{"id":460,"date":"2010-06-14T17:37:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T01:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisabrounstein.com\/blog\/?p=460"},"modified":"2010-06-14T17:37:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T01:37:35","slug":"i-had-an-audition-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"I Had An Audition Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lb_new07\"I had an audition today. \u00a0 And, while I am a bit superstitious, for someone who doesn’t believe in that kind of stuff, I will say it was a great experience. \u00a0 It called for someone to be rather tough. \u00a0 My awesome acting coach and I broke it down on Saturday and came up with the word “menacing” to describe her. \u00a0 I worked all weekend on it. \u00a0 Sure, I took breaks. \u00a0 It was the weekend. \u00a0 (Is there really a difference between a weekend and a Monday when you are unemployed? \u00a0 Yes, because my husband is home on the weekends…) I learned the lines and I really got to know the character. \u00a0 So, when I got to the casting office today, 45 minutes early, I decided to stay in my car and work just a bit more. \u00a0 Then I walked through the parking structure and out onto the plaza and then into the building. \u00a0 I figured I had 20 minutes at this point, I should go to the restroom and freshen up and cool off a bit. \u00a0 As I was in the stall reading the lines I hear someone come in and not go into a stall. \u00a0 Then I hear the tell-tale clicking of an iPod wheel. \u00a0 Then I hear really loud music coming from someone’s earphones. \u00a0 They must be deaf. \u00a0 I have to see. \u00a0 I gather my things and step out to the sinks. \u00a0 There before me was this TOUGH woman. \u00a0 She looked like Angela Bassett. \u00a0 She had a muscle shirt on and workout pants and a bandanna on her head. \u00a0 She was definitely menacing. \u00a0 How in the world was I, the Pillsbury dough girl, going to compete with that? \u00a0 She left the restroom before I did. \u00a0 Then I went into the casting room and signed in. \u00a0 Scary-menacing-bandanna lady was standing and staring at her reflection in a window with an, “I fucking dare you” look. \u00a0 Every once in a while she would kind of shift which made me and two other women shift in our seats. \u00a0 The rest of the women were all kinds. \u00a0 I was the largest and had the fairest skin compared to my dark hair. \u00a0 There were red heads and tattooed girls. \u00a0 There were women with long-hair and short hair. \u00a0 It was definitely a slice out of almost every group. \u00a0 Scary-menacing-bandanna-girl went in before me. \u00a0 I could hear a bit of her audition so I walked away. \u00a0 I didn’t want it to affect me. \u00a0 \u00a0 I felt like I gave a good audition. \u00a0 The casting director was BEAUTIFUL. \u00a0 WOW, is she pretty. \u00a0 And, she was very nice and complimentary. She even thanked me for being “so prepared.” \u00a0 As they say, that and $3 will buy me a cup of Starbucks coffee.<\/p>\n

Now what? \u00a0 Well, now nothing. \u00a0 I am home. \u00a0 So, I wait to hear. \u00a0 But I can’t really “wait.” \u00a0 It is maddening to wait for a call regarding a call-back or to find out if you got the part. \u00a0 You just have to think of it like a trip to the store. \u00a0 Once you are home you don’t think about the trip to the store. \u00a0 You don’t second guess yourself on if you bought the right eggs and if only you had then life would be better. \u00a0 You don’t think about the milk or the tomatoes. \u00a0 You just go on with your life. \u00a0 Sure, it’s easy to say. \u00a0 Certainly, every time my phone rings tomorrow I will jump and my heart will beat an extra beat harder. \u00a0 Then by Wednesday when the phone rings my heart won’t beat harder or extra. \u00a0 Then when my phone rings on Thursday I won’t even flinch before I answer it…unless I am napping.<\/p>\n

Today feels like a step in the right direction. \u00a0 Whether or not I was the menacing girl she wanted I know she will remember me. \u00a0 Who knows maybe they will need me for something else or better yet, maybe I will get this part. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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