V.O. audition in house for a cell phone company. Today I had the blessed opportunity to paired with a scene partner. His name- Mr. Obba Babatunde. He has to be one of the hardest working actors out there and you may remember him as the father on the UPN show "Half and Half", Principal Howard on "Dawson's Creek", Dr. Haskins in "The Eye", or you name it- and he was probably on/in it! He has numerous credits and also starred on Broadway as the original C.C. White in "Dreamgirls".
Mr. Babatunde was extremely sincere an committed to making our audition the best possible. While Robert, our session director was getting set up, I asked him for some words of wisdom for a young actor. He humbly replied that life/ your career is like a piggy bank. You continuously put effort in and save up. One day you get to the point when you put the last coin in and you can't put anymore in. You've worked hard you've achieved something great- you now break the piggy bank. He said that some people stop here- thinking that they've made it. Many actors do this. He said that it is important to keep progressing and what matters most is what you do with all that has been saved up. You take what you have learned and channel that towards continued progress. WISE WISE WORDS
After some raindrops of wisdom from a seasoned actor- we read our lines and final take was the best!
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