Ignorance is Bliss from One Less Bitter Actor

I’m becoming a real fan of actor and author Markus Flanagan. I’ve already put up a review of his excellent book, ONE LESS BITTER ACTOR. Since reading the book I’ve started keeping up with Flanagan’s blog as well. I must say that this guy must have tremendous confidence because he is fearless in exposing details of his journey in and through the actor’s life. He doesn’t post every day, but when he does, it’s usually well worth the wait:

Here’s an excerpt from today’s post and I encourage you to bookmark his blog or subscribe to his RSS feed and check it out often.

In an effort to get enough work by June 30th (to make my health insurance minimums before a strike deadline), a friend started to send me the daily breakdowns so I could see what was roles were available for me. She said that it would double my auditions because as hard as they try, agents just miss stuff. The theory was that this would put me in many more rooms over the next 4 weeks improving my odds for the jobs I need. So, I’d scour the lists for appropriate roles and send in emails to my agent and manager.

Gosh I wish I hadn’t….

Read the full post at the ONE LESS BITTER ACTOR BLOG.