Last
night I was working at the restaurant and I waited on a couple of actors I know
from the audition circuit. It
always a little odd for me when I see people I now there, maybe not odd for
them, but it is for me. Anyway, of
course, the “how are things going” talk comes up and I mentioned that I was
taking an ongoing commercial class.
They were really surprised and intrigued as to why. All of us have worked a bit in
the biz and many actors look at commercials as something that don’t take much
skill. I kinda disagree with that
and the bottom line for me is that I think I have A LOT to learn about commercials
and performing in general.
So today in my commercial class
it was clear, very clear, as to why I am in class. I was horrible and boring on tape. I just didn’t look as though I was having any fun. I know I’m not like that all of the
time, but still…I’ve got a long way to go. The particular commercial we were performing was actually an
infomercial – 4 pages of dialogue.
I was concentrating more on getting the words right than being
watchable. As a result I did
pretty well with the words and was pretty unwatchable…I was cringing in my
seat, BUT I felt it was part of getting better. And I’m going to have to get better if I expect to book jobs,
make a living and move forward in my career.
So yes, I’m in an ongoing
commercial class. And I’m proud of
myself for getting up Sunday mornings after waiting tables all night Saturday
night to do something for my career.
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