I forgot one... My first phone audition.

Before the new year I had an audition for a medical training video for UCLA being supervised by one or two medical institutions or organizations. I'm not sure who. I submitted for the audition, they got back to me, and I had an audition with one of the UCLA medical representatives and the producer of the project. And the audition was over the phone. I didn't know you could do that. They didn't see me, my face, my eyes, or anything really, just heard my tone through my Metro PCS connection.
We read two scenes, and I got notes, but they liked it. They pretty much gave the role on the spot. Later that day I received an email saying I got the part, with all the info and the script.

Now, today I was called to check up on things and see how I'm coming with the script. They wanted to make sure I'm pronouncing everything well, that there aren't any awkward lines that need to be written, and just so see how I'm coming with memorization. With all the medical jargon, as well as the emotions in the scenes, they want to make sure that everyone involved isn't stumbling with lines and instead being natural. Honestly, I thought that was a given, but that's not the point. I studied up on the lines, and had them fairly down when I read through with them today. I pronounced everything just right, which is amazing considering I stumbled over "abdominal" for an hour. I knew how to pronounce it, but my lips kept blurting out "abdominable." And everything was fine. She was pleased how well I had taken her notes, she felt I could continue to do so when the medical professionals step in on the actual shoot, and everything felt good.

It's still kind of odd to me to do this over the phone, but if it works for them, it must be alright. I'm very excited to be on the actual set and do some acting with people. But even more excited just to do this super serious medical thing. I love that actual professionals and the board member from some medical group are going to be there to keep things as true to life as possible. It'll be an educational experience for me, it should turn out a great product, and best of all... I'm one step closer to being able to say "I'm not a doctor, but I've played one on TV."