Actor Growth

I didn’t end up going to set today as the movie was apparently pushed back and so it will be a three day shoot up till Friday now instead. The call time is super early too at 7am for tomorrow apparently and the interesting thing is the crew time is not until 8:30am which is a little odd. Basically, it’s like the talent is going to be there before anything is really set up for an hour and a half.

I’ve had this happen once before and I literally just sat in the area for like 4 hours before everyone else was signed in to really start anything. Better get to bed as I will be leaving in the very early morning.

So I am suppose to be back on set for Farewell Atlantis tomorrow and as of now I am still waiting for the official call time. That’s one thing that can get annoying with background work is that sometimes you won’t know your call time until the way late evenings.

By the looks of it too, it could possibly start as early as 7:30am tomorrow. At this point, I’m almost thinking of just heading to bed and waking up at say 5:30am to check if my agent has sent me the times as I know there is no way it should start before 7:30am.

From the breakdown I read too the location of the shoot will be around the Lion’s Gate studios location in North Vancouver. The only other time I have been there was for the NBC Universal Casting Call. Guess it will be fun to see the type of set they have created there.

When I was talking to the agent the other day, one pitch that he gave me was how he expressed that the difference between him and my current agent was that my current agent has a view that I work for them whereas his philosophy was that he works for the talent.

While I personally never exactly got that vibe from my current agent, that was a very good point I thought when it comes to finding an agent. I remember one actor told me once how it is so easy to forget sometimes that you are hiring these agents and so it should equally be important that when you are looking for representation that you are interviewing them as well.

Just like hiring anyone, if you are going to be working with them for a good part of your career then you owe it to yourself to make sure that the person is suitable and will do the job that you hired them to do. Just like how you shouldn’t barge into an agency thinking you are way above the agent, similarly they should not act as if they are way above you either.

This is kind of a funny topic I thought. Recently a lot of people around me have been very interested in my acting career and how I am doing. This brought up a comment on how certain people have been excited and supportive of me from the beginning and are definitely not fake where they only want to associate with you fully when you seem to have it all.

Interesting I thought as that is true in almost everyway in life. Example, when you have money flocks of people will say they are your best friend and when you don’t they won’t remember who you are. I can’t say that I have developed a list or anything like that when it comes to knowing who my supporters are.

But basically, my mentality is that anyone who is helping me a lot now will of course be the people that I would take more seriously. Example, if I was super busy I would still make time to try and help. I guess that is one thing you do have to watch out for as an actor as lifestyle wise you will attract those who are looking to take advantage of any fame or fortune that you may bring in. Wonder if I should start creating like a fan or supporter base for fun.

Since I will be back on Farewell Atlantis next week, I was just thinking about my schedule and how there are a lot of things that I won’t be able to do on those days. For example, attending martial arts class, participating in the actors group and so fourth.

That’s one of the sacrifices you have to get used to in this business I suppose as long hours come with the territory where when you work you have to anticipate it to be the entire day. I always find it interesting still when I see people on set asking if they could get off earlier.

I guess it is especially true in this case where hopefully if you do get into this industry that you are genuinely passionate about it.

What a busy day this was for me. While I knew I was going to an audition in the late evening today, it turned out that the agency that I contacted the other day was able to meet me pretty close to where I lived and so I went to meet the agent.

There were actually two of them which was a little unexpected, but overall it was a pleasant meeting. He mentioned that usually he had this entire presentation ready to pitch the agency, but since I am pretty familiar with film in general he figured there was no need.

The one thing that I liked was that he seemed very honest about how it may not be the best agency for principle work since they are still kind of entering that field as they specialize in background. It was nice not being pitched on how say the agency is the best in the world.

Aside from that, I went to the audition as planned. I can honestly say that I did very well as I seemed to click with the production team and made them laugh as intended since this was a comedy. This was a cold read with some improvisation which is great as it reminds me of doing theatre. Just a matter of time to see if I got the part or not.