Friday, February 11, 2011
Casting Director
Being a casting director has been kind of a back-of-my-mind dream since I was in grade school. I don't even know how it came into my mind, but it still sounds enormously appealing.
I just love judging things! Oh dear, that sounds terrible. Maybe it is? Well at least I'm finding a good outlet for my shameful desires. One thing I love to do is watch Miss America on TV and pretend like I'm one of the judges! And say, like, "I like her but her teeth are too big or "TOO MUCH SPRAY TAN!" or whatever. It's like casting for Miss America. I also like to finish a book and then immediately create a dream cast for the movie adaptation. And when I was 9, I was the 4th grade panel member for our school talent show auditions. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
I'm very abreast of fashion and pop culture, so I guess I know what kind of looks are "in" (oh god, that sounds moronic). I watch movies like a madwoman and I even used to act (uh, a long time ago), so I def. know what constitutes good acting. And I'm opinionated as all hell. I could totally do this!
So, what I did was, I e-mailed every casting director in Florida, asking if I could do an unpaid internship with them. ANd tomorrow? I'm going to e-mail every casting director in San Francisco. And then? God help me, I'm going to e-mail every casting director in LA (this will take forevvvvverrrr). But I think this really might be what I want to do! I want to shuffle through head-shots ALL DAY!
Careers I've decided upon since I got here (3 months):
Staying a photographer, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, comedy writer, and now casting director. And I've got events planner and model booker on the back burner. IS this crazy, manically switching from thing to thing? Or is it, like, growth, ie finally my options and passions and talents, albeit about 8 years later than normal? It doesn't feel bad.
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