And So It Begins...

I love my new pictures! I just had some printed up and the search for a new agent begins. Fun stuff. In the mean time, writing continues as does submitting myself for smaller projects.

I did have a great experience this past weekend. I took a Commercial Casting Director Intensive class at the Orange County Commercial Actor's Workshop with Mariko Ballentine. It was such a great experience and I feel I learned quite a lot and received a lot of useful feedback.

So with my new headshots in tow, we're off to the races!

New Headshots!

I had some pictures taken last week by the amazing Carolyn Ozimok. I can't tell you how happy I am with them. I liked almost all of them, but thought I would share my favorite four.

Let me know what you think...

Happy Lunar New Year!

Gung Hay Fat Choy, everyone! Tomorrow is the start of a new cycle in the Lunar Calendar...the Year of the Rat. As I was born under this Sign, I'm pretty excited about the promise this year holds. I'm not leaving it all up to mythology...I'm looking forward to challenging myself and putting in some hard work.

Here's to the New Year! Again!

2008!

Wow, another New Year's celebration has come and gone. 2007 was great, but I am certainly looking forward to even bigger challenges and rewards this year.

Here's to 2008!

Readjustment

Well, it's been almost a week since returning from Paris and I think I finally have my head screwed on right. The jet-lag wasn't that bad, but I was walking around in a fog for a few days there.

I came back feeling really motivated and feeling like the sky is the limit...so being back at home is all about sustaining that feeling. In Paris we walked everywhere, didn't watch tv at all, and just really enjoyed our surrounding. And being at the festival with so many creative people was amazing. With this new found fire, I'm really motivated to work on a screenplay. I'm working [and reworking] the storyline and making a plan to get this done.

And speaking of motivation and new found fire, director Amber Sharp has a 90-day goal to get her series, Don't Go on the air. To see the challenge and how you can help, check out the website.

Even More!

More pictures from the Cineffable festival and Paris are on my flickr account...go see. Enjoy!

Pictures!

New pictures from Paris posted to Flickr. Check them out! Click on the photo link above.

May?

Lord, this year is going by quickly! What's new? Well, I just finished shooting a grad film called 'Coffee Run'. What a great time! The crew was awesome and the cast was great to work with. I had such a blast. I was really looking forward to shooting this project and I think that it will live up to my expectations in the final cut.

I was a little lackadaisical about sending out my headshots over the past month and because of that I don't have anything lined up at the moment. But after a good haircut and some mental rest, I'm back in the game and looking forward to auditioning. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Roscoe Lee Browne died yesterday. You may not know his name, but I'm sure you recognize his face, and definitely his voice. I had the honor of meeting Mr. Browne twice. The first time was after a performance of August Wilson's 2 Trains Running on Broadway. To this day, it is the best piece of theatre I have ever seen. He was gracious and signed my playbook and took a picture with me. The second time was at a bar in Burbank. I had gone for a drink after work and there he was, sitting alone in the corner. I approached him, told him how much I loved the play and he was kind enough to engage in conversation with me for a few minutes.

I'm glad that he has found relief from any suffering he was experiencing with his cancer battle, but at the same time, I am saddened by the loss of another of our great actors.

Note: 2 Trains Running will be opening this month at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Another of the original cast members and a friend of mine, Al White, will be performing.

Plucky

So, I watched Cameron Crowe"s movie Elizabethtown the other night. Although the reviews weren't very good, I found that I really liked this movie. The blurb about the movie described Kirsten Dunst's character as 'plucky'.

Don't we all wish that we could be 'plucky'? The kind of person that everyone loves hanging out with, the person who always has something witty and fun to say, is deep without being preachy, and is 'hard to forget, but impossible to remember'.

Well, not everyone is plucky. Plucky sometimes toes the line with annoying...with annoying usually winning out. But we all have moments of being plucky...especially while on vacation or around people we don't know.

I guess since I'm usually around people I know and won't be on vacation until July, I have months of being non-plucky. Hmmm...maybe I'll just have to write something in which the character I play could be considered plucky. Speaking of which, I just finished my first screenplay [that was a long lead in, huh?]. The first draft is being looked over by some friends for feedback and at that point, I'll start preproduction. HA! It feels so cool to say that. I'm just going to marinate on that for a little bit.

New Direction

Well, I'm feeling pretty good about myself.

I just finished my first screenplay.

I had the idea, wrote it all out in a night and have been proofing, moving things around and rewriting, rewriting and rewriting some more. I took a few days away and will look it over again with fresh eyes before sending it out the friends for their opinions. Hopefully they won't be too harsh.

Aside from that, the weekend is here and it's time for a little road trip. It's nice to get away and refresh one's senses with something new and beautiful. I'm looking forward to it. Open road, here I come...hmmm sounds like another idea for a screenplay...

Too Cool...

I just had the greatest experience ever! While trying to find my cousin's All-Star Game commercial, I turned on the Logo network and there I was. Me! Logo has been rerunning the Short Film program and I finally caught it. Although I've seen the film several times, it's still cool as hell to see myself on TV.

Upward and Onward! This is just the beginning!

Kudos!

I wanted to take a moment to give a shout out to some of my peeps who have some exciting stuff going on right now.

Congratulations to Jason Rogel on being cast in Corbin Bersen's indie film! Jason impressed Corbin so much that his part was expanded. Thank God somebody recognizes his amazing talent!

Congratulations to my cousin, Omar, for booking an NBC All-Star Game commercial! Keep an eye out for it during the game. Not only is he family, he's a very talented actor.

Congratulations to Carolyn Ozimok who decided to make a huge life change and dedicate herself to her art and her photography. What an inspiration!

As for me, the director of Triple Minority, Amber Sharp, has offered me a part in her pilot that will be shooting this month. It's called Don't Go and I like to describe it as a cross between Melrose Place and The L Word. I'll be reunited with some of the cast and crew from Triple Minority and am so excited we'll have the opportunity to work together again.

That's it for now...more exciting news on the horizon!

Welcome to the New Year

Ok, so we're a few weeks into the new year. I finally feel like I've recovered from the holidays and am ready to face the new year's challenges head on.

My agent and I are getting everything in order for pilot season and commercial auditions. I also just auditioned for a student film that I would love to be a part of. The audition went very well [no regrets!] and I should know midweek if I have a call-back.

Wish me luck!

It's The Holiday Season

The holidays are in full effect. Shopping, shopping shopping and gift wrapping is about to get underway.

Regardless, I'm still submitting for projects and think that I've found an agent that will be proactive in the coming year.

Also, check out the new Triple Minority website.

One Step...

I've been told a lot over the years that if I take one step toward what I want, my dreams will take a step toward me.

Well, long story short, I've really turned my focus to making my dream happen. It's only been two days and Steven Speilberg called today and wanted me to star in his next movie.

Ok, it hasn't been that dramatic.

What has happened is I have an audition for a student film on Wednesday, a shoot for a TV show on Thursday and a friend called to inform me that she's finished with her script for a TV pilot.

Not bad for stepping closer together, huh? Oh and Steven, if you have my number, don't be shy.

Renewed Goals

Well, I've taken a week away from the hectic buzz of LA to recharge my batteries over at my brother's in NoCal. It's been great.

Now that I'm running at full capacity, pictures and resumes of yours truly are going to be flying into the hands of theatrical and commercial agents all over town. With the film online and being the 5th most watched and 10th highest ranked for this season of shorts, I've got a lot to offer to potential agents.

If anyone has leads on agents who are seeking new talent, leave me a comment!