Auditions a plenty

So, yet another audition. My week has picked up, eh? This time more of an "open call" thing. Which I usually hate. They take forever.

But, this time went pretty smoothly. I got there and was #59 and they were on #16. Sounds scary, but 1 hour later, it was my turn. That's not too bad. And, there were 3 or 4 friends waiting there to keep me company, so that's always helpful.

The audition was easy. 3 in at a time. Basically stepping into frame, then "oohing and ahhing" about some new building. That's all. Simple, right? It would be nice to get because it pays pretty well. Especially just for some reactions.
My group was okay. One was a fellow actor that I know well. We worked together on a music video and Hannah Montana. He did a great job. The other was a very nice woman, but she was really destroying the vibe. We had to "ad lib" a lot. You know, "improvise". "Oh, look at that new room. That's going to be amazing". Instead, she'd comment on the obvious made up nature of our sentences.
EXAMPLE:
ME: "Look at that up there".
HER: "Oh, that pipe? Yeah, very rustic ."

See the annoyance? So, you just try to ignore her comments and stay in character.
Amazing how some people just really don't get it.
Oh well.  All the better for me.

My Frustration

Just wanted to voice another frustration from yesterday's audition...

See, they were casting for 2 different things.  One was the female lead.  Now, there are many reasons why I'm not right for that.  They wanted a TALL girl.  The male lead is 6'5" so, we're talking tall.  And, of course glamorous, gorgeous and all that.  THAT is not me.

Then, they were casting "hairdressers".  But, they even said that they are to have a lot of character in their face and look as if they've lived a rough life.  THAT is not me.

So, the frustration  comes because in Nashville that is always my problem.  I'm not a supermodel, but I'm not very plain either.  So, I am in this "in between" area reserved for people like Sandra Bullock.  And, I have no chance of getting her roles.  Ya know?  I don't ever seem to get soccer mom roles either.  ugh.

I will say that the Directors don't really know what they're looking for until they see it.  I was cast in a music video at 28 years old, yet they were looking for a rough looking woman in her 40s.  Once I auditioned for a black ex-prostitute.  Sort of a modern day "woman at the well".  The best part of that is the Director called to tell me that I was his choice, but the client really wanted the cast to be diverse, so I was too white!

I shouldn't complain too much.  My agent has her work cut out for her.  I'm a 30 something white female who seems to do a great haggard 40 something or black ex-prostitute.