As I enter new items into my résumé, and realize what I've accomplished since I returned to acting in the winter of 2009, I am astounded to see how much work I've done, how many places I've been, and how many people I've encountered. I once thought I wouldn't be cast in commercials, and yet I filmed three in 6 months. I wasn't always sure how my children might play a part in this endeavor, not wanting to push them into it or make it their passion just because it was mine. However, I've gladly discovered they are just right for the business, and they have now all been paid as little professionals, working the cameras, changing wardrobes, being cast back to back, and auditioning as a family again. I am extremely proud that they are participating in performance classes as well, and it dawns on me that my children live so very differently than those who play sports, or who go to school, or just live as most in society live. I am in awe, really, that I made it all happen after all!
Looking forward then provides me with a new insight that I haven't had before. I look forward to new additions to my résumé, especially in the Voice Over field, and hopefully some period pieces to boot. Auditioning since I have been working with Clifton Powell and since I've been reading Michael Shurtleff's book on how to audition is now a no-brainer. I was always trying to infuse more than necessary, but reading Shurtleff and listening to Cliff made me realize the ME they were looking at needed to be ME. Bryan Cranston's answer to a question about auditioning and what he would say to actors was brilliant- do your best, then let it go, move on, keep going. If you get the part, great, if not, well, you did your best. But looking ahead has become quite a different role for me since discovering the life inside. Time to adjust, again.
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