Casting About

Caught a documentary called "Casting About" at Laemmle's Music Hall in Beverly Hills last night. It's basically a montage of actresses auditioning for a particular film.

I thought the protagonist of "Hollywood Dreams" seemed particularly needy and cloying, but perhaps not. The nervous desperation of the actresses in this film set my teeth on edge. I felt like I was watching the most nerve wracking bits of a job interview over and over.

I'm glad I don't want to be an actress, but I still think, despite its bad rap, that casting could be an interesting career.

Fun Jobs and Other Fairy Tales

I had lunch today with a very nice friend of a friend who works at CBS (walking distance!). He told me to look at their job listings and let him know what I might be interested in. I picked out a librarian job but am not sure I have the right technical background for it. I also chose an administrative assistant position in casting. Sounded interesting and fun! He then warned me, as did my roommate, that casting is the most grueling job in all of Babylon.

If I'm going to make a career change into entertainment, it's now or never, because I'm already so much more tired and cranky then I used to be. I don't know how much job stress I can take.