Don’t you just love when strangers feel the need to ask, “So, what do you do for a living?”
A few years back, I attended a fundraiser. Despite being there with friends, I found myself surrounded by attendees with full-time jobs and self-esteem much higher than my own. I remember chatting with an organizer who dropped the “What do you do?” question. Naturally, I gestured toward my friends to speak first, heaven forbid I start the conversation with, “I wait tables.” Sure, I could talk about my acting endeavors but considering my acting income (or lack thereof), plus my lack of impressive resume credits…could I even call myself an actor?
Fast forward several years. After an interesting journey of overcoming emotional rock bottom, I’ve resurfaced to find myself with…a very similar resume. I haven’t been on a network television show. There are a plethora of amazing theater companies who still don’t know my name. My search for representation remains ongoing.
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What has changed? Something you won’t find on my resume, without which this whole acting thing would be pretty pointless in my opinion.
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