Updating IMDb
I’m trying to update my IMDb page because, even though everyone knows it’s totally inaccurate and completely unreliable, everybody uses it. It’s weird, I know. Updating is a pain in the ass. They expect you to update your TV credits episode-by-episode. That’s just bad web design. I’ve worked on more than sixty episodes of television […]
Job Search
I’m on a job hunt right now, much sooner than I’d expected. While perusing Craig’s List, I came across this ad. After the usual rigmarole about being diligent and hard working, the ad ends thusly: Please send a RESUME (with contact info)and a PHOTO. Wow. I like how he staunchly avoids using the feminine pronoun, […]
Something I Will Never Understand
Why is it that the three departments most concerned with an actor’s look (wardrobe, make-up, and hair) always look the worst? I’m a straight white guy, so I have no fashion sense. I really don’t care what my clothes look like; I have shirts that don’t match themselves. But some of the things I see […]
I Heart Teamsters
“How do you tell which kid is a teamster’s on the playground? He’s the one sitting around, watching the other kids play.” That’s not really fair. Teamsters have it tough. They’re the first ones in, and the last ones out. Their turn around times are frighteningly small. Plus, everybody makes fun of them. Teamsters have […]
Luckiest Motherfucker Ever
You know my feelings on luck. I generally don’t believe in it, but Peter Steinfeld is trying to very hard challenge that disbelief. The other day, I listened to Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s interview of Steinfeld after 21. (By the way, it’s a great podcast series, if you’re interested in writing. You can download old podcasts […]
Everyone’s Favorite Department
Hint: it rhymes with “mrafty.”
Another Stupid Competition
I was listening to the Adam Carolla Show this morning, and they had Kaitlin Olson, from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as a guest. They were talking about how poor you are when you’re starting out, and Adam said, “But you’re making good money now, at least.” “Oh, yeah, I’m making big bucks,” she sarcastically […]
A Map of Hollywood
The Industry, not the town. I actually feel a little left out, since it refers to set PAs, but not us lowly office PAs. Everyone forgets about us. 🙁 (Hat tip: Script Goddess.)
A Moral Quandry
A conundrum, if you will. Today, I overheard the showrunner talking to some other person who gets paid enough to not know my name: “I don’t know what _____ is going to say when she finds out she doesn’t get one. We’ll just keep assigning them until there aren’t any left, and then we’ll see.” […]
Politics in Hollywood
I don’t often talk about politics, but after two weeks of conventions, people aren’t talking about much else. Here’s a sampling of some of my Facebook friends’ status updates in the past couple weeks– B___ wishes he could write hilarity like Palin has foreign policy experience because “she’s up there in Alaska which is right […]
Akting!
I mock actors a lot, but sometimes, I really do feel sorry for them. For one thing, it’s the only line of work where age, sex, and racial discrimination is legal. You may be the best actress in the world, but you’ll never play Hamlet. You can’t have a black actor play a 1940s crime […]
But What I Really Want To Do Is Direct
People often ask me what I eventually want to do. It’s a tough question to answer without resorting to platitudes. It’s an old Hollywood cliché that everyone wants to be a director, so I try to avoid that, even though I graduated from what amounts to a director factory. What surprises me, though, is that […]