Golden Burn
Last Saturday, I went to a casting call for a movie starring Ed Harris and Jennifer Connelly. There were a few tables, and we were to stand in line and then engage in one-to-two minutes of conversation with the unattentive person sitting behind the table.
As I’m standing there talking to someone who isn’t even remotely looking in my direction, I notice that the guy sitting on my side of the table is Dustin Lance Black… the screenwriter of “Milk”. He wrote this movie too, which is probably why he was there.
During minute two of my pseudo-conversation, I ask the interviewer how old he thinks I am… and then Dustin looks at me and goes, “I’d say about 45.” I didn’t really know what to say, so just laugh it off. “Haha, come on man… really?”
“You set yourself up for that one,” he says.
“Yeah, I guess you’re right.”
I left the place thinking that I probably just wasted a half-day for a 90 second interview, until I realized that I got ripped on by an Oscar-winner. How many people can say that? Totally worth it.
I'm a full-time employee at a Michigan non-profit, and a part-time actor. I'd like to one day be on a sitcom less crappy than "According to Jim".
