Today has been a good day. It has been a day of thoughts, but I do not want to stay just in thoughts, let’s do the actions. Auditions are always challenging. I prepare myself as much as I can, and trust me, the day of self doubts, and questioning my abilities to do a job are less and less. I go out, and I have fun, and enjoy the moment of being in front of the casting director, or the director, or simply the person who is charge of the audition.
Today is one of those days where I tell myself that my accent has to be an asset for me, not a disadvantage. When I think about making my accent goes away, or work super hard to get an American accent, I also think that I will kill part of who I am as an individual, and as an actor. I keep working on my “strategy” on how to make it in the entertainment industry, reading and analyzing what some “experts” have to say. Well, the making of it has to include my accent, simply because I’m not just an accent, or a typecast actor who can only get parts as gang member, illegal immigrant, etc, etc.
One day I was talking to my friend John, and we were saying that William Shakespeare, for sure, is still waiting for a director or producer who got the balls to do any of his lovely pieces, still in English, but not with a British accent or American accent, but with a heavy/flavored, sort of, Latin, Italian, Russian or Indian accent. Not just because of the accent, but because of what that actor can bring to the story as a human being from another country where English is not the first language. I’m sure that I am not the first person ever to think about that idea. I guess I need to reaffirm my capabilities, passion, and willingness, and love for acting, for performing, and whether I have an accent or not, I have the guts to do something without fear, with openness and respect to the public, to the audience.
The good thing is that my Latin/Spanish accent opens door too. I can be part of projects with meaningful purposes like teaching Spanish. I am grateful for that. Every time I get cast to a show, project, short film, etc, I keep bringing what’s underneath my accent.
Mucho amor, mucha passion y mucho deseo por hacerlo bien y dar lo mejor de mi.
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