Should I panic now? Part II

Original Article - The Panic Button

As I was reading the Actors Access Showfax Forum, which I regularly do, I came across a link to a post by an actor. I decided to actually read this article this morning since I woke up pretty early today and didn't have all that much to do. I am surprised it's still not noon yet and I've done quite a bit this morning.

Nevertheless this article was definitely an interesting read, seeing that so many people are feeling how slow things are going in the industry. As I mentioned in Part I of this post, it's been going this slow since at least March, if not earlier this year. But I was very fortunate to have booked two commercials in February. In fact I only had as I remember 3 auditions that month, and yet I booked 2 of them. And even in the month of January, I booked a small radio commercial. Even better was that in March I was called in to do ADR voices for The Marine 2, and last month, April, I was called in to do ADR voices for 2012. I have definitely been truly blessed by God this year to finally be making some money with my acting.

But I have seen a huge decline in auditions this last two months for sure. It's just as bad, if not worse then the time when the writer's strike happened. Well I think it's around the same. Everything just came to a near grinding halt. Not a whole lot of things are out there for no-name talent. That's the most important thing really in this town is to make a name. Name makes everything. I am certainly still working on that. I am certainly doing whatever I can to get a name built, but of course it's not an easy task, if not just an impossible task.

Right now at the very least, I am not panicking over the whole situation as at least I am getting work. I would like to see even more work and better work, but given the climate of everything, any work is good and I should count my blessings, which I most certainly am. And I do see the positive of it all, that when things finally do pick back up, I will be there ready to work even more, and that I will be called in so often for everything. That's the silver lining for me. And I think it's the only way to function in this industry. One really has to just stay on the positive and keep going. Look on the bright side and know that my day will come, and yes, it most certainly will. It's already on its way here, I'm feeling it, and seeing it happen already.