Back to the Grind
I've been back about a month now, and in that time, I had COVID, went back on unemployment, sent out many self-tapes, and became deeply depressed. I was a working actor for five months, and now I can't get a callback. I know that I have lived a privileged theatre life in years past. I always had my next thing lined up, I had people calling me up and offering me parts. My booking rate was really high, and the number of times that I failed to get a callback was very low. But I don't really know what changed. The Utah job came about because my angel, Tanya, thought of me the year before and reached out. I feel very fortunate to have had that experience, and I certainly hope to repeat it as often as I can before I die. But the other jobs that I booked, I had a swagger and confidence that maybe got beaten out of me when I was attacked. Because since then, I have only booked two jobs, and I haven't been called back for many things that I have been rig...