The Anonymous Production Assistant

Awkward…

Some people are shy. Actors, generally, are not. A certain actor, let’s call him “Mick Molte,” would regularly show up on set wearing nothing but a T-shirt and a pair of pajama pants with the crotch worn through. And when I write, “nothing but,” I’m including underwear. (I must admit that I didn’t witness this […]

More Like Children Than Cats, Really

Since I had so much fun bagging on actors yesterday, I thought I’d do it again today. I’m petty like that. Really, since I’m Anonymous, this blog is about the only place I can vent my feelings about actors. Everyone treats actors like small, fragile children. They’re never allowed to hear any bad news, under […]

It’s Like Herding Cats. Confused, Obtuse, Narcissistic Cats.

(So, basically, like normal cats.) Dealing with actors is one of the least pleasant tasks of a PA. Just shuttling them from one end of the studio to the other can be a sisyphean task. They want to stop at [glossary slug=’craft-service’]crafty[/glossary], they want to swing by the production office, they have to talk to […]