Lori WymanLori Wyman Casting, North Miami Beach, Fla.; Florida casting for 'Burn Notice,' 'The Glades,' 'Dolphin Tale,' 'Recount'i actually started out as an assistant in a talent agency. I remember trying to get a local casting director to see an actor. She fought me on it, and finally she saw him and he booked the job. That's when I knew I wanted more of a hand in the actual casting process. I left the agency business and started working in a busy casting director's office before I broke out on my own.I love actors. They're spontaneous and fun and playful. I'm more business, so they help me balance out. I have an excellent memory for names and faces. When I'm casting a project, I have to search the hard drive of my brain to reach for certain actors, and I love having to do that.
- 11/15/2010
- backstage.com
Lisa Soltau was living in Seattle when her friend Bonnie Gillespie sent her a book she had written called "Casting Qs," a compilation of interviews with casting directors. "I read it and I absolutely loved all the aspects of the job," says Soltau. "I loved the entertainment industry and movies and television. The process of casting sounded wonderful."She called one of the two casting offices in Seattle and ended up working as an intern there for about six months. But the CD told her she should move to New York or Los Angeles if she really wanted to pursue a career in casting. "I picked L.A. because I had lived there once for about three years and I thought it would be easier to acclimate there," Soltau says. "Plus I wanted to work on 'Six Feet Under,' which was airing at the time.
- 10/20/2010
- backstage.com
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