artist worked her magic on my face and hair. It's so much fun to be pampered and have someone make me feel pretty. She actually made me feel really good because she kept telling me that I was beautiful and that I look like an old Hollywood movie star. She was kinda giving me a big head.

While all this was happening with me, the director and crew were setting up the first shot in the parking lot. The first shot was me in the car, looking miserable because I am stuck in traffic. We set up a bunch of cars to complete the illusion of traffic and then I got situated in my car. We completed several shots from several angles, and all I had to do was look bored, then suddenly see the car wash and get excited and happy, and turn the wheel of the car to go toward the car wash.

Then we packed everything up and left to got to the second location to film the next shot. This was done in the office building of the director. This shot was of me leaving work, looking miserable and bored because I had to wait in line for the elevator. For this scene I had to stand in a crowd and look anxiously at the elevator up/down sign.

Then we ate lunch. Awesome! I get paid and I got a sandwich for making faces all day!

Then we moved onto our final location which was the actual car wash. This was when the real fun began! I got my makeup touched up, which made me feel really cool, and then I got to drive a Range Rover around! We had to do several different shots: me driving up to the car wash, me using my special express tokens, me driving through the car wash, me in the car during the car wash, me vacuuming my car after the car wash...many many shots which resulted in me going through the car wash FIVE times! Hey, I'm not complaining! It was awesome! They use multi-colored soap in there! It's really pretty!

So those are the details... Overall the whole day was just a blast because everyone was really nice and friendly to me. We had fun, but everything was still really professional and efficient, which is what I love so much about this job. It's like play time, it's easy going, but it's still a business, you still have to pay attention to detail, and you still have to work hard. It is a career which perfectly fits my personality and my temperament.

I am also really excited because the director told me that I did a really great job and he actually wants to use me in another commercial! More work! WOOHOO! I want to keep getting these jobs and just keep working! Doing this commercial allowed me to make great connections, work with very friendly and wonderful people, and we produced a great commercial to boot! It's going to be aired on a bunch of cable channels too, which is really cool! I can't wait to do this again!

A lesson to actors out there: take advantage of your opportunities! This commercial presented me with an opportunity and I took full advantage of it. I impressed people because I listened carefully to everything I was told, did everything I was asked to do, I was very friendly, fun, and professional, and I showed people that I am easy to work with- and now they want to work with me again! This is what taking advantage of opportunities means! Don't let anything go by, and when presented with the chance, knock their socks off!!!

Commercial Time!

I have some exciting news! I was selected to be in a commercial! I was individually selected off of my agency's website to be in a commercial that will be filmed next week! I am sooooo excited! I was really shocked when my agent called me, because I was like, "Really, someone wants ME, and they picked ME out of all these beautiful girls?" I still don't know why I was picked, but maybe it's better not to question too much. I think it's partly due to my awesome new headshot, expertly taken by Sarah Roshan of Trulife Photography, I might add.

It's a car wash commercial, and apparently I just have to act with my face, I don't have to say anything at all! This isn't the first time I've been asked to act with my face alone, but apparently I'm pretty good at it. My expressive face always gives me away! I can never play poker, or any card game for that matter, I can never hide it if I'm pissed off, or sad, or constipated!(wink wink) It sucks! But at least now I'm going to be paid for making faces, when all these years I have been punished by my mother for it. "Stop frowning," she would say, "Don't glare at your brother!" Well MOM, now it's paying off!

I can't wait to shoot the commercial! We were actually supposed to shoot it last week, but it was postponed due to some bad weather. Apparently 5+ inches of snowfall is not how they envisioned their car wash commercial. Well, I'm am just going to keep my fingers crossed that next week we have beautiful, sunny weather! March in Colorado- you never know, it could happen.

This is not my first experience being in a commercial, but it is my first lead in one. The other commercials I was in was just as an extra. I did a bank commercial where I just had to sit and listen to the CEO talk and nod my head in agreement. The camera was filming us extras from behind, so you could only see the back of our heads. But I was so excited when I saw my commercial on TV. I was like, "LOOK, that's me, that's my HAIR!" It was pretty cool. The other one I was in was for a sporting goods store, and I got to walk across the background many times, pretend to shop for clothes, and play with golf clubs. They shot it very late at night, so we were in this huge empty store playing with golf clubs at 3am. It was so much FUN!

With this commercial I'm really excited that I'm going to be the "main character" and you're actually going to be able to see my face! I can't wait to do it! I'll let you know how it goes! :)

Little Successes!

I got a call from the director this morning and... I got the part!! YAY!!!!!
I have the LEAD role in this show!!! I am SOOOOOooooOOoOoOOOOooo EXCITED!!! WOOHOOO! I can't wait until rehearsals start!!

The Difficulties of Auditioning

Yesterday I had an audition for a play that I think I would be really good in. It is a comedy that would also involve a lot of improv, and I LOVE improv. But let me start by telling you how it went and how I prepared for the audition. Well, the morning started out okay, but it quickly became stressful because I had other things on my plate besides the audition. That's usually how it is. Sometimes I barely have time to think about things before I am thrust into the arena and forced to perform. Yesterday was no different. I knew what monologue I was going to do- it was one I have done before, so I wasn't really nervous about it. But then other things I had to do started getting me stressed, so I started getting stressed about the audition too! I practised my monologue a couple times in the car, and my boyfried was with me, and he kept making me so mad because he was singing every word I said. He always does that, and it is SO irritating. I mean, he gave me a ride to the audition, but he didn't have to TORTURE me the whole way. To top it off, I was running behind schedule. I wanted to be there about 15 mins early, but it ended up I that I was barely there on time.

Anyway, I was stressed before the audition, but I took a deep breath in the car, marched into the theatre, signed in, and waited for my turn. Oftentimes auditions feel like you're waiting for the guillotine to come down on you, unfortunately. This one was kind of like that. I was worried I would mess up my monologue because I was stressed and hungry and not thinking straight. BUT, when they called my name I put on a smile and tentatively walked in. There were 5 people in the room, and this was a theatre where I haven't done any shows yet, so I didn't know any of these people- and that can be a bad and a good thing. Bad in that it's nerve-racking, but good in that you potentially never have to see these people again if you totally suck. Well, I went up there, chit-chatted a little with the director, and then dove in.

By the way, I still have to learn this myself, but don't worry if other people in the room whisper things to each other during your audition. This totally wigs me out too, but they're probably not even talking about you. Or if they are, no worries, it might be something nice, or something as innocent as: "her tag is sticking out of her shirt"... it's not always something as sinister as: "she is too fat and ugly for this part, what is she thinking?" I prefer to think positively, or at least, I prefer to think that people are not completely evil.

Anyway, I think I did my monologue well, even though nobody laughed. It was a comedic monologue. Yeah... Oh well! Then the director asked me to act out a particular situation without words- a little improv, which was fun. THEN he asked me to say something in my New York and French accents. That was when I had a mini heart-attack! My mind went completely blank! I can do those accents well, which is why I have them listed on my resume, but I never expected to be asked to demonstrate them in a preliminary audition. This should be a lesson to all: Always have something prepared to say in the accents you have listed on your resume!!! If you say you can do a New York and French accent, have something prepared to say in those accents in case they ask you to exhibit them!!

When they asked me my mind went blank and NOT ONLY could I not think of ANYTHING to say in those particular accents, but I couldn't even remember how to DO the accents!!!! I finally said, "give me something to say and I'll say it in a New York accent," and the director gave me something to say, which I did in an ADEQUATE accent (damn nerves!). Then he asked me to say part of my monologue in a French accent, which I must have done really well, because he laughed pretty hard!
With that my audition was over, but I think it went pretty well overall, because the director asked me if I was available the night of callbacks, which of course, I am always available for! I'm going to keep my fingers crossed!!!!

SO, here are some lessons I learned from this audition:

Practice the accents you have listed on your resume, and NEVER lie or exaggerate about your abilites- that would just be bad!

Practice your monologue a few times before the audition, even if you know it and have used it before. It is good to refresh it and get back into the character.

Always give yourself enough time to prepare for the audition and enough time to get to the audition location.

Don't stress out! That can ruin any kind of preparation you did!

Don't let the auditioners wig you out!

And... always try to just let your personality shine through!

Pictures!

Here are some pictures from plays I've been in!

Accomplishments So Far

WELL, I guess I should talk about what I have accomplished so far, so that you know where I am, and how far I have left to go. I live in Colorado- I know, not the place you would think someone pursuing a film career would live, BUT, I was born and raised here, and I'm trying to gain as much experience as I can here in CO before I make the big move to LA. Also, I have to save up some money before I can go anywhere, and I hear LA is expensive.

Okay, now back to what I have accomplished so far:
I started taking acting classes at the Denver Center Theatre Academy about 2 years ago. I've taken classes in improv, voice-over acting, and acting for the camera, and I think I've improved a lot as an actress. I have also gotten an agency here in Denver to represent me. Their website is http://www.radicalartistsagency.com
This agency is excellent and they have gotten me a lot of auditions, including an audition for a television series. So far I have only been an extra in two commercials, but hey, they say you have to do 100 auditions for every part you get, and so far I've had a better ratio than that. AND I can also say, 'hey that's the back of my head in that commercial' which is pretty damn cool. Eventually I hope to see my actual face in a commercial. :)

Also, I've been doing a lot of theatre(since there's not a lot of film production here YET) and I'm gaining a lot of experience as a "professional" actress. I have auditioned for a ton of plays, and I've been in 5 so far, with my 6th show coming up in March. That is a lot in the span of a year, so I guess I can be proud. I've also worked backstage on 5 or 6 other shows doing costumes and props, so I have been keeping busy.

I've been working my ass off trying to make a name for myself in this town, and I don't expect any less in LA. Actually I expect it to be a whole lot worse in LA. Los Angeles is a much bigger pond than Denver...and I don't know how to swim very well! Eeek! Sometimes I get down on myself because I haven't gotten more parts, and it's really hard to get rejected, but I guess I can only anticipate getting rejected a hell of a lot more in LA with thousands of other hopefuls competing against me. I better toughen up.

So far I think I'm on the right track for getting to Hollywood, so I guess I'll just keep working hard doing what I'm doing. Plus, I don't know what else I could be doing to get there any faster. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know!!

Introduction

I have been practicing my Oscar acceptance speech since I was a kid. Some may call this delusional, but then again, there is a lot to be said about the power of visualization. I've had a lot of difficulty so far in my life trying to figure out which path to take. I've tried to please my parents, I've tried to do something practical, I studied what I thought was respectable in school...I've done a lot of stupid things that held me up instead of focusing on what I really wanted. All this time I've known what I want to do with my life, and that is to be an actress. A film star! I've always wanted to be a part of that magical world you can escape to when you want to feel happy or sad or romantic, or simply reconnect with humanity. I truly believe that film has this power to open one's eyes to the beauty of the human spirit and reawaken one's sense of belonging. Aside from all that, I just like films because they make me feel good. They make me happy. And I want to be in them so I can make other people feel happy too.

Well, I have finally found the courage to actually go after my dreams, but here's the problem- I don't know how to GET into movies. I know what I want my final destination to be, but I don't have a road map for getting there. I've never been really good with making step by step plans. I'm a dreamer. I see the goal ahead, but I don't know how to achieve it. I'm at point A, but I'm trying to jump to point Z without wanting to think about all the letters in between. How do I get there from where I am right now?

This blog is going to be my journal of every step I take on my path to Hollywood. I'm going to work through this, share my triumphs and frustrations, my successes and letdowns, and hopefully writing it down will help me to work my way closer to that ultimate dream of being in the pictures! I hope this will also help other aspiring actors figure out what they need to do to accomplish their goals and attain their dreams! In the very least I hope I can be somewhat entertaining, if not informative. Let the games begin!