# I may be auditioning for a movie!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 16, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228 "2006-01-16T15:59:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/1 "2006-01-16T15:59:50Z")
The way this transpired was kind of odd. I have a modeling profile posted on a website; haven’t paid it much mind over the past year or so, as I’ve been busy with other things, mostly work. The other day, I check my hotmail inbox and see a message from a producer, who worked out of the Tampa Bay area, and now has a studio in Santa Monica. I checked out his website and everything is legit. He liked my photos and asked if I would be interested in doing films (no nudity required). He’s looking for new faces and someone with limited acting experience, and has already told me what the daily pay would be.
I am supposed to speak with him today regarding the auditioning process. I’m kind of curious to find out about it all. I’m not getting my hopes up and going into this blindly, but figure it can’t hurt to call, no?
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### Author:  [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/2 "2006-01-17T05:55:29Z")
Having seen your pictures, I wouldn’t mind seeing you in a movie. 😃
Good luck with it.
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### Author:  [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/3 "2006-01-17T07:31:28Z")
SAG or non-union?
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/4 "2006-01-17T12:40:52Z")
Speaking as a poster: Good luck and all the best!
Speaking as moderator: this isn’t really a discussion about arts and entertainment, it’s more about your personal situation. So, I’m moving it from Cafe Society to MPSIMS.
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/5 "2006-01-17T13:00:04Z")
Just because they have a website doesn’t mean they are on the up and up.
Sorry, inside of me lives a old jewish mother.
Whatever happens with this please let us know.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/6 "2006-01-17T14:45:01Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> …snip… Sorry, inside of me lives a old jewish mother…
Wow, how does she breathe?
Is the rent cheap?
Is her name Shirley?
Whose mother is it anyway?
**bittersweet** Good luck and be careful, I hope it wokrs out great for you.
Jim I couldn’t resist on the jokes sorry.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/7 "2006-01-17T15:21:06Z")
**A Guide To What Rating Of Film You’re In.** [ol]
[li]If you are smiling at the end, you are in a “G” Movie.[/li][li]If you are smiling, & holding an automatic weapon, you are in a “PG” rated film.[/li][li]If you are screaming at the end of your film, you are in a “NC-17” rated Horror movie.[/li][li]If you have no clothes on by the end of your film, you are in an “R” rated film.[/li][li]If you are in an “X” rated film, you will be screaming and have no clothes on.[/li][li]And, finally, if you have no clothes on, but are covered in green & purple paint, & are standing on one foot, shrieking like a deranged parrot, & wearing a tin bucket over your head, you are iin an Unrated Arthouse film, that nobody other than you, the Director & your family will ever see anyway.[/li][/ol]
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/8 "2006-01-17T16:03:37Z")
Heh.
**Bittersweet** , you might get more than you bargained for. I auditioned for a small role in an independant movie being shot here in the Houston area. My role has now expanded and I am the martial arts choreographer for the movie.
And I’m having a blast doing it. Break a leg!!
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/9 "2006-01-17T16:24:50Z")
Pretty cool! Wishing you luck! 🙂
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### Author:  [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/10 "2006-01-17T16:28:36Z")
> [@Voyager](#):
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> SAG or non-union?
SAG. And thank you everyone for your well-wishes! I spoke with the producer yesterday and he forwarded me a copy of the screenplay. I looked it over and seems interesting enough. I’ll keep everyone posted!
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### Author:  [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/11 "2006-01-17T17:06:37Z")
Congrats to both of you (OP & MA coordinator)!! Best wishes!
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/12 "2006-01-17T17:21:56Z")
Cool. Some day we can say we knew you _before_ you were dysfunctional!
😃
I’m in the TB area if you need me to check credentials and legitimacy of anyone. And make sure all of the nudity you do is “tasteful and integral to the story”.
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### Author:  [@nuke8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nuke8)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/13 "2006-01-17T17:40:52Z")
You got the tools, and the talent! 😃
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### Author:  [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/14 "2006-01-17T17:52:20Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Cool. Some day we can say we knew you _before_ you were dysfunctional!
>
> 😃
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> I’m in the TB area if you need me to check credentials and legitimacy of anyone. And make sure all of the nudity you do is “tasteful and integral to the story”.
And be sure and post links on your website! 😃
Lok
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### Author:  [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-auditioning-for-a-movie/340228/15 "2006-01-17T22:41:07Z")
> [@bittersweet](#):
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> SAG. And thank you everyone for your well-wishes! I spoke with the producer yesterday and he forwarded me a copy of the screenplay. I looked it over and seems interesting enough. I’ll keep everyone posted!
Excellent! Then you’ll get paid. 🙂 Good luck!