We were at an eatery called Park Chow on 9th at Irving and EVERYONE I told about this place was happy to tell me how incredibly good the food was there. Nice , maybe they will cater for us. HA. I met some of the same actors I worked with before and a couple of new ones too. And BAM we are filming. I did about an hour's work and they said I was wrapped. I was shocked, I had to ask again. Suddenly, I was the recipient of spontaneous appluase . The crew seemed to clap for a long time... for me! I kinda figured they were thinking " Oh thank God she's done we don't have to deal with her anymore." But it was still nice to be clapped off the set ;-) I stayed a bit longer because I knew I wanted to say goodbye and thank each crew member and, of course the director. Maybe apologize again. While I was waiting and watching I was chatting with the other actors and we talked about getting a copy of this for each of us. One of the guys got a copy from the last one he did and is going to take us through this crazy process of finding the airdate then having this tiny Video store in Japantown record it for us. (nice little idea they have going there- hope it doesn't cost an arm and a leg for a homemade DVD.) Two of the guys, James and Elias, have worked alot around the City and were too cool to hang out with and chat. They played the detectives in the story and they looked so LAW AND ORDER SVU it was funny. VEry nice professional guys. At an appropriate break I had my chance to say thank you to each crew member. I had stayed in the restaurant and ordered breakfast. ( Hey people kept saying how good the damned place was Don't judge me! and yes it was fantastic!) As I made the rounds with each person i worked with I was happily surprised to enjoy a hug or two from these quiet serious guys. So sweet. Such a great crew of professionals. Sigh, I'm still stressed that they might hold the craziness of being late against me and if they do, oh well, what can I do? But what a fantastic first experience. I was treated very well on this set. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I'm told this isn't a normal experience-The level of professionalism coupled with the polite friendliness of the people involved. Actors were telling me horror stories of being yelled at and embarrassed by control freak directors. So it looks like I've been spoiled on my very first professional gig. I'll take it! I'm big into signs and I wondered on such a short day would I see one. I shouldn't have worried. As I was carting all my crap up the street to find a cab home (yes a cab , you have no idea how heavy all that luggage was) I walked by a window that had all sorts of kitchy stuff from plastic robots and silly hats to t-shirts, metal lunchboxes and mugs with LUCY on them. As I scanned the window A big white square of writing caught my eye. And I do mean Big. It was plain and simple. No plastic, metal or kitch I'm not even sure what it was but it was LITERALLY a SIGN
It read: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler." -Thoreau
I was and am rendered speechless.
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