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Training the Eyes 6 Dec 2012 | 08:55 pm
"There are two kinds of beauty Eastern and Western." This is the first sentence I hear out of a pair of perfectly glossed lips the day Thanksgiving. A friend of mine from New York connected me with a ...
I Don't Have Representation, And Yet. . . 30 Nov 2012 | 07:00 pm
I recently was contacted by FOX to audition for a pilot starring one of the funniest people ever. I don't wanna say his name, but he's on SNL (there!) Anywho, I'm not in New York at the moment so I...
The Spirit Awards 29 Nov 2012 | 07:45 am
When I first moved to LA, I did requisite sign up for a catering company. I was 21, had just moved to the city, and hadn't figured out quite what I wanted to do to make rent in the meantime....
MYTH BREAKER: You Do Not Need to Do Everything 21 Nov 2012 | 02:14 am
The weekend after Hurricane Sandy my friend wrote a post on Facebook that he was upset he couldn't help out. He was single-handedly keeping our company together (a downtown gym that had become a haven...
How Playing "Mafia" Led To An Audition 15 Nov 2012 | 07:35 am
You never know who you're in a room with, or who you're sitting next to, or whose dog your petting, or who you're playing "Mafia" with. So, my friend from NYU was visiting Los Angeles. It was his last...
That Time I Saw Myself on TV 31 Oct 2012 | 12:31 am
I've shot a few commercials over the last few years. 3 that appeared online, 1 that appeared in the South, and one that would play in Southern California. So when I received a message from a friend th...
Playing in Pasadena 21 Oct 2012 | 10:48 pm
In 2009, I co-starred in a short film about female Iraq war veterans. "Carla", directed by Henry G. Sanders, will be shown at the United Nations Association film festival at the Laemmle Playhouse 7, i...
Induce Serendipity 19 Oct 2012 | 12:30 am
Last week I went in for a voice over audition with Carrie Faverty. I have a really good VO teacher, and his cues were in my head by the time the script was in my hand. His favorite line to...
Don't Lead With Need 16 Oct 2012 | 11:54 pm
One of the most painful things to see is a desperate actor. They gather in audition waiting rooms across the world; huddled over their sides, mumbling their lines, faces contorted as they grasp for th...
The Director's Chair... and then a couple seats over. 12 Oct 2012 | 06:00 pm
Recently, I have been hired away from my "ESL with the stars" job into a much more demanding position: Assistant Director. I am now in charge of handling all extra, cameo, supporting and lead actors w...
