Booked first US commercial-- am SAG eligible!

Oh, WOW- I booked the IBM anniversary commercial, got to say a few words and even am SAG eligible now! :) How amazing is that?! It always happens when you expect it least. I guess now I'm facing the same problem as most new actors in Hollywood: Join SAG (Screen Actor's Guild) or not?

I've spoken with herds of people at this point and they pretty much all agree that joining the union only makes sense when you have a good "run". Once you join you have limitations with jobs because you can only do SAG work. So I guess I'm gonna hold off on that for now. But it's nice to have the option.

The IBM shooting was actually a lot of fun cause the director is a very fast-paced, strong willed guy who  made me so nervous they had to set up the teleprompter for me (to my defense: The sentence was really, really difficult and I just got it that day. Uhm...). Man- sooo embarassing. BUT many other actors used it too that day, so I guess it wasn't that bad.

Well, I'm not gonna lie to you- still getting used to the Hollywood quicksand that swallows you if you're not faster than the rest. I'm more of a "take my time" and "have a nice pace with this" kinda' gal and panic when things get too hectic. I guess I'm very German that way. :-) Ahhhhh, cultures. Gotta love them.

Funny thing by the way: We shot my scene ríght underneath the billboard for "The Social Network" movie (which I'm in too). Thought that was pretty funny.