The Anonymous Production Assistant

Act Like You’ve Been There Before

This week, our #2 actor started, so we sent him a bouquet of flowers to congratulate him. (It wasn’t until I typed that last sentence that I realized how stupid of a Hollywood tradition it is to congratulate an actor for starting a show. The only thing they’ve done up to that point is sign a […]

It’s Not All About You

Not long ago, I was working casting on a reality show.  It’s very different from (read: “less professional than“) a scripted show.  In scripted, the actors have scheduled appointments; they have scenes that they’re supposed to have prepared; they’re polite, but focused on the task at hand. For reality shows, it’s basically a cattle call.  These […]

Celebrity, Major and Minor

Along with getting back to writing my blog, I’ve been catching up on a backlog of industry blogs.  Today, I stumbled across this post from the Hollywood Juicer. Michael is like an internet big brother, and it’s nice to know somebody out there worries about me. Had I read that post at the time, I probably […]