Band Of Brothers

So I went to my audition yesterday morning for the lead in an indie feature. Thankfully, this time (because it doesn't happen very often) we were given the sides 3 days in advance, giving me loads of time to work on it. When something is written well, I can usually see it play out in my head like a movie, which helps tremendously because I can actually SEE me doing it. This time though, I had about 8 pages of dialogue and action to contend with so I called a couple of friends to help. In addition to them reading lines with me, one of my friends spent a good hour on the phone talking about the scenes and the characters. I found in talking with her that I had come up with choices much more specific than I thought I had. CUT TO: Saturday morning. I walked into that audition confident that I had done everything I could to prepare. I went into the room and did my thing. As I was leaving, the casting director said "Thank you so much for coming in. I hope you get it." She probably said that to everyone as they were leaving, but it was still a nice little pat on the back. As soon as I walked out I turned my phone on and it started ringing. Everyone who had worked with me was calling to see how it went. I cannot tell you how much that meant to me. I know I have a cheerleading squad behind me and that makes a huge difference in this business. I just wanted to use this post to say thank you to everyone who spent their time prepping me and caring enough to see how it went. You guys are truly amazing.