The "Glamorous" Life of Auditions - Day 16 ( Audition 17 )
I wanted this audition so badly...not really for the role but who the role would be with and just getting back into Patton Casting is always a nice refresher for me to remind them of me, once again. As I was memorizing the words for the role, I realized this wasn't flowing off my tongue as I wished, I just kept stumbling and through working it out in front of my beast, we got to the problem. Sometimes words on the page don't translate to you speaking them into life, there's a disconnect and the flow is broken so the memorization can be difficult and here is where you have to decide on whats more important to you. I rarely do this because I respect writers too much even to change the smallest of words but when I'm stumped and have gone through the process and also know a couple of real life people this character is based on, I have to go with the realness of how it would be said. Of course this is a risk...they may think you've gotten the lines all wrong and that is something you'll have to live with unless you get the job which is when it's up for discussion. Again, it's absolutely rare but I remember auditioning for "Major Crimes" awhile back and this line was stumping me. I decided not to change it but I tripped over it repeatedly and it happened during the audition...I didn't change it to suit me. I found out later that all the actresses had pretty much screwed that chunk of dialogue up and the writers rewrote it and they got a whole new slew of actors to audition for that...not me, nor the other actresses that had the problem. I was annoyed I wasn't given that chance especially with the rewrites but I made a mental note that if an audition stumped me because I only had an evening with the words to let it settle, then I would readjust the words to better suit me. That doesn't mean I went in and rewrote the words, I just rearranged them to help me get to what I was saying. This role was for a real estate agent and one of the lines seemed to come out of nowhere and disrupt the flow, for me and the beast, we absolutely knew that this line was suppose to be in the beginning or the end but it was smack dab in the middle and it was making my memorization life difficult. So after failing at saying it the way it was written profusely, I had to rearrange the line to finish with it at the end, just no way around it. I wasn't going to allow myself to trip over the words in an office that I've had good readings with so I decided what was important to me over booking the role...getting the words out the way I would say them. It was a great test, maybe if I had them for 2 or 3 days I could let them sink in but not with a night so in I went as an artist. I was nervous, it was an okay role but with a well known actor with whom I wouldn't mind having a scene with, I even watched an episode just to get a feel of the pacing and ended up binge watching the show after because it was so well done. I felt comfortable enough beneath the nervousness of changing the words and it came out as it should for me - REAL...and I was told the read was nice with no redirects, even caught her watching me which was important in my book. I noticed the other ladies auditioning looked way older than me but I was going to put up a fight and that is all you can do as an artist. Next time I'll be even more confident at rearranging lines if need be but I won't put myself into the position of knowing the flow is wrong for me and still trying to make it work when I don't have the time to do so. I was so proud of myself for just making that happen, I decided a lunch special at Lotus Vegan Thai was in order...especially since it was basically across the street! YAY to the little wins of risk taking as artists....let's celebrate!!!!
Can't wait to share my 'Bama nurse with you in the upcoming film "Ole B.R.Y.C.E." done with #TeamRamseyEntertainment. Loved working with this talented group of creators that shot scenes in a more interesting way and allowed us to improv our way out of a scene. Creative freedom on set is one of the most exhilarating experiences as an artist one can have...so humbled to not only get a chance to use my accent that I've been perfecting for years ( and told by Mr. Ramsey, straight up Alabama, that my accent was on point,) but to play alongside Ms. Morman once again. We had a show years ago that could've went through but it didn't happen so it's always nice to finally reconnect...thanks Eric for making this happen!!! Loved that I could be a part of a film that takes a look into black experimentation that has been denied and we as artists can bring these moments of time to be up for discussion. So proud to be a part of making this type of art...WAHOO!!!
I wanted this audition so badly...not really for the role but who the role would be with and just getting back into Patton Casting is always a nice refresher for me to remind them of me, once again. As I was memorizing the words for the role, I realized this wasn't flowing off my tongue as I wished, I just kept stumbling and through working it out in front of my beast, we got to the problem. Sometimes words on the page don't translate to you speaking them into life, there's a disconnect and the flow is broken so the memorization can be difficult and here is where you have to decide on whats more important to you. I rarely do this because I respect writers too much even to change the smallest of words but when I'm stumped and have gone through the process and also know a couple of real life people this character is based on, I have to go with the realness of how it would be said. Of course this is a risk...they may think you've gotten the lines all wrong and that is something you'll have to live with unless you get the job which is when it's up for discussion. Again, it's absolutely rare but I remember auditioning for "Major Crimes" awhile back and this line was stumping me. I decided not to change it but I tripped over it repeatedly and it happened during the audition...I didn't change it to suit me. I found out later that all the actresses had pretty much screwed that chunk of dialogue up and the writers rewrote it and they got a whole new slew of actors to audition for that...not me, nor the other actresses that had the problem. I was annoyed I wasn't given that chance especially with the rewrites but I made a mental note that if an audition stumped me because I only had an evening with the words to let it settle, then I would readjust the words to better suit me. That doesn't mean I went in and rewrote the words, I just rearranged them to help me get to what I was saying. This role was for a real estate agent and one of the lines seemed to come out of nowhere and disrupt the flow, for me and the beast, we absolutely knew that this line was suppose to be in the beginning or the end but it was smack dab in the middle and it was making my memorization life difficult. So after failing at saying it the way it was written profusely, I had to rearrange the line to finish with it at the end, just no way around it. I wasn't going to allow myself to trip over the words in an office that I've had good readings with so I decided what was important to me over booking the role...getting the words out the way I would say them. It was a great test, maybe if I had them for 2 or 3 days I could let them sink in but not with a night so in I went as an artist. I was nervous, it was an okay role but with a well known actor with whom I wouldn't mind having a scene with, I even watched an episode just to get a feel of the pacing and ended up binge watching the show after because it was so well done. I felt comfortable enough beneath the nervousness of changing the words and it came out as it should for me - REAL...and I was told the read was nice with no redirects, even caught her watching me which was important in my book. I noticed the other ladies auditioning looked way older than me but I was going to put up a fight and that is all you can do as an artist. Next time I'll be even more confident at rearranging lines if need be but I won't put myself into the position of knowing the flow is wrong for me and still trying to make it work when I don't have the time to do so. I was so proud of myself for just making that happen, I decided a lunch special at Lotus Vegan Thai was in order...especially since it was basically across the street! YAY to the little wins of risk taking as artists....let's celebrate!!!!
Can't wait to share my 'Bama nurse with you in the upcoming film "Ole B.R.Y.C.E." done with #TeamRamseyEntertainment. Loved working with this talented group of creators that shot scenes in a more interesting way and allowed us to improv our way out of a scene. Creative freedom on set is one of the most exhilarating experiences as an artist one can have...so humbled to not only get a chance to use my accent that I've been perfecting for years ( and told by Mr. Ramsey, straight up Alabama, that my accent was on point,) but to play alongside Ms. Morman once again. We had a show years ago that could've went through but it didn't happen so it's always nice to finally reconnect...thanks Eric for making this happen!!! Loved that I could be a part of a film that takes a look into black experimentation that has been denied and we as artists can bring these moments of time to be up for discussion. So proud to be a part of making this type of art...WAHOO!!!
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