quote:

Originally posted by miss stone:
It's all who you know. You know that.

quote:

Originally posted by lurker:

quote:

Originally posted by miss stone:
It's all who you know. You know that.

I'd like to give my opinion here, and be understood that I am not addressing

you specifically, Iceman and miss stone, but just putting it out

there in a general sense. Although nepotism and favoritism

exists in any industry, I think it's too just broad a

statement to say "It's all who you know". If Casting

/Production KNOWS OF YOU (the universal you),

and they will, if you sacrifice and persist,

adjust to whatever lifestyle it takes

to stay in town, work hard, and

network, you should, at some

point, be able to get in

the room, and knock

the hacks out

of the

box!


I do agree that sometimes, it is bewildering to

see a good role performed badly. It's

all relative and subjective,

though. I'm sure there

are people who look

at my work and ask

'How the hell did

he get that

gig? He

sucks!"


I can only speak for myself. I

came to town knowing nobody.

If I suck in Primetime,

It's not 'cause I

know someone.

I suck

on my

own.



Q: "How many actors does it take to change a lightbulb?

A:: 6. 1 to change the bulb, and 5 to say, "I could have done that better, but Hollywood says I am too old, too fat, too short, too tall, too female, too male, too hot, not hot enough, too ethnic, not ethnic enough", "So Cal is too expensive", or, "I just don't know anybody".

I believe that is part of the answer.

Jim

quote:

Originally posted by harlemhippo:


Anyway, I think we have all seen some crappy performances on TV. Sometimes I am suprised, especially when I read how steep the compition is, etc. I try not to worry about it too much. There's useually more than meets the eye. Maybe so and so was edited bad, or had an awesome audition and just didn't do the show that well. r the aformentioned "knew somebody".