Making Good Habits, Catching Up, and Moving On

Okay, so I have been VERY negligent in keeping my blog up...like 3 yrs worth...yikes! You may ask "well, what the hell have you been doing all this time?" and I would reply..."working, living, enjoying!" and that would be true.

But I do want to get back into the habit of blogging...make it a habit. If not for the occasional reader, then for my own satisfaction, account, and well-being.

So here I go again...let's see...I am continuing to take things to the next level...professionally, I have a new agent, STARS, in the bay area. Still have Cast Images in the Sacramento area. Have been happy with both. But still pounding the pavement to get in front of casting agents and producers to get work. It's actually paid off. Next week I have 4 bookings; one which is a national print job...yeah. One of them I will probably have to turn down due to conflicts with the national print job. :-( C'est la vie, I guess.

Finally, have both a commercial reel and a narrative reel. See:

http://pro.imdb.com/video/demo_reel/vi3679034905/ Commercial Reel (short)

http://pro.imdb.com/video/demo_reel/vi106144025/ Narrative Reel (short)

http://pro.imdb.com/video/demo_reel/vi2354356505/ Narrative Reel (long)

All are up now on my imdb page : www.imdb.me/ricklasquete

(Another achievment, I have my imdb pro page up and pretty much up-to-date.)

Taking class and making in-roads and improvements to my craft. Happy about that. I need to make great strides in my work and want to be taken seriously as an actor.

This year my goals are lofty but concrete and focused. I want to make more quality films. I want to penetrate the LA market, make it into the Hollywood inner-circle and get a significant role in at least 2 films (and/or television shows) this year.

I need to be able to make some pretty significant connections into the industry. where to begin? This whole going down to LA...living there? A part of me knows that logically it makes sense to be where most of the work is...and one can be taken seriously...emotionally and pratically...I want something to actually pull me there so financially I have a reason to be there. Ah, the debates that go on in my head...

There's also the idea of getting an agent and a manager in LA to get things going on there. I wished money was no object, or better yet, it was an object I had plenty of. ;-)

Okay, keep focus on the important stuff...the rest will come.

Till next time,
Rick