Jeez I remember this one! They were awful. "Can you make his accent a little more AUTHENTIC?" That usually meant they wanted Apupic.twitter.com/3F5XRORO3n
Found a bunch of old scripts from some of my first years trying to be an actor.pic.twitter.com/GydOwlUKGW
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This was a pilot called The Stones. Tried to convince them to let me speak without an accent & make it funny on the merits (was told no)
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Ha! In this audition for Smart Guy, they didn't even give the character a name!pic.twitter.com/z2D8E5rx8J
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Friggin King of Queens man! I used to love that show until I got to audition for it lolpic.twitter.com/2BYu0nnd57
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I do not remember this audition except that it was for some shitty MTV show and the big joke was an accent and too much cologne
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Whoa I remember this! This was one of my first commercials. The makeup people would use Vaseline to get the sweaty unwashed look goingpic.twitter.com/X7z4EI4drQ
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This was for some project called The Marriage Clause I guess.pic.twitter.com/0yKjepAHqy
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch! Man. We got INTO it about why he had to have an accent. I'm laughing about it now but they were such dicks
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There are too many in this stack to tweet, I'll be here all day. That said, there were also some wonderful 1st audition & work experiences!
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Stuff like Steve Harvey, Buffy, Angel, 24, really smart, creative people who didn't have to use external things to mask subpar writing
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Also when you cast things like
@shorez, largely color & gender blind, it's more interesting & ratings can look like this. Which is awesome!pic.twitter.com/qr1f7vWASK
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Anyway getting off my soapbox & going to work. New Designated Survivor this week! Thanks for the love over the years
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I remember when you talked about these examples at a Stanford Sanskriti event in Oct 2001!
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Im offended at the stereotypical characters AND the fact my agent never got me an audition 4 any of these. Is that weird?
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I understand this psychology. I think this is why we are all crazy. I mean actors.
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this reminds me of that ep from
@MasterofNone !! EXPOSE THE RACISM!! EXPOSEEEEE ITThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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