Rejection in this business is like a barbell.  If you reach up and take it as it comes down, it builds you up.  If you cringe and hope it doesn't hit you, it drops like a ton of bricks. 

Sure, there have been a couple parts I really wanted and was crushed not to get.  Some of them turned out to be bullets dodged.  You never know until...geez...after the release, I guess.

Sometimes, though, even if you want the job and are more than willing to do it, it's nice not to be cast.  So far, I have had the pleasure of not being the right choice for erectile dysfunction, cancer, venereal disease, and incontinence.  What I need is to audition for an adult ADD med.  Because I would book that, no problem.

Couple of national commercial auditions this week.  Proposal:  actors are notified when any job they audition for is cast.  The agent and / or casting people already have all the actors' names, emails, etc.  When they cast, they ought to call the cast actor and give the rest an automated courtesy form email so that they don't unnecessarily keep their schedule open (for the gig that already went to someone else).  Do it.

Called back for but did not book a national commercial.  Yay!  Argh!  Rejection:  I eat you for breakfast.  You are kind of yucky, but I will consume and transmute you.

Great day with the good folks at Kontent Films off Union Square.  Mark Decena and crew were a joy to work with, lovely cast, shoot went off without a hitch.  Look for it on local cable beginning in September.