I'm heading into work today at a TV production company. TV production has been my career for most of my adult life. It's in my blood. My dad, who is a director on a popular soap opera, used to take me to work as a child and I'd sit and watch the glamourous actors and actresses perform in front of the cameras.
When I wasn't dreaming of being an entrepreneur, I dreamt of being an actress. I decided to move to Los Angeles with my dad after college. Thanks to Dad's connections, I got a gig as a body makeup artist on 'Bold & The Beautiful'. It was an amazing experience for a 22-year old.
Especially the time I drank 5 cups of coffee and then had to put body makeup on an actor wearing a speedo. And I had to cover his whole body. Try putting makeup around the crotch of a good looking actor after that much caffeine. It ain't easy. My hand was shaking so much I'm sure I was touching things I should not have been touching.
After a few months, I decided body makeup wasn't a longterm career, so I signed up for an acting class thinking I would be the next Julia Roberts. Part of the $200 tuition included a headshot to get you started on auditions. Here's my fancy headshot.
I never made it to any auditions.
I realized maybe constant rejection/acting wasn't for me, so I packed up and headed back to Denver looking for something different.
Today, seventeen years later, I still work in TV production.
But something different is coming any day.
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