The one casting director who brings me in consistently brought me in again for my first commercial audition of the new year. It's been a terrible decade for me in the business that I considered my bread and butter. But I've had enough good paying gigs that I haven't had to worry.
Today was sad, though. A veritable sea of old cronies depressed about being dropped by their agencies because they are "too old" (they are my age). Or because they can't make their health insurance. Or because they are just...sad. I don't know why but I always let it affect me.
Anyway. This was simple reaction shots. Or it should be. When I was coming up, reaction shots were Jim Carrey/John Belushi esque. Now they are all dead pan. Nothing. So, when I did mine, and I thought it was fine, I actually swallowed in the middle. Not for pretense, I just had to swallow. And the session runner said it looked a little mugging-like. Great.
I haven't had a commercial booking in 6 months and that one never aired. Before that it was a year, more than a year, and that one never aired.
There was a time when I was booking at least 6 a year. One year I had 12.
I could use the boost. Pretty depressed about the state of the business. I'm fine. For now.
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