Sunday, December 27, 2009

Rum Tum Tum Tum

Everything starts from some provisional seed. That seed, planted in fertile soil, may grow and blossom.

Almost ten years ago, I moved to New York to pursue an acting town. Ten years is roughly the time a friend suggested it might take to make some mark in the business.

I've hardly made a mark--no one stops me on the subway for an autograph--but in the last year:
  • I had my first appearance on TV, in Celebrity Ghost Stories on the Bio Channel.
  • I got my first paid voice over job, narration of the Tanakh for the Jewish Publication Society.
  • I got my second paid voice over job doing the narration of a stair lift installation video.
  • I had my second appearance on TV, a Burger King commercial on Spike TV.
  • I've seen the New York debut of my first feature film, Pro-Black Sheep.
  • I played the lead in my first indie (not student) film, Robert D. James.
  • I've acted in a few student films.
I find success frightening, even the tiny success I found in 2009. But I also find it bracing. I look forward to what happens next.