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- 2003, Los Angeles.
In the bright and elegant office of Alvarado-Lei Agency (3 agents, 129 clients, downstream of the industry), a middle-aged male agent sat behind the desk and looked at an actor's resume.
A blond girl opposite spoke loudly: "I am the cheerleader of our high school, but I love acting the most. I have acted in many school stage plays. I want to be a star like Nicole Kidman or Kate Wen." That's fine with Slater. I don't really like her, I think she's a bit pretentious, she just seemed like she was in "Titanic", what else? But I like Leonardo DiCaprio. Prio"
She couldn't help but stop talking because her manager was looking at her like she was an idiot.
"I'm a fan of Kate Winslet," the agent said. "She even surpassed Judith Dench in "Together"."
"Uh" The girl was stunned.
In an office of dpn brokerage company (11 brokers, 552 clients, midstream of the industry).
"What do you think of me?" the girl said in a provocative tone, looking at the male agent provocatively, and playing with her lips provocatively, "Am I sexy enough?"
"I'm gay." The agent said, looking at the several nearly nude photos on the table. "Sorry, our company doesn't need sexy clients for the time being. I wish you good luck. Also, let me remind you, we do As an acting agent, the first thing you want to do when you see this kind of photo is to call the police.¡±
"Uh" The girl was stunned.
In an office of la talent management company (5 agents, 73 clients, cooperating agent for "Love in Alabama", "Rivals" and other companies, upstream in the industry).
"Now, I have a few questions to ask you."
"Okay, may I ask?"
The male agent was slightly surprised, and the girl asked confidently and boldly: "How many actors do you represent? What type of actor do you think I am? How many actors of the same type as me do you represent? What if I choose you to be me? Agent, what can you bring to me? What do you expect from me? I¡¯m ready to do anything.¡±
"I want you to go out?" the agent said apologetically, "I'm afraid you don't fit the image of our company. I wish you good luck."
"Uh, but I can really" The girl was stunned, "You know, everything."
"Good luck."
In an office of jka talent agency (2 agents, 58 clients, focusing on independent films and TV shows, mid-range in the industry).
"I just acted in an independent movie called "My Perfect Family" in which I played the daughter, a main supporting actress." The girl had a sweet smile on her face and talked eloquently: "It's really fun to act in a movie, right? It's not difficult for me, it's fun when I'm on set, I feel like I'm at home"
"My-perfect-fa is crazy?" The female agent started typing on the keyboard. The imdb page was displayed on the computer screen. She checked while saying: "I couldn't find it. The most recent one is the 1992 TV movie perfect-fa Mily, the daughter is played by Shri Appleby.¡±
"Uhyou can't find any movie."
"Imdb can find any project."
"Probably not registered yet"
"Probably so. Stella, we are a small company and are not fully ready to add customers, so why don't you go back and wait for news?"
In an office of ota brokerage company (14 agents, 710 clients, big-name clients include Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, etc., upstream in the industry).
"Oh no!!! Romeo! You can't die. Even if you die, I won't live Father!? Father, please save him!!!"
Under the attention of the male agent, the blond girl was performing a monologue from "Romeo and Juliet" with exaggerated movements and crying. She suddenly rushed to the desk, "I can't live anymore!!!" She grabbed her hands excitedly. He picked up a vase with a small mouth and a long mouth on the table and stabbed himself in the chest, "Ah"
She screamed and fell weakly towards "Romeo (desk)". The vase in her hand fell to the ground with a loud bang!
"God!!" The agent lost his voice, his eyes widened as he looked at the fragments of vases on the floor.
The girl stood up, excited about her performance and that the priest (agent) was also brought into the play, but also uneasy about being too involved and breaking the vase, "Thank you, I have finished the performance."
"You just smashed $1,000!" The agent was so angry that he almost cried, "That's enough, get out now and never come back!"
As soon as she heard the $1,000 offer, the girl hurriedly grabbed her resume and photos on the table and ran out of the office like she was running for her life.
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The afternoon of January 10, 2006, Los Angeles.
Stella accompanied Moody to the Agency Home Company located on the east section of 6th Street in Santa Monica for an interview. The office building was a two-story rectangular parallelepiped. After entering, the two of them went to a room on the second floor under the instruction of the front desk lady. Waiting in the reception area outside the office, the agreed time is 15:30, there is still half an hour.
To them, this agent named Barry Jacobson is a big shot, and it is a courtesy to come and wait for half an hour in advance.
But if you haven¡¯t been interviewed until almost 16:30, then there is a problem.
Although there were only two people waiting in the reception area, Stella began to look at the clock on the wall over the reception desk frequently, while Moody had been concentrating on silently rehearsing her words for waiting.
Just after 16:30, the young female receptionist stood up and came over with a stiff smile on her face and informed: "Ladies, I'm sorry, Mr. Jacobson is too busy and doesn't have time to see you. The meeting has been cancelled." ¡±
Moody was stunned for a moment and quietly grasped the corners of the resume in her hand.
"Madam" Stella took a deep breath, suppressed her dissatisfaction, and said with a sweet smile: "Madam, please tell Mr. Jacobson that we don't mind waiting until he gets off work today. When are you free, when will you meet Modi again?"
"Okay." The female receptionist said nothing and walked back to the reception desk. She did nothing but glanced at the two of them from a distance. If you are willing to wait, just keep waiting.
Stella smiled at her again, then looked away, and whispered to Moody: "Just wait, if you encounter this kind of situation again in the future, you will have to stay like this and don't leave. No one will drive you away. Wait Maybe if you go down there, just be polite to those receptionists, there is no benefit in offending others.¡±
"Okay." Modi nodded in an educated manner and continued to rehearse in silence.
This wait lasted for more than half an hour, until 17:12, the female receptionist once again picked up the phone on the stage to listen. After putting down the phone, she said to this side: "You have 5 minutes."
"Modi, go quickly!" Stella said quickly without getting up. If she followed him in like a nanny, the meeting would be over in less than a minute, "Come on!"
"Okay" Modi hurriedly walked to the office with her resume and other materials. Her face was already red with nervousness and her steps were a little chaotic.
Stella looked at her and raised her forehead helplessly, how can she be an actor?
"No Shaquille, no victory. Kwame Brown is totally useless. No one can help Kobe. Smush Parker? Are you kidding me?"
In a bright and spacious office, a middle-aged white man in a blue suit was sitting on a black leather chair behind a luxurious desk. He was holding a phone and talking about something. When he saw the girl opening the door and coming in, he made a hand-pressed gesture to her to sit down. , "If I can't make the playoffs this year, I will not renew my season tickets. I would rather give the money to the Knicks, haha"
Moody quietly walked to the chair in front of the table and sat down, quietly waiting for the other party to finish talking on the phone. This was taught by Stella.
"Hahaha, are you going to play golf on the weekend? Yesterday, when I played with Kane and the others, that son of a bitch actually hit an eagle. What else could it be if it wasn't luck? He couldn't believe it himself" Jacobsen laughed. After chatting for nearly ten minutes, talking about various sports topics, he suddenly said: "No more talking, I still have some work to do, and there is a new person in the office, haha."
He put down the phone and coughed, causing wrinkles on his middle-aged face. He raised his fingers and said, "Give me your resume?"
"Hello, Mr. Jacobson, my name is Maudie Conrad." Maudie handed him her resume with both hands, trying to keep her voice steady and confident.
Jacobson took the resume and it looked like:
???????Modi-Conrad????????
(213)261-4792
Height: 1.60m/5¡¯2¡¯¡¯__________ Eye color: sky blue
Weight: 45kg/99lbs___________Hair color: Brown-blonde
¡¾Performance experience¡¿
Major theater performance: "Romeo and Juliet" with the amateur theater company "Theatrical Lovers League" in Logan, Utah, as Juliet
Performed in the school play "King Lear" at Summit High School in Logan City, playing the role of the third daughter Cordelia
Performed in the school play "The Merchant of Venice" at Hilltop High School, playing the role of Nerissa
¡¾Other experiences¡¿
Entertain guests with puppet shows at Logan City¡¯s Boulder Playground
Served as choir director at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Logan
¡¾Special Talent¡¿
¡ñSkiing, won the local 75-year-old "Winter Ski Meet" free skiing event championship
¡ñCooking skills, familiar with all kitchen matters, and good at cooking??50 dishes
? ____________________________
Paying attention to the other party's expression, Modi smiled slightly as Stella taught her and said: "Mr. Jacobson, I am a newcomer who has just started my acting career. My resume may not be so eye-catching, but my acting talent, experience and Hard work is enough to welcome all new opportunities. It hasn¡¯t been long since I arrived in Los Angeles, but I know this is a city full of opportunities, and my humble hope will happen today.¡±
Although I tried my best, my voice still trembled slightly.
Stella said that it¡¯s okay to be shy and conservative, but the most important thing is to express your true self in a pitiful way. Only in this way can the agent know what type of job she belongs to, whether there are enough people of this type among the signed clients, and whether there are any job opportunities that exactly need this type of job.
You must show your professionalism! The more professional you are, the more you will be valued. Don¡¯t do anything self-righteous.
These are legal agents. If you hook up with them in the office, they will be kicked out immediately. If this kind of thing goes wrong, it will go to the union. Even members of the union can make trouble. If the union no longer authorizes the agent, then he His career is over.
Remember that the entertainment industry is the first to make money, and agents are no exception. Their competition is equally cruel. Only professional actors will bring them income and status.
Therefore, the most important thing to do is to show your understanding of acting and the entertainment industry. The more you understand, the more worry-free and pleasing your agent will be to you. Once you are signed, you will be on track, which makes you more attractive than a pure rookie. like. But remember not to say bad things about anyone, only good things to say, and it is best not to comment on others.
Regarding the film and television industry, Mo Di knows Ye Wei best. He added: "I am also preparing to participate in Ye Wei's talent show. I like his movies and I am confident that I can win a role."
"Oh." Jacobson seemed to squeeze out a syllable from between his teeth, but it seemed that there was none. He looked at the headshot photo attached to his resume, which was just an ordinary digital photography print. He flipped through it a few times and said: " You have beautiful eyes and a good temperament.¡±
"Thank you!" Modi's smile became more and more shy, and her hands were so nervous that she didn't know where to put them.
"But I'm sorry." Jacobsen handed his resume back to the other side with a very serious expression: "Our company already has enough clients of your type and we can't give you a good opportunity. If you find another brokerage company, you will have more opportunities." Good development. Really sorry for that, little lady. Good luck.¡±
Moody¡¯s expression suddenly changed, ¡°Can I, can I show a one-man show?¡±
"No, little lady, it's really not necessary. I'm still busy, so" Jacobson made a sign to leave and said again: "I wish you good luck."
"Oh, thank you, thank you for arranging this meeting despite your busy schedule." Modi had no choice but to stand up, thank her a few times, and walked out with her resume and other materials, then turned around and sighed quietly.
I heard another voice chatting on the phone behind me: "Kane? That guy Manuel said he was going to play golf on the weekend. He didn't believe you scored an eagle, haha"
Moody walked out of the office and closed the door.
"How was it?" Stella walked towards him with some expectation. After all, the interview had lasted about 11 minutes. Modi shook her head: "I wish you good luck." Stella already understood what was going on and frowned: "How many words did you say?" Modi replied: "Speaking of me preparing to participate in the draft."
"Let's go. After failing dozens of times, you will always succeed." Stella took the lead and walked away without any comfort.
Moody followed behind, imitating her forced smile to thank and say goodbye to the cold-faced female receptionist, and then left for the exit.
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"Don't think that today's failure counts, Modi, let me tell you, it doesn't count, not even the warm-up. You have to keep looking for an agent, and you have to look for a job at the same time. I find almost all my jobs myself, a A broker usually has 50 clients, so if you rely on the broker, you will die.¡±
"I listen to you, so how should I find a job?"
"First wait until your headshot is ready, and then send your resume to the casting directors. You really need to find ways to enrich your acting experience. The ones you make up now are quite fake. An insider will know at a glance that they are not convincing. A good showmanship.¡±
"How about going to be an extra for two days?"
"Why are you always thinking about extras? I've already said that even if you have been an extra for ten years, it doesn't count as acting experience. Just because you are taking out the trash at the theater where the Oscars are held does not mean that you attended the Oscars! The talent show is on the 21st. , you should prepare well for the draft first, this is a huge opportunity, maybe once in a lifetime."
"Yes."
"It's a ghost. Don't have high hopes. The latest news is that Dakota Johnson is also going to participate. Do you know who she is?"??¡±
"have no idea."
"She is this year's Miss Golden Globe. She is the same age as you, but she is the child of a big star! Why are you competing with these people? Just try your luck."
"Oh, that's right"
The night of the 10th enveloped Los Angeles. In the living room of the dilapidated apartment, Stella and Moody were jogging around the living room to exercise, chatting while running. Modi has temporarily stayed here, and Safi has no problem with the three of them living together. Modi not only shared the rent of 270 yuan, but also took over many housework.
Suddenly, a crazy scream came from Safi¡¯s bedroom: ¡°oh-my-god!!!!!!¡±
"That's why I stipulated that I can't bring men back." Stella rolled her eyes and shouted: "Safie, your orgasm scream is too loud." Modi's face turned red.
"It's viy! viy!" Safi's screams continued.
¡°Yeah, he¡¯s fucking you.¡± Stella sneered. Modi's face was even redder and looked like it was dripping with blood.
"No, it's viy's blog!!" Safi screamed and ran out of the bedroom, neatly dressed, and glanced at the two of them. She was so excited that she couldn't speak clearly: "His blog! Not many people have been said to be his casting candidates recently. Is the director a liar, he wants to meet all these girls!
"Moreover, he also has to compensate them privately. As long as it can be proven to be true, he will fully compensate them for how much they were deceived!" He also said that he would mobilize the power of the Internet to dig out all those scammers and put them in jail. He also said that he had any special gifts for those girls"
Modi stared blankly, her sky-blue eyes as bright as sunlight.
"Really?" Stella also opened her eyes wide, looked at Modi, and asked tremblingly: "Did the casting director who lied to you use Ye Wei's name? It must be, it must be!"
Moody nodded blankly.
"Oh-my-god!!!!!!" Stella screamed uncontrollably, "You are lucky, you are really lucky! You can see viy, and there are gifts, you are absolutely lucky!!"
She rushed to Safi's bedroom, Safi also ran, Modi walked quickly with difficulty, her face was red and white, she couldn't believe it.
"Hahaha! It's true, my God! Come and take a look at viy's blog, Modi.", "Awesome! Modi, you are so lucky"
"Look, he said, 'Don't be disappointed in human nature, don't be disappointed in chasing dreams. You may think this is reality, but no, that's just the beginning! Let us defeat reality and completely destroy it! Just this time!' Haha, Moody, look, 'I believe there are good people in this world, and good people will be rewarded!' He is going to give you a gift!
Look, ¡®Don¡¯t be shy about being deceived, you did nothing wrong, stand up bravely, let the scammers¡¯ methods be exposed to the sun and become ineffective, let them be arrested, let them die! Girls, I sincerely invite you to contact me. I want to meet you kind and lovely silly girls' Haha, Moody! "
"Oh my god, viy is so cool! How come I wasn't cheated? It's so unfair"
There were bursts of excited shouts in the bedroom, all of which were from Stella and Safi. Modi remained silent.
After a long time, she walked out of the bedroom surrounded by the laughter of the two of them, still looking dazed. When she sat down on the old sofa, she suddenly said: "I want to make a new resume. In fact, Conrad is not my real last name. That's a liar's last nameI just wanted to remind myself. My name is Maudie Symington."
Seeing her eyes choked with tears, Stella and the two of them became a little quieter.
"I'm not going to make up information anymore. I'll just do whatever I want. I think viy understands people like us. He only sees performance ability, not anything else."
"How is your acting ability?" Stella was quite confused and didn't know this yet. Safi's expression was a bit complicated, "Is it normal?" Modi choked up and said shyly: "I don't know, I have never performed in front of other people, they are all wild."
"That's too bad." Stella couldn't help but sigh, feeling anxious and sorry for her. What a great opportunity, from bad luck to good luck, but it seemed like there would be no gain
Safi shook her head. It was expected. Moody was so shy and couldn't even pronounce her lines. How could she act well?
Modi asked shyly: "How about I perform a part and you guys give me some advice?" Stella waved her hand and said: "Let's do it." Safi asked: "What to perform?" Modi stood up and thought about it and said: "I often do it by myself A person acts in life and plays a movie role. You must have seen "Little Miss Sunshine", I played a part of Oliver?"
"Okay, you act." StellaPulling him to the sofa and sitting down, Safi also sat down and looked at Modi standing in the living room.
She closed her eyes and silently chanted "1, 2, 3" with her lips. When she counted to 3, she opened her blue eyes and began to act.
Almost immediately, Stella was stunned, and so was Safi.
This, thisis this really Modi
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"The World and the Parish: Essays and Reviews of Willa Cather, 1893-1902, Volume 1"
Author: Willa Cather (1873-1947), famous writer, poet, journalist and editor
Excerpted from the "john-dres" article on pages 436, 437, and 438:
Introduction:
For sixteen years, John Drew (1853-1927) was one of Augustine Daly's "Big Four," performing romantic dramas with Ada Rehan opposite him. In 1892, he became a star at the theater owned by his family, Charles Froman, working with Maudie Adams (1872-1953).
In 1896, they performed r. c. Catton's "The Lady Squire" and "Rosemary," script by Louis-N. Parker and Murray Carson. When looking back on the latter's outstanding performance, Willa Cather had a little description of Miss Adams in her previous diary on April 6, 1897: "Miss Adams, of course, is known for her charming and unique personality. Charming, she plays an innocent and simple maid. She is so talented and makes her role so vivid.
Text:
He is here, the idol of female theatergoers, the Hamlet of this theater!
I¡¯m referring, of course, to John Drew in ¡°Ladies¡¯ Squire¡±! As you know he shaved his beard. Not since the German Kaiser shaved his beard has a shave been so alarming in a long time. Everyone said that even the cannibal beauties in the center of Africa were lamenting and weeping over those shaved beards. And he did this just to better star in "Rosemary". What a sacrifice for art! Well, maybe he had other reasons for shaving.
Of course I knew how crazy New York was about "Rosemary," which made me almost afraid to express my true thoughts until I asked various people what they really felt about this dramatic event. Only after I agreed with my feelings did I dare to speak out. It's not funny at all and puts everything I've ever seen to shame. The only saving grace is the costumes, and even the completely wrong historical data
Mr. Drew plays a poor man superbly, and is a man for whom all the best adjectives can be used to praise him. When you say that he is indeed very good, you praise him for all his merits, that he is a Hamlet of the theater, expressing his emotions to the heroine in an elegant way. Only in this performance, he did not show it.
I would like to express my opinion about that over-praised young lady, Maudie Adams.
Initially, Miss Adams's appearance was hopelessly old-fashioned, her voice was small and harsh, and her performance was rather mediocre and boring. But she played the "cute little guy" to the extreme, to the extreme! Oh, she is so damn cute, like a Chinese tabby cat, you really want to leave her alone and see if she changes.
This guy has the most ridiculous and obvious tricks to hide her shyness. When she came out for the curtain call, she jumped out like a frightened deer and scanned the audience as if she had never seen the audience before. When there is a performance that requires wearing sequined clothes or tulle clothes, the posture of this "boarding school" on the stage is simply You really want to ask Olga Nesser how she maintains herself in that situation. Confidence, how can we win a beautiful battle! "Masters" are so rare, no matter what. (1)
Miss Adams, as we all know, is a star on the rise. I can't explain why she was discovered and given the chance to become a star. Perhaps the real inspiration for her was that she really met someone who was willing to let her become an actor and take this risk.
Of course different people have different views on Miss Adams. She gets along well with her co-stars, and William H. Kane thinks her performance is extremely graceful and beautiful, one of our talented and sentimental actresses who told me last week that every time she sees "Enchanted" During Miss Adams' performance in "Lady", she couldn't help crying: "God bless her!"
I admit that I will not be as emotional as her. But it was because of this little Chinese cat that Richard Harding-Davis always lamented about his hopeless days. It's not impossible to say that the man who wrote "Gallagher and Other Stories" could marry just about any American girl. Mr. Edward H. Sassen and Charles Dana JeepAfter Mr. Mori, he was the man who was increasingly admired and loved by women. (2)
However, the arrogant Miss Adams refused to give up her so-called "art", refused to cut off her long shawl curly hair, and refused to throw away her shy eyes when facing the audience's enthusiasm. Oh, come on, Richard Harding! The posture of a dainty Gibson girl is quite pretty, but in this case it reflects your taste.
The most icy and clever actress in "Rosemary," and the most endearing and charming thing about this quirky, corny picture, is Miss Ethel Barrymore, who plays the squire's housekeeper, "Priscilla." (Daughter of the heartthrob Maurice and niece of John Drew) (3), she was like a strong addition to a set of Henry Fielding's popular old-fashioned romantic dramas
Diary, May 2, 1897
?Note:
1: Olga Hersole, 1867-1951, stage actor and drama producer, with bold performance style and bold clothes, played many "prostitutes", "fallen women", " Mistress" and other types of characters were once arrested for "violating public decorum" in a performance and later released without charge. In 1896, they had a passionate kiss on stage in the play "Carmen", so later generations called this kind of thing "hersole-kiss".
Later, in 1900, she had a big incident when she performed "Sappho" in New York. Since this was the "Age of Comstock," Anthony Comstock, a Puritan, inspector, politician, and president of the New York Moral Society, was committed to maintaining the moral values ??of the Victorian era. In "Sappho", the actress wore low-cut clothes and kissed. After the performance in New York, the New York police arrested Nesser and other leading actors, as well as the theater manager and others, on charges of "violating public decency."
This incident shocked the public and the media. After a month of continuous uproar, the court trial lasted for two days. In the end, the jury deliberated for 15 minutes and ruled that Nesesol and others were acquitted. This incident became a major event in the change of sexual attitudes in American society.
2: Richard Harding-Davis, 1864-1916, writer, screenwriter, journalist. Controversial, he was a pioneer in exploring social issues such as abortion, suicide, capital punishment, and race relations. He was marginalized by mainstream American society at the time.
He thought it was fashionable to be clean-shaven and predicted that by the 20th century, men without beard would become more popular. But at that time, growing a beard was the only trend. Willa Cather lamented that John Drew shaved his beard, and satirized Davis because John Drew started to lead the trend by shaving his beard and would not die alone. Davis married twice in his life, in 1899 and 1912 respectively. His first wife, Seale Clark, was an artist, and his second wife, Bessie McCoy, was an actress. They had a daughter.
3: Ethel Barrymore (Ethel-Barry More), 1879-1959, stage and film actor, the eldest daughter of Morris Barrymore, a member of the Barrymore family, outstanding achievements, "the first in American drama" Madam".
John Drew, Jr., 1853-1927, the eldest son of John Drew (stage actor and theater manager), a stage actor, good at Shakespeare's comedies. His sister Georgiana Drew married Maurice Barrymore, forming the "Barrymore family" and their great-granddaughter Drew Barrymore.
Charles Dana Gibson (charles-dana-gibson), 1867-1944, illustrator. In the 1890s, Gibson created his ideal American girl image "Gibson-girl". The rise of fame has greatly influenced American fashion. Now the "Gipson Girl" has become a symbol of American girls in the early 20th century. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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