Sitting On My Hands

As far as acting goes, I have essentially spent the month of December sitting on my hands. I've been submitting daily through LA Casting and Actor's Access and haven't been called in to audition for so much as a student film. While I'm definitely able to invest more time and energy in my acting classes and my friendships, I really wish that I was getting more on-the-job training. Dustin Hoffman has a really great quote in this month's issue of Interview magazine about this very subject:

"A writer doesn't have to sell his book to write every day, but we (actors) have to have a job in order to practice our craft."

After my Groundlings class tomorrow, I'm going to call my manager and see if he can get me back in the room with the boutique agency who was interested in representing me commercially and theatrically. Maybe they'll be able to get me into some auditions.