NCIS-LA…and life

I was recently background in an up coming episode of NCIS-LA and I must say that growing up in a blue collar town just outside of Pittsburgh, Pa  you never really get opportunities like that. Now, I know in the television capital of the world it’s not that big of a deal to most and that’s the crazy part. Living in LA it is relatively easy to get background jobs for any show if you have the “look” they want and with all of the shows taped here daily I am sure just about anybody has the “look” at one point or another.

I travel around the US a fair amount and to the rest of the “US World” it seems unreachable for the average person to be on TV and that was definitely my thoughts prior to moving here. Now, I have so many friends that are in the industry I almost feel obligated to do something because I am constantly getting asked what shows I have been in because I look so familiar… Although I think at some point, most people dream about what it is like to be a “big star” and how easy life would be (as if it’s a fairytale) and listen really close right now because I am going to confess something and I don’t normally do this so pay attention 🙂 …I have those thoughts too!

Growing up back east, my parents always told me to dream big and chase your dreams because you can do anything you put your mind to. Since then I have reached my dreams because at the time I obviously didn’t dream big enough but the mentality of most where I am from is to graduate high school, go to college or a trade school and graduate, get a secure full time job, buy a house, and start a family. Now this is great for most people but I am not one that can stay in one place and do the same thing over and over as many factory workers do all across America. My dream when I was young was to be a fighter pilot or a lawyer and as I hit my teens it turned to the automotive industry and I thought at the time being a service manager for a dealership would be a great job because I would be around cars all day and have a decent income with benefits and security because every service manager I knew was “old” and had that position for what seemed forever…

Well, not long after college I got that opportunity and I thought at the time I was doing pretty well because I had a few toys (then my toys were cars and motorcycles) and I felt my life was on track and I was ahead of schedule but what I didn’t account for is the feeling that I was becoming one of those “old service managers” that I knew of and I couldn’t help but think I needed to get a different dream. I needed to dream bigger!

My point with all of this rambling is that in life, I think everyone should slow their world down and evaluate their dreams periodically to make sure they are still on the right path. In todays world with the fast paced everything, we tend to go with the flow and forget where we are going or maybe that dream has changed or needs to be modified.

Which brings me to my second point (just when you thought I was done!).  I have recently modified my dreams a bit and I tend to agree with the majority of people that are the push behind me getting into television industry (although I will never leave my roots behind because if I did I would starve!)…I would be perfect for the television show Sons of Anarchy (which if you know me then you know how addicted to this show I am!) and although I have friends from season 3 that I hang out with, sometimes it’s not enough, so listen up Kurt Sutter, I have some thoughts about writing in my character and it fits perfectly with the direction of the show! So if there is anyone that knows him please forward this and have his people call my people…isn’t that what they do out here?!?