Honest Article
August 9, 2006 by Dennis Baker
I recently found Frances Uku’s blog. She is a Harvard MFA grad who is working in LA. She recently posted an article by Jenna Fischer of NBC’s The Office. She talks about what it takes to be an actor in LA and I am impressed by the honesty and detail. With most actors who are asked to explain how they got to a certain point in their career, the reader gets these vague answers that make you think that one day they just got “discovered” walking down the street of Sunset Blvd. Jenna explains the process of relationships and coming into auditions for the same casting director time after time after time before they cast you. I highly recommend it…
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