Amateurs
By Tom GriffinAmateurs is an ensemble show about a group of friends involved in community theatre together. Jennifer, perhaps the most talented of the bunch, has risked her daytime job and her pride to venture to Hollywood twice, to audition for various roles. Here, she talks to Nathan, a shy divorcée, about her journey.
JENNIFER:
Excited? I was ecstatic! I was already planning my wardrobe for the Emmys. And I read one more time. My third callback. But I didn't get it.
I went outside. It was one of those hazy L.A. days, one of those days when everything felt so hot and... artificial. I could see the Hollywood sign shimmering up in the hills. So I got in my rented Plymouth and rove up to Lake Hollywood. Lake Hollywood, it's perfect! The goddamn thing is made of concrete! I walked around it. And all I could think about was, "Are there fish in this lake?" So I asked somebody. I actually went up to this guy, this worn-down, middle-aged guy, and asked, "Are there fish in this lake?" You know what he said, "This is Hollywood, lady. No fish except for the sharks. No bottom except for the slime. No princes except for the frogs." And we both laughed.
I left about two weeks later. I didn't have the guts. It wasn't the talent. It was the guts.
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