http://www.aleciabatson.com/2009/09/opportune-means/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opportune-means Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:08:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.aleciabatson.com/2009/09/opportune-means/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Margot M. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:26:47 +0000 http://www.aleciabatson.com/wp/test/2009/09/opportune-means/#comment-282 Alecia ~ I, too, auditioned for the 4 page gate agent role & not unlike your resemblance to Amy Adams, I share a resemblance to Cameron Diaz which made the likelihood of me being cast in a scene opposite her quite slim, despite the fact that I felt I'd nailed the audition, and my feedback from casting director in the room & intern taping the audition was an emphatic "REALLY excellent!". I worked the airport scenes as a BG ticket agent & came upon a torn up preliminary callsheet which I promptly reassembled & googled the names of the 3 airport bit parts that were auditioned locally...once again, all went to New Yorkers. Grrr. There was a male in the ticket agent role who interacts with Cameron with 1, maybe 2 lines...are we truly to believe that they couldn't find a single Boston actor who could do justice to that one line?! Unfortunately, I didn't get brought back for day 3 so I didn't get to see the performance of the NY actress who ended up with the gate agent role. It's that same old favoritism we're working so hard to buck in our region! And onwards we go! Alecia ~ I, too, auditioned for the 4 page gate agent role & not unlike your resemblance to Amy Adams, I share a resemblance to Cameron Diaz which made the likelihood of me being cast in a scene opposite her quite slim, despite the fact that I felt I'd nailed the audition, and my feedback from casting director in the room & intern taping the audition was an emphatic "REALLY excellent!". I worked the airport scenes as a BG ticket agent & came upon a torn up preliminary callsheet which I promptly reassembled & googled the names of the 3 airport bit parts that were auditioned locally…once again, all went to New Yorkers. Grrr. There was a male in the ticket agent role who interacts with Cameron with 1, maybe 2 lines…are we truly to believe that they couldn't find a single Boston actor who could do justice to that one line?! Unfortunately, I didn't get brought back for day 3 so I didn't get to see the performance of the NY actress who ended up with the gate agent role. It's that same old favoritism we're working so hard to buck in our region! And onwards we go!

]]> http://www.aleciabatson.com/2009/09/opportune-means/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Alecia Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:41:12 +0000 http://www.aleciabatson.com/wp/test/2009/09/opportune-means/#comment-280 Thanks for the nice remarks, David! Such reminders are good to have, especially when the Universe's Grand Plan can seem shrouded in perplexity and clouded in unfairness. Thanks for the nice remarks, David! Such reminders are good to have, especially when the Universe's Grand Plan can seem shrouded in perplexity and clouded in unfairness.

]]> http://www.aleciabatson.com/2009/09/opportune-means/comment-page-1/#comment-279 David August Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:25:37 +0000 http://www.aleciabatson.com/wp/test/2009/09/opportune-means/#comment-279 I am <a href="http://twitter.com/TheyAct/status/4159871394" rel="nofollow">reminded</a> today about what is, and what is not in our control. You're doing what you need to do, and getting cast or not is not about you. Roles get written out, and that's not about you. Being too tall/short/thin/fat is also not about you in anyway that you can impact. You got the auditions, did well, and that is fantastic and should be celebrated. You rock. I could be writing to myself because not getting the outcomes I want frustrates, but in the end I'm trying to focus on what my focus can change. We'll book. And even though I don't want to believe it, it won't be any more about us than when we don't book. Hang in. Keep being awesome. :-) I am reminded today about what is, and what is not in our control. You're doing what you need to do, and getting cast or not is not about you. Roles get written out, and that's not about you. Being too tall/short/thin/fat is also not about you in anyway that you can impact. You got the auditions, did well, and that is fantastic and should be celebrated. You rock. I could be writing to myself because not getting the outcomes I want frustrates, but in the end I'm trying to focus on what my focus can change. We'll book. And even though I don't want to believe it, it won't be any more about us than when we don't book. Hang in. Keep being awesome.

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