August 2008
1 post
Harriet is Harrying
OK. So. I’m in that dark place where many actors live most of their lives. I want to be grateful to have the work, but I just don’t know if I can work with this director. Ok, so like, yesterday I came to work (first day of rehearsal) all prepared to nail the character. I had been working day and night since the last time I posted. GET THIS - he tells me to drop the accent. DROP...
July 2008
15 posts
Let me tell you about a little man named Harriet
He’s a hero. He’s a friend. He’s a man among men. He’s insecure, he’s courageous, he’s just like you and me. He’s an insurance salesmen who moonlights as a superhero. AND I SHALL BE PLAYING HIM IN THE PROUDEST PERFORMANCE OF MY LIFE TO DATE. At least I hope it shall be. I am already working on developing the character, even though I have at least three...
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I got caaaaasst! AHAHAHAHAAA!! More to come later my dear friends and followers…
BJ love
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You may be saying, “who? wha? Sonuva…” but no. I don’t know any more than you do what these numbers mean. They magically and mysteriously appeared in my inbox recently, as the subject heading of an email. The body simply read: “Best, Walt.” Weirdly enough, the email was from some guy named Joel. Maybe spam. Whatever. I have decided that like all mysterious...
drat this internet connection
A juicy post 90% completed just lost its way to you thanks to a really really stupid internet connection problem. Thanks for nothing, “hot spot”. Fear not my friends, I’ll do a do-over, just for you.
Tips for Food Budgeting
I’m half writing these down for my own benefit - ya know just to log my ideas - but I hope they help some poor soul out there too…
*Dumpsters: Be careful here - LA is a good town for dumpster diving but it’s dangerous anywhere. Seek rich chi chi places where you can scavenge on the sly (like in a parking lot) but still find some good stuff. You’ll deal with less hypogenic...
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY NIGHT, MY FRIENDS
Our scene opens to a truly rad party at Matthew Fox’s pad (I think you’ll recall that he and I exchanged a few brief words at the kraft service table). I have never in my life seen such a splendiferous feast of cribdom. He had ice sculptures in the shape of pelicans, himself, Evangeline Lilly, John Leguizamo… (Not sure why on the latter.) There were multiple staircases going...
Carpe Diem
If you’ve ever had a great acting teacher, or worked with like a wise ninja sage or dojo master, you’ve probably been told to believe in yourself, and even to write down the positive things that you believe to yourself. These wise masters call these positive things “affirmations.” They can be things that you’re thankful for, things that inspire you, or things that...
The Magic of Connectivity
I will swear by coffee, because I think all of my greatest revelations happen when I’m drinking it, or soon after the buzz kicks in. Have you noticed that? I’m not one of those “have an idea in a moment of peace” kind of people - I’m always in the middle of an overwhelming caffeine buzz as an idea jumps out at me and changes my life forever. Or at least for those...
As Not So Much Requested
Ok so fair enough there wasn’t a major response or really any at all about the worst role I was offered. But let’s talk about it anyway. Maybe some shy fan of the Jerome meister wants to hear this dark tale, and I need to fulfill that unspoken request.
WORST ROLE EVER: Toilet Embezzlement Guy #4. In a student film entitled the “Whizzard of Oz.” A trip, right? Yeah no...
To Thomas from North Circleton, LA
I wanted to go ahead and follow up with the other possible topics I offered a few days ago for discussion on my blog. You voted that you wanted to hear about my experience auditioning for Lost - can’t blame you. HOWEVER, one sir Thomas* from North Circleton, LA* sent a very persuasive email requesting, nay BEGGING that I talk about the most famous person that I have ever been on a date...
June 2008
8 posts
Auditioning for ABC's Lost
I just want to start today by thanking everyone for the support and for the inbox activity. In a few days we could be a pretty mobile operation, my friends. Hehe, let’s not get ahead of ourselves but seriously though I’m feeling the love everyone. Sorry for taking a couple days to post again, its tough making this a regular habit. So yeah, you all voted and clearly want to hear more...
You Choose the Topic for Tomorrow
Ok, if you spend enough time at a coffee shop reading magazines, you start to get an understanding of what the people want, and what the people want is choice!
So, for tomorrow’s post, I’ll let you pick from three semi-scandalous topics for me to cover. To vote, shoot me an email at bringbackjerometolost@gmail.com with the topic as the subject line.
Your topics to choose from are:
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Sign my petition to the writers of the ABC show...
It’s only been up for 12 or so hours and I’ve gotten 10 signatures, that’s ok, right? I mean, I’m not exactly reaching out to my network that consists of the same people I’m hoping to get new work out of. It would look pretty bad if I was like, “I’d love the part of Joey’s other obsessive compulsive roommate in the new Matt LeBlanc sitcom, AND could...
How I got motivated
Who knows who’ll come across the site, and who’ll care at all about a character they never really got introduced to, but it hit me today that this site needed to exist, for me, and for you.
I’m obviously an actor, and in a very non-actor like way, I want to keep my identity private on this Tumblr. Obviously (did I just use it twice in two sentences?) the producers and writers of...
Why I need your help!
In 2004 I was cast for the character of ‘Jerome’ on the ABC series Lost. I was slated to start working this season, but because of the writer’s strike and the subsequent shortening of the season, my character was left on the cutting room floor! Help me convince the writers and producers of Lost (who are really cool, btw) to bring back Jerome and tell his story!
Please sign my...