All language subtitles for The.Hollywood.Complex.2011.720p.WEB.h264-FaiLED

[orchestral music]

- SPRINGTIME.

THE WORLD WAKES
FROM ITS WINTER SLUMBER.

AND IN HOLLYWOOD,
AN ANNUAL RITE OF SPRING BEGINS.

THEY CALL IT PILOT SEASON.

* *

FROM LATE JANUARY TO APRIL,
THE NETWORKS WILL CAST

MORE THAN 50 NEW TELEVISION
SHOWS KNOWN AS PILOTS,

AND EVERY PILOT SEASON,
THE MIGRATION BEGINS ANEW.

THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
FLOCK TO HOLLYWOOD,

HOPING TO LAND A PART.

THEY COME
DREAMING OF STARDOM.

- DAKOTA!

[overlapping shouting]

- MARY-KATE!

[overlapping shouting]

- MANY STAY AT THE OAKWOOD,
A TEMPORARY HOUSING COMPLEX

THAT CATERS
TO SHOW BUSINESS FAMILIES.

FOR THREE MONTHS, THE OAKWOOD
PROVIDES A COMMUNITY,

FREE CLASSES,
AND A HOME BASE.

FROM HERE, THE CHILDREN TRY
TO MAKE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE

BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT.

- OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD
AND GET STARTED.

I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE
SPEED CASTING FOR KIDS EVENT.

SOME OF YOU ARE GOING
TO GET THE CHANCE TO MEET

WITH REPUTABLE AGENTS,
MANAGERS,

AND CASTING DIRECTORS
FROM OUR INDUSTRY.

WHETHER OR NOT
ONE OF THE CASTING DIRECTORS

CASTS YOU
IN THEIR NEXT BIG FILM

OR WHETHER YOU SIGN WITH
AN AGENT OR A MANAGER,

YOU ARE PRACTICING MAKING
YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS.

NUMBER ONE. OKAY, SO YOU'RE
GONNA SIT AT ONE.

YOU SIT AT TABLE TWO
ON THIS SIDE.

- TAKE THAT.

[overlapping chatter]

- WHOO!
[laughs]

THIS IS MILTON.
- HOW ARE YOU?

- I'LL GET YOUR BALL.
- I DON'T BITE.

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

YOU'VE GOT TO USE
YOUR BIG-PERSON VOICE.

HOW OLD IS THAT?

- HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN HERE?

- I DON'T KNOW.
- YOU DON'T KNOW?

BUT YOU'RE FOUR.
- YEAH.

- AND YOU'VE BEEN ACTING
FOR HOW MANY YEARS?

SEVEN?
- SEVEN.

- SURPRISING.

- AWESOME.

DO YOU HAVE, LIKE,
A MONOLOGUE

OR A COMMERCIAL
YOU CAN DO FOR ME?

- YES.

- OKAY, CAN YOU STAND UP
AND GO FOR IT?

- FRUITY, TARTY, SWEET,
AND TANGY.

- WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?
- HOT PINK.

- WHAT'S IT TASTE LIKE?
- CHERRY.

- I'M ALWAYS BRIGHT
AND HAPPY,

'CAUSE I'M JUST
BRIGHT AND HAPPY

'CAUSE I LOVE HAPPY STUFF.

- RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO GROW UP AND BE?

- I WANT TO GROW UP TO BE
A SURGEON, A ZOOKEEPER,

SOMETHING TO DO WITH LAND
ANIMALS AND OCEAN ANIMALS.

- REALLY?
SO WHAT'S THE ACTING FOR?

JUST TO HAVE FUN NOW?
- YEAH.

I REALLY WANTED TO BE
AN ACTRESS WHEN I WAS A KID.

- IF YOU RUN INTO
A DYNAMITE PERSON,

YOU JUST KNOW IT.

THEY TRANSCEND THE LENS.

THEY GET INSIDE THE LENS

AND THEY END UP
IN THE LIVING ROOM

OR THEY END UP
IN THE THEATER WITH YOU,

AND YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THEM,
BUT YOU'VE NEVER MET THEM.

- I THOUGHT THIS GIRL
WAS GREAT.

THESE ARE THE ONES I TOOK
THAT I THOUGHT WERE GOOD.

TAYLOR, SHAYNA.

- I HATE
THIS CHILD'S PICTURE.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE
DOING THIS.

SHE'S GOT A GREAT
CHARACTER LOOK

AND SHE TOTALLY WANTS IT.

[orchestral music]

* *

[dog barks]

- HOW ARE YOU FEELING, VIV?
HUH? HOW ARE YOU DOING?

[kisses]

WITHOUT MY GRANDMA,

PROBABLY NONE OF THIS ACTING
STUFF WOULD BE GOING ON.

- I WAS PRETTY MUCH
AGAINST IT AT FIRST,

BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT
YOU READ AND SEE IN THE NEWS

ABOUT THE YOUNG STARS.

THEY LOSE SIGHT OF
WHAT'S DECENT IN LIFE.

SHE PROMISED ME THAT SHE WOULD
STAY SHANNA MARIE.

- MY GOAL IS TO BE
IN SITCOMS AND MOVIES.

GRANDMA'S LIKE, "YOU CAN'T MISS
AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS.

YOU HAVE TO GO
TO HOLLYWOOD."

I LOVE YOU. MM-HMM.
I DO, I DO.

HUH, SUGAR BOY?
[kisses]

* *

YAY.
[laughs]

OH, MY GOSH.
- OH, MY GOSH.

OOH, THAT'S WHERE
THE OSCARS ARE, HONEY.

- THAT'S REALLY COOL.
- THAT'S COOL.

- I MEAN, YEAH,
THAT IS REALLY COOL.

- OH, MY GOSH.

- [gasps] NO WAY.
- YAY.

- MOM, DRIVE.
- I'M DRIVING, SWEETIE.

- SHE HAD ALWAYS SAID,
SINCE SHE WAS LITTLE,

THAT SHE WAS GONNA BE THIS,
AND, UH...

[clears throat]

SO FINALLY, WHEN SHE
WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD,

MY HUSBAND GETS
IN THE PHONE BOOK

AND HE'S, "YEAH,
THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPHY THING."

- THIS HEADSHOT
WAS THE HEADSHOT

THAT BASICALLY
GOT ME GOING.

- WE SENT THOSE PICTURES OFF,
AND THREE DAYS LATER,

THEY'RE LIKE,
"GET UP HERE,"

AND I WAS LIKE,
"HERE WE GO."

- YEAH.

[The Ellen DeGeneres Show
playing on TV]

[audience cheering]

[Ellen talking indistinct]

- PILOT SEASON,
IT'S A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S, LIKE,
IF YOU'RE A SALESPERSON,

YOU KNOW,
IF YOU HAVE THAT CHANCE

TO GET IN FRONT OF
THAT CERTAIN PERSON

THAT MIGHT BUY WHATEVER IT IS
YOU'RE SELLING,

WELL, WE'RE SELLING--
WELL, THAT SOUNDS STUPID.

WE'RE SELLING MEGAN.

[overlapping chatter]

- IT'S NOT AN EASY BUSINESS.
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, RIGHT?

THERE'S TONS OF SCAMS,
RIP-OFFS, AND DECEITS,

BUT YOU HAVE TO GO
WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

WHAT DOES THAT SAY?

all: "IF YOU DO NOT RUN
YOURSELF LIKE A BUSINESS,

YOU WILL RUN YOURSELF
OUT OF BUSINESS!"

- RIGHT. WE'LL GO OUT THERE
TO DO IT 'CAUSE WE LOVE ACTING.

BUT YOU KNOW, UNDERNEATH,
WHAT DO WE KIND OF ALSO WANT?

- WE WANT MONEY.
- MONEY.

HOW MANY OF YOU
HAVE DONE STUDENT FILMS?

YEAH, WASTE OF TIME.

YOU'RE GOING OUT
FOR SOMETHING FOR FREE

FOR A STUDENT
WHO'S NOT DOING ANYTHING

EXCEPT LEARNING
HOW TO SHOOT FILM.

LET'S NOT DO IT FOR FREE.

WHEN I GET
A KID'S SUBMISSION,

I'M GETTING CLOSE
TO 1,000 TO 1,800.

AT THE MOST,
I CAN SEE 40 KIDS.

DO YOU KNOW WHO ELSE GETS
AUDITIONED WHEN YOU'RE THERE,

WHILE YOU'RE IN
THE WAITING ROOM?

WHO ELSE?
- YOUR PARENTS.

- YOUR PARENTS, BIG TIME.

IF WE DON'T LIKE A PARENT,

WE DELETE THE CHILD
OFF THE TAPE.

THEY JUST ERASE 'EM.

WHATEVER YOU WANT,
JUST THINK ABOUT IT

AND KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND
AND SEE THAT ALL THE TIME,

THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET
AN ACADEMY AWARD,

YOU'RE GONNA GET AN OSCAR.

HERE'S YOUR LITTLE MOTTO
FOR TODAY.

IF YOU BELIEVE IT,
YOU CAN...

all: ACHIEVE IT.

- ACHIEVE IT
AND RECEIVE IT.

BELIEVE, ACHIEVE, RECEIVE.

- OKAY, LET'S GIVE STUART
A BIG HAND FOR COMING TODAY.

[cheers and applause]

- MY POLICY IS
THAT EVERYONE WHO COMES

HAS TO DO A FREE SEMINAR,

BECAUSE I FEEL THE FAMILIES
SPEND ENOUGH MONEY

DOING ALL THE CLASSES AND
HEADSHOTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE,

THAT HERE AT OAKWOOD,
I WANT EVERYTHING FREE.

- IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK
WAS REALLY ROSIE'S DOING

THAT GREW OUT OF NOTHING.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST
A PLACE TO STAY,

BUT IT BECAME THEPLACE
TO STAY.

- IN ITS CONCEPTION,
OAKWOOD WAS FOR SINGLES ONLY,

AND BACK IN THE '70s,
THAT ALL CHANGED.

SO WE'VE GONE FROM
WALKING DOWN THE AISLE

TO WALKING DOWN
THE RED CARPET.

- YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FAMOUS KIDS
HAVE STAYED THERE.

I'M SURE YOU KNOW HILARY DUFF,
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT.

YOU KNOW, MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE
HAVE STAYED THERE.

- I'M ALWAYS BLOWN AWAY
WITH THE ENERGY

THESE LITTLE PACKAGES HAVE
AND THE TALENT.

THIS IS ANDREW ASTOR.

HE IS ON DIRTY SEXY MONEY.
HE'S SIX YEARS OLD.

VINCENT MARTELLA.
HE'S ON EVERYONE HATES CHRIS.

HILARY DUFF LIVED HERE.

SHE CAME BECAUSE OF
HER SISTER,

AND THEN SHE MADE IT
ON LIZZIE MCGUIRE.

- YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK OF
THE OAKWOOD,

IT IS SORT OF, FOR ME,
IT'S SORT OF A PLACE

THAT DOESN'T EXIST
AFTER, LIKE, MAY 1ST.

FROM MAY 1ST TILL DECEMBER,
IT'S JUST--

YOU KNOW,
YOU SEE THE TUMBLEWEEDS.

BUT THEN, THERE,
ALL OF A SUDDEN,

YOU KNOW, THE CIRCUS
COMES TO TOWN.

- CANNONBALL!

- IT'S JUST LIKE A TRAIL
OF HOPE COMES IN,

AND THEY ALL TAKE OVER.

- YOU KNOW, I TELL PARENTS
ALL THE TIME,

IF YOU'RE GONNA STAY
AT THE OAKWOOD,

IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE
FOR THE KIDS,

BECAUSE THERE'S
A BUILT-IN SOCIAL AND CLASSES

AND ALL THAT,

BUT JUST KEEP EVERYTHING
TO YOURSELF.

I WAS A SOCCER MOM.

I WASN'T THE LEAST BIT
PREPARED FOR THIS.

- WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE
SOMETHING TO DRINK OR--?

- SCOTCH AND WATER?
NO, I'M KIDDING.

- YOU WANT SOME WATER?
- NO, THANK YOU, I'M FINE.

I'M KIDDING.

- PUT EVERYBODY ON HOLD.
- YEAH.

WE'LL MAKE IT VERY,
VERY BRIEF.

WE'RE KIND OF CONFUSED
ABOUT THE WHOLE PICTURE

AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

AND PROVIDING YOU WITH
THE BEST STUFF THAT WE CAN.

- LIKE, WHEN A CASTING DIRECTOR
GETS THE 4,832 SUBMISSIONS

OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU,
WHOSE IS GONNA STAND OUT?

SOMEBODY THAT'S GOT
A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING

OR YOUR TRADITIONAL,
NICE, POSED SHOT?

EVERYBODY'S GOT THIS.

NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT
YOU CAN'T GET AN AUDITION

WITH A NICE, YOU KNOW,
YEARBOOK-TYPE PICTURE.

YOU CAN.

I HAVE A LITTLE BOY RIGHT NOW
THAT'S BEING COACHED AS WE SPEAK

BY A CASTING COMPANY BECAUSE
THEY REALLY WANT--

ARE CONSIDERING HIM TO PLAY
JENNIFER ANISTON'S SON

IN HER NEXT MOVIE.

- OH, MY GOSH,
THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

- YEAH. AND HE'S GONNA GO MEET
WITH ALL OF THEM TOMORROW.

AND WE'LL GET SOMETHING
LIKE THAT FOR YOU.

I THINK THE NEW PHOTOS
WILL HELP.

- SUPER.

- AND LET ME JUST--ONE QUICK
CHECK OF THE EMAILS HERE.

MAYBE SOMETHING CAME UP
WHILE WE WERE TALKING.

WELL, SOMETHING DID COME UP.
LET'S SEE WHAT IT IS.

- IT'S GONNA BE GOOD,
IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.

- IT'S FOR A PILOT
FOR NICKELODEON,

BUT IT'S FOR A BOY.

BUT YOU SEE HOW
IT COULD HAPPEN ANYTIME.

- ARE YOU READY?
3, 2, 1.

[camera shutter clicks]
GOOD.

NOW BRING IT BACK TO ME
JUST A LITTLE MORE.

GOOD. CHIN UP.

AND BACK UP
JUST A LITTLE BIT.

GOOD. MOM?
- YES, SIR.

- WANT TO TIGHTEN UP
THE HAIR?

WE HAVE PHOTOSHOP,

BUT THE LESS WE USE PHOTOSHOP--
- THE BETTER?

- THE PERFECT--THE MORE
PERFECT THE SURE--YEAH.

- SHE LOVES WHEN I DO THAT.

- AND I'M GONNA GO,
"3, 2, 1, TURN."

TURN, TURN, TURN. GOOD.

[camera shutter clicks]

VERY NICE.
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE. GOOD.

- THAT'S NICE.
- PERFECT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT I SAID
WHEN WE SHOT THIS ONE.

OKAY, WE'RE DONE.
- [laughs]

- I MEAN,
SHE'S ALREADY A PRO.

- [laughs]

[music playing]

- AND NOW, THE 81ST ANNUAL
ACADEMY AWARDS.

[cheers and applause]

- I GREW UP IN A PLACE
CALLED ALCOBENDAS,

WHERE THIS WAS NOT
A VERY REALISTIC DREAM.

- WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD,
MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER

AND MY FATHER MOVED ME
TO CALIFORNIA.

- I THINK I WAS
PROBABLY EIGHT YEARS OLD

AND STARING INTO
THE BATHROOM MIRROR,

AND THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN
A SHAMPOO BOTTLE.

[laughter]

WELL, IT'S NOT
A SHAMPOO BOTTLE NOW.

I'D LIKE TO THANK
MY MOM AND DAD,

WHO ARE
IN THIS ROOM SOMEWHERE.

DAD, WHISTLE OR SOMETHING,

'CAUSE THEN I'LL KNOW
WHERE YOU ARE.

- [whistles]
- YES!

[applause]

I LOVE YOU.

[applause]

- I VISUALIZE HOLDING
AN OSCAR IN MY HAND.

- OF COURSE YOU'D HAVE TO
THANK THE--

OH, MY GOSH,
I FORGOT WHAT IT'S CALLED.

- THE ACADEMY.

- THE DIRECTOR THAT MADE IT
AND THE FILM CREW.

- ACTING COACHES.
- DANCE COACHES.

- AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL
THE HOMELESS ANIMALS OUT THERE.

- AND EVERYBODY WHO HELPED ME
ALONG THE WAY.

- MY MOM, FIRST OF ALL, FOR,
LIKE, DRIVING ME TO AUDITIONS.

- AND MY DAD, BECAUSE THEY'VE
ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME.

- THEY'VE DONE A LOT
FOR ME.

AND MY DAD HAS TO BE
BACK HOME BY HIMSELF.

[laughs]

WE'RE IN MY BEDROOM.

I DECORATED IT,
AS YOU CAN SEE,

AND THIS IS JUST A LOT OF
MY PERSONALITY IN HERE.

AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE,
WE SLEEP ON THE FLOOR,

UM, BECAUSE WE GOT
OUR APARTMENT UNFURNISHED,

SO WE DON'T HAVE A BED
ANYMORE,

SO WE JUST STARTED
SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR.

IT'S ACTUALLY
PRETTY COMFORTABLE.

- THESE KIDS ARE GROWING UP--
IT'S, LIKE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

- GUYS, WHAT'D YOUR MOM SAY?

ARE YOU GOING TO THE POOL,
THOUGH?

- INSTEAD OF SITTING
ON THE FRONT PORCH,

YOU'RE SITTING AT THE POOL,
AND ALL THE KIDS,

EVEN THOUGH THERE'S
COMPETITION GOING ON,

THEY'RE ALL THEIR FRIENDS.

- GUYS! OH!

- SHANNA.
SHANNA BANANA.

[laughter]

[overlapping chatter]

- UH, JAMES, IT'S SAYS
ABSOLUTELY NO DIVING.

BUT MAKE SURE YOU DON'T JUMP--
I DON'T KNOW.

JUST--JUST GET IN THE POOL,
'CAUSE YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS.

- ALL RIGHT.
- MY NERVES ARE UP HERE.

- ALL RIGHT. WATCH.
- GO ON, JAMES.

DON'T DIVE.
- OKAY.

- YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS.

- YEAH, JAMES!
WHOO-HOO!

- I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS,
LIKE, EIGHT FEET.

[overlapping chatter]

- SEE? I'M OKAY, MOTHER.

- MOM?
- YEAH, SWEETIE?

- DO YOU WISH YOU WERE
AN OSCAR MAYER WIENER?

- I DO, BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY
WOULD BE IN LOVE WITH ME.

- PREPARE TO EXIT RIGHT
IN THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE.

- THE AUDITION
IS FOR OSCAR MAYER.

- TAKE NEXT RIGHT.

- THEY WANT A VERY REAL,
NATURAL LOOK,

SO WE'LL SEE.

[overlapping chatter]

- ISN'T IT COOL?
- SO COOL.

- THAT WAS COOL.
- THAT WAS REALLY COOL.

THAT WAS COOL.
- THAT WAS COOL.

WILD.

DID YOU RECOGNIZE HIM?
- MM-HMM.

- FOURTH FLOOR.
- OKAY, THIS ONE.

THIS IS OURS.

[lighthearted music]

OH.

* *

- EXCELLENT. AND THEN YOU'RE
GONNA LOOK AT THIS PINK PAPER.

ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

EXCELLENT.
- THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.
- BYE.

- HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- YOU TOO.

- LOOK!
- LOOK! HI!

- WAS THAT--
WAS THAT TOO OBVIOUS?

- HI. LIKE,
JUST A LITTLE OBVIOUS.

THIS WILL LOOK GOOD
ON MY BLOG.

GET IT, GET IT.
- I THINK I GOT IT.

- [groans]

THE LADY IN THERE
WAS REALLY NICE.

- AT THE AUDITION?
- YEAH.

- SO, WHAT DID SHE TE--
DID SHE DESCRIBE TO YOU

WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO?

- NO. SHE DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME
TO SMILE OR ANYTHING, SO...

all: I FEEL GREAT!
- COME ON, BELIEVE IT!

all: I FEEL GREAT!

- LIE IF YOU HAVE TO!

all: I FEEL GREAT!

- WHEN YOU AUDITION
FOR A COMEDY,

A SITCOM, OR COMEDY ACTING,
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ENERGY,

AND THAT'S GOT TO COME
FROM DOWN HERE, OKAY?

[inhales]

WHEN YOU SAY YOUR NAME,
YOU'RE COMMUNICATING YOUR NAME,

SO THAT YOU'RE THINKING, I DON'T
WANT YOU TO FORGET MY NAME.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO THREE "HUHS"
AND THEN YOUR NAME,

YOUR FULL NAME,
WITH POWER AND STRENGTH.

- HUH, HUH, HUH,
SHANNA GROVE.

- I WANT THE VOICE PLACEMENT
DOWN HERE, FURTHER.

- HUH, HUH, HUH, SHANNA GROVE.
- GOOD.

- WUH, WUH, WUH, RYAN CASTLE.
- RYAN CASTLE.

- HUH, HUH, HUH, PATRICK CASA.
- GOOD.

NOW, WHEN YOU GO
INTO AN AUDITION,

DON'T DO
THE "HUH, HUH, HUH."

ALL RIGHT?
[laughter]

[laughter on TV]

- YES.
- GETTING KIND OF HUNGRY.

- HE'S 14 NOW.

HE CAN SAY A NAUGHTY WORD
IF THE SCENE CALLS FOR IT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT HIM
IN ANY SEXUAL SITUATIONS

THAT ARE BEYOND WHAT A
14-YEAR-OLD WOULD NORMALLY FACE.

AND I, CERTAINLY, I SAID
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

THAT GLORIFIES SATAN.

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

I DON'T CARE IF THEY
PAID HIM $1 MILLION.

HE'S NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW,
PLAY SATAN,

HE'S NOT GONNA PLAY A ROLE
OF A SATAN WORSHIPPER,

AND HE'S NOT GONNA PLAY ANYTHING
THAT GLORIFIES SATAN.

I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY
THEY OFFER HIM.

NOT GONNA DO IT.

MY HUSBAND'S A PILOT
IN THE AIR FORCE,

AND BECAUSE HE'S A PILOT
IN THE AIR FORCE,

WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT RICH.

EAT A LOT OF HOT DOGS
AND MACARONI AND CHEESE

WHEN WE'RE HERE.

- IN MOM'S ROOM,
WE HAVE THIS TABLE,

AND IT HAS, LIKE,
SNACKS AND STUFF.

WE CALL IT THE SNACK TABLE.

IT HAS, LIKE, FOOD
WHERE WE CAN GET SNACKS.

- AND I SLEEP UNDER
THE SNACK TABLE,

BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE
FOR ME TO SLEEP.

I LIKE ALL THE PRINCESSES.

- AND I SLEEP ON THIS COUCH.

I KEEP A PILLOW AND BLANKET
IN THE CLOSET DURING THE DAY.

- I HAD AN ACTING COACH
COME TO ME ONE TIME

AND SHE SAID, "CAN YOU PLEASE
SPEAK TO THIS MOTHER?"

SHE WAS ALLOWING HER DAUGHTER

TO AUDITION FOR A PART
THAT USED FOUL LANGUAGE,

AND SHE ENDED UP, LIKE,
RIPPING HER SHIRT OFF

AND WEARING SOME SORT
OF LEATHER BRA OR SOME--

SOMETHING AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD,
IN MY ESTIMATION,

JUST SHOULDN'T BE DOING.

AND I TALKED TO HER,
AND SHE ENDED UP SAYING,

"OH, MY DAUGHTER'S
NOT DOING THAT."

SO I KIND OF--I DON'T WANT TO
SOUND OBNOXIOUS OR ANYTHING,

BUT I THINK THAT WE WERE
SENT HERE FOR A PURPOSE,

AND THESE CHILDREN--
ESPECIALLY THE OLDEST ONE

WHO'S BEEN DOING IT SO LONG,

WAS GIVEN THIS GIFT
FOR A REASON,

I CONSIDER THIS
OUR MISSION FIELD.

I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
GO TO AFRICA

TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS.

AMEN. VERY GOOD, RYAN.

- SAVANNAH.

IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP,
SLEEPING BEAUTY.

- SMOKEY. SMOKEY.

- WHEN I GET OLDER,

I KNOW IT'S REALLY HIGH
EXPECTATIONS,

BUT I WANT TO BE, LIKE,
THE NEXT DAKOTA FANNING.

HIGH EXPECTATIONS, BUT MAYBE
I'LL GET THERE SOMEDAY.

- BUT ASHLEY DID HAVE
A THEATRICAL AGENT, UH,

AT PREMIERE TALENT,
BUT THAT WOMAN LEFT THE AGENCY.

- AND THEY ASKED IF WE
WANTED TO CONTINUE WITH THEM,

BUT I DID NOT WANT
TO CONTINUE WITH THEM.

- WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER
A GOOD AGENT?

- PROBABLY
AN AUDITION A WEEK.

AND...

- ESPECIALLY
AT YOUR AGE GROUP.

- YEAH.

I MEAN, IF IT WAS
SAVANNAH'S AGE GROUP,

IT'D PROBABLY BE
THREE AUDITIONS A WEEK.

- I'M GOING TO SCHOOL,
NOT AN AUDITION.

- THERE'S A LOT LESS
HER AGE OUT HERE,

AND I GUESS, LIKE,
THERE'S MORE ROLES,

BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY
HOT MARKET RIGHT NOW,

AND SO, SAY, IF YOU HAVE
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD

IN YOUR COMMERCIAL,

THAT COMMERCIAL
IS PROBABLY GONNA BE,

LIKE, IN THE SUPER BOWL.

- [squeals]
- [laughs]

- THERE ARE SO MANY GIRLS
IN THE BUSINESS.

I MEAN, THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE
OF 12-YEAR-OLD GIRLS.

EVERY LITTLE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
IN THIS COUNTRY

WANTS TO BE A SINGER,
DANCER, MOVIE STAR,

AND THERE--AND THERE AREN'T
AS MANY PARTS.

- I'LL TAKE THAT.
- OKAY.

- SO IF YOU'RE COMING
TO CALIFORNIA FROM DENVER,

YOU'RE RISKING A LOT.

WHY WERE YOU SO MOTIVATED
TO BECOME AN ACTRESS?

- I--IT INSPIRES ME, AND I THINK
IT INSPIRES EVERYBODY ELSE,

AND IT'S GOOD ROLE MODELING,
I THINK,

AND IT'S A TON OF FUN, SO--

- SO YOU LOVE IT,
AND THERE'S SOME PART OF YOU

THAT SAYS, "I'M SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING THIS," RIGHT?

- MM-HMM.

- SO LET'S TAKE THAT

AND BRING IT
TO THIS SCENE HERE.

- OKAY.
- OKAY.

- OKAY, SO YOU KNOW
HOW I WENT TO NEW YORK, RIGHT?

WELL, CHINATOWN
WAS SO AWESOME.

WE WENT THERE
AFTER KNOCKOFF PURSES,

BUT IN ORDER
TO GET THE GOOD ONES,

YOU HAVE TO GO DEEP
INTO THESE DARK BASEMENTS.

- OKAY, GOOD.
DON'T WORK SO HARD.

- OKAY.

- THERE'S A REALLY NICE
QUALITY ABOUT YOU

THAT'S REALLY OPEN
AND FRIENDLY AND SWEET.

SHE'S STRONG ENOUGH THAT THAT'S
WHY SHE GOT A THEATRICAL AGENT,

BUT THEY'RE GONNA TRY HER
IN COMMERCIALS FIRST,

AND THEY WANT HER TO WORK
IN COMMERCIALS

BEFORE THEY'RE GONNA GIVE HER,
YOU KNOW, THAT BIG PART.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS,
ARE YOU FOLLOWING YOUR PASSION

AND ARE YOU HAVING A VOICE
IN IT?

- I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS
JUST BECAUSE JULIA'S MINE,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

I'M TALKING FROM THE MANAGER'S
PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.

SHE'S VERY TALENTED, AND IF YOU
ASK HER TO SING RIGHT NOW

OR DANCE OR CRY--

JULIA, LET ME
SEE YOU SMILE.

YOU SEE?
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SMILE.

- THIS APARTMENT
COSTS $2,400 A MONTH,

AND PLUS WE HAVE TO PAY
ALL HER CLASSES,

ALL HER COACHING,

AND ALSO FOOD, GAS,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

IT'S ABOUT $5,000 A MONTH.

THIS IS HUGE MONEY.

- [singing]

"SO, I OVERSLEPT.

"I WANT
MY KELLOGG'S CORN POPS.

"LIKE SWEET POPCORN.

I'VE JUST GOT TO HAVE
MY CORN POPS."

I DON'T GET
THIS COMMERCIAL AT ALL.

- DIDN'T GET?

- I CAN'T EVEN READ IT.

"I WANT
MY KELLOGG'S CORN POPS."

- YEAH. KELL-OGG-ES?

- NO, KELL-GOGS.
- KELLOGG'S.

- YOU'LL ALWAYS WANT
MORE KELL-GOGS CORN POPS.

I'VE JUST GOT TO HAVE
MY POPS.

I CAN'T READ THE--
- KELLOGG'S, KELLOGG'S.

- THAT'S A CEREAL.
OH, CEREAL.

- OKAY, YOU GUYS READY?
- YES, WE ARE.

- ALMOST, YES.
- GREAT.

- JULIA, HOW OLD ARE YOU?
- I'M TEN.

- TEN YEARS OLD. CAN YOU DO
YOUR COMMERCIAL FOR ME?

- YES.
- OKAY, GREAT.

STAND UP NICE AND TALL
AND GO FOR IT.

- OKAY.

OH, CORN POPS. OKAY.

SO, I OVERSLEPT.
I WANT MY KELLOGG'S CORN POPS.

LIKE SWEET POPCORN.

YOU'LL ALWAYS WANT MORE
KELLOGG'S CORN POPS.

I'VE JUST GOT TO HAVE
MY CORN POPS. POPS.

- AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.
GOOD JOB. I'LL TAKE THAT.

LET ME GIVE YOU MY CARD.
- TERRIFIC.

- ALL RIGHT.

- YOU KNOW, JEREMY,
IF I CAN JUST TELL YOU,

SHE CAN FIT ANYTHING FROM,
LIKE,

SPANISH ROLES
TO ITALIAN ROLES.

- RIGHT, AND SHE CAN PLAY
ALL THOSE ROLES,

WHICH IS--
WHICH IS A HUGE PLUS.

NOW THE NEXT STEP IS KIND OF
GOING THROUGH MY ROSTER

AND KIND OF GOING THROUGH
MY GIRLS IN YOUR AGE CATEGORY.

YOU'RE 11, IS THAT RIGHT?
- I'M TEN.

- YOU'RE TEN, OKAY.

SO IF I HAVE, YOU KNOW,

TOO MANY OTHER GIRLS
SIMILAR,

WHERE IT'S GONNA BE
A CONFLICT TO TAKE HER ON,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HOLD OFF,
ALL RIGHT?

- I WOULD LIKE TO GET
EXTRA CARD FOR ME, PLEASE.

- OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
HERE YOU GO.

- THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS.

- THANK YOU, JEREMY.
- YES, NICE MEETING YOU.

- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, JULIA.
- BYE.

- THANKS FOR COMING, GUYS.

- THANK YOU.
- BYE. THANK YOU.

- HAVE A NICE DAY.
- YOU TOO.

ALL RIGHT,
GOOD SEEING YOU. THANK YOU.

- BYE.
- BYE, GUYS.

- I STOP AND TAKE PICTURES
EVERY NOW AND THEN,

AND SHANNA WILL SAY,
"THIS--

NOT EVERY MOMENT
IS A KODAK MOMENT, MOM."

OKAY, BUT WE ARE TOURISTS.

MY HUSBAND SAID,
"NO ONE DOES THAT.

- NO ONE GETS TO GO BACK
AND DO THAT.

- GO--YOU KNOW,
TAKES THEIR KIDS

AND GOES TO CALIFORNIA
TO DO THIS, AND I THINK

THAT THAT'S WHY SHANNA DIDN'T
TELL A LOT OF HER FRIENDS,

BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN
INTO THAT, YOU KNOW,

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?

IT'S A PIPE DREAM."

- YEAH, YEAH.

- MOST ACTORS GET OUT HERE,
INCLUDING MYSELF,

IT TAKES THEM TWO,
THREE YEARS

TO GET
THEIR FIRST GOOD PART,

AND IT'S JUST
A LOT OF BUILDING, SO--

- YES, IT TAKES--
IT TAKES A LONG TIME.

- NOW, HOW DO YOU GET
JUST THAT--

THAT NUT OF EXPERIENCE

SO THAT YOU GET ON THE SET

AND YOU'RE ABLE TO,
YOU KNOW, TO DO SOME THINGS?

AND THAT'S--THAT'S REALLY WHAT
WERE LOOKING FOR FOR SHANNA.

- YOU NEED TO BE A TYPE.

HOLLYWOOD IS ALL ABOUT A TYPE.
- IT IS.

- YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT YOUR TYPE IS.

- LITERALLY, I HAVE NOT BEEN IN
A ROLE THAT HASN'T BEEN A NERD.

I PLAYED A GAY NERD, UM,
A BASKETBALL PLAYING NERD,

A HOCKEY PLAYING NERD.

- YOU MADE 'EM LAUGH.
- YEAH, YEAH.

- A DOCTOR NERD.
- A DOCTOR NERD.

- HE'S A BULLY.
- YEAH, YOU'RE A BULLY.

- YES.

- THEY'RE ALWAYS SAYING,
AND YOU'LL FIND OUT,

THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE
YOUR CHILD BEING FILMED,

LIKE, IN A MOVIE THING,
YOU CRY.

AND I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT.

YOU WALK ON THE SET.

THERE'S THE BOOM,
THERE'S THE CAMERAS,

AND I SAID,
"WELL, I'M NOT GONNA CRY."

I WAS IN FOR 30 SECONDS,
AND I STARTED CRYING.

I SAID, "THIS IS SO--"
- OH, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.

- WELL, IT'S THE DREAM
COME TRUE.

- WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE
WHEN YOU GROW UP?

- AN ACTRESS.

- WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST
SITUATION POSSIBLE?

- HMM.

TO BE IN A BIG, BIG, MA--

A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE,

AND ME BE
THE MAIN CHARACTER.

- AND I WANT TO BE A--
A SINGER.

AND I WANT TO BE
A FAMOUS PERSON.

- MY GOAL IS TO ONE DAY HAVE
A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OUT THERE

AND EVERYBODY KNOW MY NAME.

- IT'S MORE MY DAD'S.

I WILL BUY HIM A HOT TUB,

BECAUSE I KNOW
HE REALLY WANTS ONE.

[laughs]

- FOR MY LIFE,

NOT TO EVER PUT MY HANDS
ON A WOMAN,

UM, NOT TO GO TO JAIL,

AND TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS.

AND AS FAR AS ACTING-WISE,

WIN FIVE OSCARS,

AT LEAST TWO GRAMMYS,

AND ONE TONY AWARD.

- A GOAL BOARD IS WHERE YOU
CUT OUT STUFF OUT OF MAGAZINES

AND YOU PUT 'EM ON A BOARD

AND THEN YOU CAN
WRITE STUFF ON THERE

THAT YOU WANT TO DO,

AND, UM, IF YOU, LIKE,

READ IT EVERY DAY
AND YOU LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY,

THEN IT'LL BOUND
TO BECOME TRUE.

I'M NOT DONE WITH IT YET,

BUT THIS IS,
"HAVE MORE MONEY."

I LOVE THAT ONE.

AND THEN, OVER HERE,
"SEE MY DAD MORE OFTEN,

"GO BACK HOME MORE OFTEN,

"WIN AN OSCAR,

BE A STAR BY THE TIME
I'M 13."

THIS IS MY OLD GOAL BOARD.

"HAVE MY OWN FASHION LINE,
CREATE MY OWN SHOE LINE,

OPEN UP A NAIL SALONS
AROUND THE WORLD."

I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA
DO ALL THIS STUFF,

BUT I'M GONNA TRY.

THIS IS MY MOM'S.
- [laughs]

- "ESCAPE FROM STRESSVILLE."
- OH. OH, HEY.

- YEAH, WE'RE--
IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE WORK,

BUT IT'LL COME TRUE,
PROBABLY,

'CAUSE IT'S ON THE BOARD.

- WHEN WE CAME OUT HERE,
WE WERE RENTING A CAR,

BUT INITIALLY, WE CAME
OUT HERE FOR TWO MONTHS,

AND IT WAS LIKE,
OKAY, WELL, PRETTY SOON

WE'RE INTO THREE YEARS
OF RENTING A CAR.

WELL, $18,000 LATER,
THE ECONOMY'S NOT SO GOOD NOW,

AND I THOUGHT, WELL,
YOU KNOW WHAT?

NOW'S THE TIME
TO SEND THE CAR OUT.

"HOPE YOU ENJOY
THE SPECIAL GOODIES."

OH, LOOK AT THAT.
- OH! GIVE ME THAT.

- THIS IS THE MYSTERY
RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS, LIKE,
A BABY ENCYCLOPEDIA,

BUT WE'VE BEEN GONE
A LONG TIME.

HE DOESN'T--
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES

I DON'T THINK HE REALLY,
UM,

GETS THAT
SHE'S GONNA BE 12,

'CAUSE WE LEFT
WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT, YOU KNOW?

AND--HERE,
CHEW SOME GUM.

- A NEW DANCE?
WHAT IS IT, DANCE-A-LOT?

REMEMBER, DANCE-A-LOT'S
THE ROBOT.

- YEAH, I KNOW, BUT, UM,
WHY DO I NEED TO SAY IT?

- WHEN DO YOU NEED TO SAY IT?

- NO WH--
WHY DO I NEED TO SAY IT?

- 'CAUSE THAT'S--

- NO, WHY DO I
NEED TO SAY IT NOW?

- I JUST WANTED TO
MAKE SURE YOU KNEW IT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
YOU DIDN'T FORGET, OKAY?

- OKAY, RYAN, YOU READY?
COME ON IN, HON.

OKAY,
SO YOU'RE GONNA READ

JUST THAT FIRST OCTOPUS SCENE
WITH MELANIE, OKAY?

- YOU MEAN, NEW DANCE?
WHAT IS THE DANCE?

- EXACTLY.
THAT OCTOPUS SCENE.

AND JUST HAVE
LOTS OF ENERGY

AND SHOW US
YOUR DANCE MOVES.

- HEY, EVERYBODY, IT'S TIME
TO GET INTO THE GROOVE

AND LEARN A NEW DANCE MOVE
WITH ME, DANCE-A-LOT.

ARE YOU READY?

- NEW DANCE?
WHAT IS IT, DANCE-A-LOT?

- LET'S ALL DO IT,
DO IT, DO IT TOGETHER.

FIRST, WIGGLE YOUR TENTACLES--
I MEAN ARMS--WAY UP HIGH,

THEN WIGGLE THEM
WAY DOWN LOW.

YOU'VE GOT IT, DANNY.

- THAT'S HIS LINE.
- THIS IS WAY FUN.

- NOW WIGGLE YOUR WHOLE BODY.
GOT IT, DANNY?

[laughter]

- YEAH, I FEEL LIKE
I'M AN OCTOPUS.

- GOOD JOB.
- GOOD JOB, RYAN.

- GOOD TO MEET YOU, HON.
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TODAY.

- OKAY.
- GOOD TO MEET YOU.

- BYE.
- BYE.

- OKAY, DON'T CHOKE
HER NECK, RYAN.

- ALL RIGHT.

- * DANCE-A-LOT,
DANCE-A-LOT *

- HOW 'BOUT THAT, RYAN?

WAS THAT COOL?
- YEAH.

- AS LONG AS YOU DID
YOUR BEST, HONEY,

AND YOU HAD FUN.

YOU COULD BE IN THE CAR
AND GET A PHONE CALL

ALL THE WAY UP TO--
IT COULD BE MONTHS

BEFORE THEY CALL YOU BACK.

SO--AND IF YOU DON'T GET A
CALLBACK, YOU JUST WON'T HEAR.

THEY'RE JUST TOO BUSY AND
THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE.

- THE FACT THAT YOU GOT
AN AUDITION IS AMAZING.

IF YOU GET THE JOB,
IT'S A MIRACLE.

THERE ARE 3,000 PICTURES
THAT I GO THROUGH

TO BRING IN 100 CHILDREN
FOR ONE ROLE,

SO THAT--AND THAT'S
ON EVERY JOB.

SO YOUR EXPECTATION
CAN'T BE TO WORK,

BUT THAT YOU GOT AN AUDITION.
GOOD STEP.

CALLBACK, BETTER.

JOB, TOTALLY
OUT OF THE BLUE,

LUCKIEST THING
THAT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU.

- PHONE'S RIGHT THERE.

WAITING FOR IT TO RING,
YOU KNOW?

- IF YOU'VE BEEN TRAINING
SINCE YOU WERE THREE,

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAINLY
DOORS OPEN FOR THOSE KIDS.

BUT PEOPLE LIKE SHANNA

WHO REALLY DON'T HAVE
THE EXPERIENCE,

THERE--YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

WE JUST NEED THAT--
THAT RIGHT DOOR TO OPEN.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
ON THIS CALENDAR.

- WE DON'T.

- ONCE YOU START GETTING
PROJECTS UNDER YOUR BELT

AND THEN PEOPLE SEE YOU,
THEN YOU CAN BUILD A REEL.

"STUDENT FILM,
NON-UNION, THEATER. THEATER."

- EPISODE.

- THAT'S OKAY, HONEY.
YOU JUST NEED THE EXPOSURE.

WHEN'S THE PHONE GONNA RING?

- 3, 2, 1.

- NEXT TIME.
- OKAY.

- OH, OH, WAIT.

ONCE YOU WERE TALKING TO, UM,
MY SISTER, RIGHT?

- UH-HUH.

- AND YOU WERE LIKE,
"YEAH, I NEVER GAMBLE."

AND THEN SHE WAS LIKE,

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING
OUT THERE THEN, MOM?"

- YEAH.
- [laughs]

- YEAH. LIKE,
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

IT'S GOT TO BE--
IT'S GOT--

IT'S THE SAME HIGHS AND LOWS
AS GAMBLING.

I JUST THINK IF I WOULD HAVE
SPENT $180,000

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
ON POWERBALL TICKETS...

[laughs]

WE COULD HAVE MADE
OUR OWN MOVIE.

[laughs]

- YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

A SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE
OF MONEY.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE KIDS

WHO COME OUT HERE
FOR PILOT SEASON,

$5,000 AND $6,000 A MONTH,
EASILY.

- I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING FROM
FAMILIES WHO HAVE SO MUCH MONEY

THAT THEY REALLY THINK
THEY CAN BUY IT

TO PEOPLE ALMOST LIVING
IN THEIR CAR.

- WE GOT A BAG
FOR GLASS BOTTLES,

WE GOT A BAG FOR CANS,
AND A BAG FOR PLASTIC BOTTLES.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU
ON A TREASURE HUNT.

COME ON, PATRICK.

DON'T LET IT FALL ON MY HEAD
LIKE YOU DID EARLIER.

OOH, PATRICK, JACKPOT.

- YEAH.
- HEAR A BOTTLE?

- SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT
IS GOOD,

BUT WE'RE JUST IN IT
FOR THE CASH.

- [laughs]
WE HAVE OUR STANDARDS.

- THEY'RE NOT VERY HIGH,
BUT WE HAVE 'EM.

- DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

[overlapping chatter]

- THIS IS THE YOUNG
ACTORS' BOOT CAMP.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY
TAKE A WORKSHOP

WITH AN ACTOR
THAT THEY SEE ON TELEVISION.

- I PRODUCE DEMO REELS
FOR CHILDREN.

WE PRODUCE SCENES

THAT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THEY
WERE ACTUALLY IN A REAL MOVIE.

- I'M WITH INDEPENDENT
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT.

WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY,
ALL THE, UH,

TERMITES COME OUT
AND START EATING YOU UP,

BECAUSE THERE'S
OPPORTUNITY THERE.

- I OWN A COMPANY
CALLED TAMI ERIN TALENT,

AND I STARTED IN THE BUSINESS

AS AN ELITE MODEL
WHEN I WAS EIGHT,

AND THEN I WENT ON
TO BECOME A MOVIE STAR.

THE MOVIE THAT I'M MOST FAMOUS
FOR IS PIPPI LONGSTOCKING,

AND I GET FAN MAIL,
LIKE, EVERY DAY.

IN FACT, CUBA GOODING, JR.,

I WAS AT DINNER WITH HIM
ABOUT A WEEK AGO,

AND HE'S SEEN THE MOVIE
OVER AND OVER.

HIS LITTLE GIRL LOVES IT.

YEAH, EVERYBODY LOVES
THIS MOVIE.

EVERYBODY LOVES IT.

PARIS HILTON HAS SEEN IT,
LIKE, 100 TIMES.

WELL, THAT'S ME
ON THE RED CARPET.

THIS PICTURE'S ON
CELEBRITYPHOTO.COM.

YOU HAVE TO LOVE ACTING.

YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE
THE CRAFT.

IF YOU DON'T LOVE THE CRAFT

AND YOU'RE DOING IT
JUST TO BECOME FAMOUS,

THE ODDS OF BECOMING
A MOVIE STAR LIKE I DID

IS LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY.

[overlapping chatter]

- I WAS DISCOVERED
BY GROUCHO MARX,

AND I LIVED AT THE OAKWOOD
GARDEN APARTMENTS.

I NEVER TALK TO PARENTS
OF THE LITTLE STARLETS,

BECAUSE
IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS

WHAT THEY'RE DOING
WITH THEIR KIDS,

BUT WHEN I CAME IN
THIS MORNING

AND SAW THE DOCUMENTARY
WAS BEING SHOT,

I REACHED OUT TO YOU AND SAID
THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE TO THIS.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
ONE OF THE MOST PERVERTED,

DOG-EAT-DOG INDUSTRIES
IN THE WORLD.

IT'S SLAVERY.

YOU'RE BEING SOLD.

YOU'RE BEING BOUGHT
AND SOLD.

- THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES

TO TURNING YOUR CHILD'S LIFE
INTO A CAREER PURSUIT.

IT IS A COLOSSAL RISK
OF THE ONLY THING

THAT CHILDREN TRULY HAVE
THAT'S THEIR OWN,

WHICH IS THEIR CHILDHOOD.

- THE CHARACTER'S
A VERY SICK LITTLE GIRL

WHO'S DYING IN THE HOSPITAL.

IN THE NEXT SCENE,
SHE REALLY IS ALMOST DEAD.

AND THE CHARACTER
IS VERY FRAIL,

VERY THIN, PALE,
YOU KNOW,

SO WE'RE TRYING TO
DOWNPLAY THE COLOR,

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SAVANNAH
LOOK AS THIN AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY,
LET ME SPRAY YOUR HAIR.

SO, IN THE FIRST SCENE,
SHE'S VERY SICK.

AND THEN, WITH THE COACH,
I HAD HER THINK OF SOMETHING

SHE REALLY HATES,
THAT REALLY MAKES HER SICK,

AND SHE THOUGHT OF
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.

- SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY
DEPRESSED, KIND OF, AND SICK.

- SICK AND SAD AND--
- YEAH.

AND SO, THINKING OF
HER GERMAN SHEPHERD

ALWAYS MAKES HER FEEL
KIND OF SAD.

- YEAH, SHE SAID THAT
IN THE CRY ON CUE CLASS.

- JAKE'S HER BEST FRIEND,
AND, I MEAN,

SHE LOVES HIM SO MUCH.

SHE CRIES EVERY COUPLE DAYS
FOR JAKE.

THE ACTING COACH
SAID TO THINK ABOUT HER DOGS

BEING EATEN BY COYOTES.

SHE SHOULD JUST KEEP
THINKING OF JAKE,

KEEP LOOKING AT
THE CASTING DIRECTOR

LIKE SHE'S DYING.

- I DIDN'T EVEN THINK
ABOUT THAT.

- IF YOU WANT TO FIND
SOMETHING ON THE--YEAH.

- HOW WOULD I FIND SOMETHING
LIKE THAT ON THE INTERNET?

ANY IDEAS?

- UM, "GRAVELY-ILL CHILDREN,"
SAY, I DON'T KNOW, UM--

- "DYING CHILD" OR SOMETHING?

- YEAH, WHICH WOULD JUST BE--
- "HOSPITALIZED CHILD"?

- * I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND *

* I'LL HELP YOU CARRY ON *

* FOR IT WON'T BE LONG *

- IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NOT
THAT MUCH SICK KIDS IN THIS.

- * I'M GONNA NEED *

* SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON *

- ABRAHIM MADE IT
TO ONE YEAR OLD,

BUT HIS AILING HEART GAVE UP

BEFORE HE ARRIVED
AT AN ISRAELI HOSPITAL.

THE BABY HAD A HEART DEFECT
REQUIRING...

- LET ME KNOW
WHEN YOU'RE READY.

- WHERE'S MY DAD?

- YOUR DAD IS TALKING
TO THE DOCTORS RIGHT NOW.

YOU WANT SOME WATER?
- I WANT MY DAD.

- DO YOU FEEL GOOD
ABOUT THAT ONE?

DID YOU FEEL REALLY SAD,
SAVANNAH?

- YES.

- HOW IS IT FEELING
WITH JAKE BEING MISSING?

OKAY, HONEY,
YOU NEED TO GO.

ARE YOU IN CHARACTER?

COME ON.

- OKAY, HON.

- THEY GENERALLY DON'T WANT,

ESPECIALLY IN THESE KIND OF
BIGGER AUDITIONS,

THEY DON'T WANT
A SIBLING GOING.

- OKAY.

- I'D SAY IT'S PROBABLY
A GOOD IDEA NOT IN THIS ONE.

- WE'LL COME STRAIGHT BACK,
THOUGH.

ACTUALLY,
I WAS GONNA ASK...

MAYBE I'LL PICK YOU UP
AND WE'LL DO THAT.

- OH, COOL.
- YOU WANT TO DO THAT?

- OR CAN WE GO TO CITYWALK?

'CAUSE I--'CAUSE I NEED TO,
FOR MY BROCHURE,

AND WE CAN GO TO ICE CREAM,
LIKE, ANY DAY.

- BYE.

- SO, AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR,

I DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING TO
SUBMIT HER FOR EVERYTHING

THAT EVEN REMOTELY
LOOKS LIKE SHE COULD DO.

I SUBMITTED HER
FOR 36 PROJECTS.

WE DID NOT GET ONE CALL.

[laughs]

AND I SUBMITTED HER
FOR 36 PROJECTS.

- SO WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING?

- SHE DOES.
SHE JUST KEEPS ME GOING.

- THANKS, MOM.
- I KNOW, HONEY.

SHE DOES KEEP ME GOING,

BECAUSE I JUST KNOW
I CAN'T TAKE HER BACK

TO THAT ONE-STOPLIGHT TOWN.

IT'S LIKE WE OPENED
A PANDORA'S BOX.

I WENT FROM DRINKING
ALL THE TIME--

- TO ICE CREAM.
- EXACTLY.

AND I THOUGHT, OOH,
I'M GONNA--

I'M GONNA SAVE
SO MUCH MONEY.

BUT HAAGEN-DAZS IS,
LIKE, $5 A LITTLE THING.

THAT'S A $300 A MONTH HABIT.

I'M JUST AN OLD, FAT MOM
WHO NEEDS SOME HAAGEN-DAZS.

IT'S CHEAPER TO DRINK,
YOU KNOW, BACARDI.

[laughs]
BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER.

[laughs]
INSTEAD OF--

GOOD THING I QUIT
SMOKING AND DRINKING

IN ORDER TO GO INTO THAT.

- YOUR TEARS,
EVERYTHING'S IN YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRAG IT
OUT OF YOU

WHEN YOU REALLY FEEL
SOMETHING, RIGHT?

WHEN YOU REALLY DO
GET EMOTIONAL.

WHO HERE HAS GOTTEN CALLED IN
FOR AN AUDITION

WHERE IT'S SAID THAT YOU HAD
TO CRY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

OKAY.

YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE I KNOW
ARE USUALLY INTIMIDATED BY IT,

BECAUSE THEN YOU FEEL LIKE, OH,
WHAT IF I GO IN THE AUDITION

AND I DON'T CRY?

YOU KNOW, IT FEELS
LIKE ALL THIS PRESSURE.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS,
WHEN WE WANT TO CRY,

AND WE'RE SAYING TO OURSELVES,
"GOD, CRY,"

YEAH, THEN NOTHING'S
GONNA COME OUT.

WE HAVE KIDS WHO ACTUALLY
HAVE AUDITIONED FOR YEARS

AND CAN'T BOOK ANYTHING,
AND ONCE THEY GET RELAXED,

THEY'RE ABLE TO BOOK,
OKAY?

SO EVERYBODY
JUST SPREAD OUT.

FIND A PLACE IN THE ROOM.

AND AS YOU'RE BREATHING,

I WANT YOU TO PICTURE
THAT YOU'RE ON A BEACH

BUT NOW YOU SEE THE FACE OF
SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE.

AND LITERALLY,
TAKE YOUR HANDS OUT

IN FRONT OF YOU,
WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED,

AND START TO SCULPT THEIR FACE
WITH YOUR HANDS.

AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING IT,

THINK ABOUT THE WAY
THEY MAKE YOU FEEL.

AND THEN I WANT YOU TO LOOK THEM
STRAIGHT IN THEIR EYES

AND SAY, "I LOVE YOU."

all: I LOVE YOU.

- TELL US HOW YOU FELT.

WERE YOU ABLE TO CONCENTRATE
OR NOT CONCENTRATE?

TELL US WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH
AND MAYBE WHO YOU PICTURED

OR HOW YOU FELT.

WHY DON'T YOU START, HON?

- UM, I WAS THINKING OF MY
SISTER, WHO DIED AT BIRTH,

AND I WAS PICTURING
HOW SHE WOULD LOOK,

BECAUSE MY MOM
TOLD ME THAT--

THAT SHE COULD FEEL THAT SHE HAD
A REALLY GOOD PERSONALITY.

[sniffles]

AND THAT I RESEMBLE HER
SO MUCH,

AND I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT SHE WOULD LOOK LIKE,

AND TODAY
WAS FINALLY THE CHANCE

TO WHERE I GOT TO
EXPERIENCE IT.

- THAT'S WONDERFUL.

OKAY. THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

THANKS FOR DOING
THAT EXERCISE WITH US.

- THIS IS RYAN MALGARINI,
KNOWN FOR GARY UNMARRIED.

DEVON, NOW WHAT BRINGS YOU TO
THE YOUNG ARTIST AWARDS TODAY?

- I DID A MOVIE
CALLED FUNNY GAMES,

AND I'M NOMINATED FOR THAT.

- MY LAST PROJECT WAS WITH
THE JONAS BROTHERS.

IT'S CALLED JONAS.

- WE ACTUALLY WORKED
TOGETHER.

both:
ON EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS.

- OH, WOW.

- I'VE DONE AN EPISODE
OF HOUSE, NIP/TUCK.

- GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST,

I PLAY YOUNG
JENNIFER GARNER IN THAT.

- LOOK BACK AT ME.
LET ME SEE YOUR EYES.

THERE WE GO.
BIG SMILE.

- WOW. THAT'S AWESOME.
THIS IS, LIKE, THE REAL MCCOY.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS
OUR FIRST YEAR,

AND SHE'S 13
AND JUST STARTED,

AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH.

- I AM NOT GOING TO GO
TO THE ACTUAL AWARDS.

I JUST DON'T KNOW
THAT MANY PEOPLE.

- OKAY, LOOK OVER
YOUR SHOULDER TO ME.

THERE WE GO.

- WHAT ADVICE CAN YOU GIVE
YOUNG KIDS OUT THERE

TRYING TO REACH
THEIR DREAMS LIKE YOU?

- WELL, YOU JUST WORK HARD
AND THEN YOU'LL SOON, WELL,

BE NOMINATED.

- YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
GOOD ADVICE.

- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WINNER COREY FELDMAN.

[cheers and applause]

- I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU ALL,

AND TO ALL OF THE CHILDREN
OUT THERE

WHO ARE JUST STARTING THIS
CRAZY ROLLER-COASTER RIDE,

MAKE SURE THAT YOU
STAY STRONG,

MAKE SURE THAT YOU BELIEVE
IN YOUR FAMILY

AND YOU KEEP LOVE
IN YOUR HEART

AND YOU KEEP YOURSELF TRUE
TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN,

BECAUSE BELIEVING IS THE MOST
POWERFUL THING IN THE WORLD.

THANK YOU.

[cheers and applause]

[orchestral music playing]

* *

[overlapping chatter]

- CONGRATULATIONS.
- [laughs]

I GOT AN AWARD.
- THAT'S FABULOUS.

THAT IS FABULOUS.
WAY TO GO.

WAY TO GO.

- JOEY!
- JOEY!

- GET IN THERE.

- CONGRATS.

- THANKS.

[laughter]

[dishes clatter]

- 8:27, GUYS.
OKAY.

- DID YOU GUYS EACH GET
ONE OF THESE FOR SCHOOL?

- THEY'VE GOT THEIR--
THEY'RE--THEY'RE PACKED UP.

OKAY, EVERYBODY IN.
[groans]

WE'VE DONE DAY SCHOOLS,
REGULAR DAY SCHOOLS.

WE'VE DONE HOME SCHOOLING,
AND THIS SCHOOL,

THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL,

IS WHAT SEEMS TO WORK BEST.

- UH--
- GO AHEAD.

- IT'S A SCHOOL FOR,
UM, ACTORS.

LIKE, THEY SUPPORT ACTORS,
UNLIKE MY OTHER SCHOOL,

WHERE THEY WOULD GET MAD IF
I LEFT TO GO TO AN AUDITION.

- ONE OF OUR VERY FAMOUS,
FAMOUS ALUMNIS.

HER NAME IS JANET JACKSON.

TIFFANI-AMBER THIESSEN,
BEVERLY HILLS 90210.

BRITTANY MURPHY.

SHE WAS VERY FAMOUS
FOR MANY MOVIES,

BUT ONE THAT REALLY STUCK TO ME
WAS DON'T SAY A WORD.

BRITTANY MURPHY.

AND SOLEIL MOON FRYE
WAS ONE OF OUR ALUMNIS.

SHE WAS WELL KNOWN AS
THE FAMOUS PUNKY BREWSTER.

- GO AHEAD, JOEY,
YOU'RE UP.

UH, THE BEETLE.
- OH, OKAY.

"THE BEETLE
IN THE PICTURES BELOW

"IS CARRYING ON
ANOTHER LIFE PROCESS.

IN WHAT WAYS DO YOU RESPOND
TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT?"

- YES, JULIE,
I SEE YOUR HAND.

- OKAY, WELL, UM, IF, SAY IF
YOU LIVE IN A SANDY PLACE.

- MM-HMM.

- YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA WEAR
TENNIS SHOES ALL THE TIME,

'CAUSE, LIKE--
- I WOULD WEAR FLIP-FLOPS.

- ME TOO.
- ME THREE.

- OKAY, THAT'S NOT PRECISELY
WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, BUT--

BRIANA, AND THEN
WE GO BACK TO READ.

- OKAY, ISN'T IT TRUE...

- IT CAN BE BAD, YEAH.

- OOH, THAT'S NOT GOOD.
- THAT'S NOT GOOD AT ALL.

- I'M GONNA JUMP OUT OF AN
AIRPLANE BEFORE MY WEDDING.

- ME TOO!
- OKAY. NO, NO, NO.

SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN.

WE'RE NOT TALK ABOUT JUMPING
OUT OF AIRPLANES RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, JULIE, DO YOU HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY?

- YES, UM, MY RABBIT--
- MM-HMM.

- HE GREW HIS TEETH TOO LONG.
- MM-HMM.

- CUT THE CRAP...
- LET--LET--LET'S BACK UP.

UM, I APPRECIATE
ALL THE GOOD ANSWERS,

UM, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD
AND GET TO THE LAB.

- HOME SCHOOL BUS DRIVER.

ANYBODY WITH A MINI VAN
AND MORE THAN TWO KIDS

NEEDS ONE OF THESE.

PATRICK IS STUDYING FOR
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY ONE.

CHRISTOPHER IS STUDYING
HIS SPELLING WORDS.

RYAN IS EXCAVATING
SOME DINOSAUR BONES HERE.

AND ALISA IS WORKING

WITH HER DISNEY PRINCESS
SPELLING PROGRAM.

HOME SCHOOLING FITS
THE CHILD ACTOR'S SCHEDULE,

FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
SO BUSY THE LAST TWO WEEKS,

AND SCHOOL JUST DOESN'T FIT
IN TO HAVING TO GET KIDS

TO AUDITIONS AND FILMINGS.

GOD PROMISED NOAH THAT HE WOULD
NEVER AGAIN SEND A FLOOD

TO DESTROY THE WHOLE EARTH
AND ALL LIVING THINGS ON IT.

- GOD...
- ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES.

YEAH.

YOU CAN DO MAGNETISM NOW
FOR A LITTLE BIT IF YOU WANT.

- COOL.

- RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN...
- HANG ON!

- IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.

- DO YOU MISS GOING TO SCHOOL
WITH OTHER KIDS AT ALL?

- YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY, BECAUSE
SINCE WE LIVE AT OAKWOOD,

THERE'S A BUNCH OF KIDS
EVERYWHERE, AND THEY--

MOST OF THEM DO ONLINE SCHOOL.

I WORK FROM 8:00 TO 11:00.

THIS IS SEVENTH-GRADE MATH.

IT TELLS ME WHAT
TEXTBOOK PAGES I NEED.

[TV playing in background]

I CAN'T DO MY WORK,
LIKE, SILENTLY,

SO I HAVE THE TV ON.

- ...WITH LETTUCE,
TOMATO, AND ONION,

TOPPED WITH CHEDDAR CHEESE
AND THICK-CUT PEPPER BACON.

SO GOOD, YOU'LL SAY,
"I'M THINKIN' ARBY'S."

- I HAVEN'T COOKED YET,
SO YOU CAN GO IN HERE

AND FIX YOU A PEANUT BUTTER,
JELLY SANDWICH

OR A TURKEY SANDWICH.

- ALL RIGHT.

THE FIELD TRIP IS THIS THURSDAY
TO THE SEPULVEDA BASIN.

- THE WHAT?
- THE SEPULVEDA BASIN.

- WHAT'S THAT?
- IT'S, LIKE, A BIRD CENTER.

- HOW MUCH IS IT?
- NOTHING.

IT DOESN'T COST.
- DO YOU WANT ME TO GO?

- YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO.

- HMM, YOU DON'T WANT ME
TO GO.

YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT.
I CAN TELL.

- NO, NO.
MA, YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT.

- 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK
YOU WANT ME TO GO

WITH YOU ON YOUR
FIELD TRIPS ANYMORE.

- NO, MA, YOU CAN.
- OKAY.

I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLDER.

I WANT THAT REPORT COMPLETED.

YOU GONNA FINISH THAT, OKAY?

AND IF YOU'VE GOT TWO PAGES
LEFT, I WANT IT DONE TODAY.

TODAY.
- YES...

- IT SHOULDN'T BE SO SLOPPY.
LOOK HOW YOU GOT IT.

WE TRIED THE HOME SCHOOL,

BUT HOME SCHOOLING
WAS NOT GOOD.

I'M AGGRESSIVE,
JAMES IS LAID-BACK.

I DON'T GET WHAT I WANT,
HE GONNA SEE A UGLY SIDE OF ME.

THERE WOULD BE TIMES
I'D TELL HIM,

"GET OUT.
GET OUT THE APARTMENT.

GO WALK.
I NEED A BREAK."

SO IT WASN'T GOOD FOR US.

AND ME AND JAMES
WOULD CALL HIS DADDY,

"MAMA GETTING ON TO ME,"

AND THEN MY HUSBAND
WOULD CALL ME

AND I'D TELL HIM,
"I'M DOING ALL THE WORK.

I'M SITTING HERE EVERY DAY."

WE DON'T--WE DIDN'T HAVE
NO TIME APART FROM EACH OTHER.

WE HOME SCHOOLED FROM--JAMES,
HOW LONG DID WE HOME SCHOOL?

FROM WHAT?
- ABOUT A WEEK.

- NO, NO.
IT WAS A MONTH.

WE WERE ACTUALLY
GETTING READY TO BUY A HOME,

AND WE DECIDED NOT TO,
BECAUSE JAMES KEPT ASKING US

TO COME OUT HERE
AND LET HIM DO THE ACTING.

DO I THINK I'M HARD ON JAMES?

NO, I ACTUALLY THINK
I'M LAID-BACK.

NOW, IF YOU ASK
THE OTHER PEOPLE OUT HERE

IN THE OAKWOOD FAMILY,

THEY LOOK AT ME
LIKE I'M CRAZY.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,

JAMES WILL NOT BE
ANOTHER BLACK MALE

THAT'S GONNA BE IN PRISON,

AND I DON'T CARE
WHAT IT TAKES.

- YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE
YOUR MARK THERE ON THE "X."

HAVE YOU AUDITIONED BEFORE?
- YEAH.

- GOOD. SO YOU KNOW
WHAT TO DO, RIGHT?

- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.

- OKAY, UM, I HAVE THE SCENE.
- GOOD, CAN I HAVE THAT?

- YEAH.
- OKAY.

- OKAY.

- IS IT THE SAME SIDE
FOR BOTH THE SONG--

THE SINGING AND THE DANCE?

- I'M JUST GONNA DO THE SINGING
AND THE DANCING

AT THE SAME TIME.

- UM--
- IS THAT, LIKE--

IS THAT OKAY OR--?

- I WOULD PREFER THAT
YOU NOT DO IT THAT WAY,

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS
THAT WHEN YOU DO THE SONG,

UM, WE'RE TIGHT ON YOUR FACE,

AND WHEN YOU DO THE DANCE,
IT'S FULL BODY,

SO I HAVE TO RESET
THE CAMERA FOR THAT.

- ON THE CHORUS CAN I DO
DANCING AND STUFF,

AND YOU, LIKE,
SHOW THE FULL BODY?

'CAUSE, LIKE, I WANT TO DO
BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

- HOW ABOUT WE JUST--
YOU DO THE SAME SONG TWICE.

IF YOU WANT TO SING
DURING YOUR DANCE, YOU CAN.

- OKAY.
- DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

- UM...

- ALL RIGHT,
WE'LL DO IT YOUR WAY.

- I WAS LIKE, OH...

[music playing]

* *

* OH BUT I GET INTO IT *

* WHICH IS WHY
WE SHARE THE *

* EVERLASTING LOVE *

- * BECAUSE THESE THINGS
WILL CHANGE *

* I CAN FEEL IT NOW *

* THESE WALLS THAT THEY PUT UP
TO HOLD US BACK *

* WILL FALL DOWN *

- * EXACTLY WHERE
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE NOW *

- NO.

- * IN YOUR SPEECH NOW *

- NO.

- MY EMAIL WAS HIT
WITH A FEW THOUSAND,

AND I CAN ONLY SEE
TEN PEOPLE

OUT OF
A COUPLE THOUSAND KIDS,

SO I'M IN MY DILEMMA.
[laughs]

- HUH?
- WHAT AGE RANGE?

[laughs]

- THAT'S WHAT--
- [laughs]

- [rap music]

- DO WE WANT RAPPING?

- IS IT A POSITIVE RAP
OR IS IT A GHETTO RAP?

RUSSIAN ACCENT.
- NO.

- I THINK IT TAKES TIME--
- THANKS FOR PLAYING.

- [laughs]

[intro to Love Story]

- HEY, RANDY, HELP ME.
DOES SHE HAVE BREASTS?

- * WHEN I FIRST SAW YOU... *

- YES.
- OKAY.

- * I'M STANDING THERE... *

- SHE'S GOT A GREAT VOICE,
THOUGH.

- I KNOW,
BUT SHE HAS BREASTS, RIGHT?

- * SEE THE LIGHTS *

* SEE THE PARTY,
THE BALL GOWNS *

- I NEED TO DO THIS QUICKLY.

- VERY SMALL. I WOULD--
I WOULD TAKE HER.

- ONE DOWN.
- IT'S A NIGHTMARE.

- OH, MY GOODNESS.

- OH, YEAH. OH.
- WELL, KIND OF, RIGHT?

- I CAN TELL THIS ONE.
- YOU SHOULD SEE HIM DANCE.

- I KNOW.

- YOU CAN DANCE?
- YEAH.

* HEY, PRETTY BABY
WITH THE HIGH HEELS ON *

* HEE *
- OH, WOW, HOW COOL.

- * LIKE I'VE NEVER,
EVER KNOWN *

* IT'S JUST A PART
OF YOUR LOVELINESS *

* I LIKE THE GROOVE
OF YOUR WALK *

* YOUR TALK, YOUR DRESS *

* I FEEL YOUR FEVER
FROM MILES AROUND *

- I FEEL LIKE I'M ON
AMERICAN IDOL.

OKAY, YOU'RE MOVING ON
TO THE NEXT ROUND.

- ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO
HOLLYWOOD, GOING TO HOLLYWOOD.

[cheers and applause]

HE'S HILARIOUS.
HE'S HILARIOUS.

- HE'S GOOD.

- THAT'S JUST LIKE HAVING
A BUNCH OF MONEY ON YOUR HEAD.

[laughter]

- HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- GREAT.

- HELLO.

- YEAH.

- LIKE THE REALLY KIND OF, LIKE,
IVY LEAGUE KIND OF LOOK.

YOU KNOW, SCHOOL GIRL
KIND OF THING.

- AFTER AN AUDITION,
IF YOU DON'T GET A CALLBACK

OR IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU
COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY

OR WHAT YOU COULD HAVE CHANGED,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

- YOU'LL NEVER GET
ANY FEEDBACK.

IT'S ONLY 'CAUSE WE SEE
SO MANY PEOPLE.

YOU'LL GET IN THE CAR
AND YOU'LL TRY TO GUESS.

YOU'LL NEVER FIGURE IT OUT,
SO DON'T TRY.

- YEAH.
- YEAH. YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME.

YOU GO. IF YOU BOOK THE JOB
AND MAKE MONEY, GREAT.

- YEP, OKAY.
YEAH, THANK YOU. BYE.

- OKAY, NICE MEETING YOU.
- SHE'S JUST GONNA SHOW YOU...

- MOST OF THE AUDITIONS
I GO ON IS, LIKE, THE NERD,

AND SO I HAVE, LIKE,
MY LITTLE GLASSES

AND MY FANCY CASE
AND EVERYTHING.

- A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE TOLD ME

THAT I'M THE DISNEY,
NICKELODEON TYPE.

- SOMETIMES THEY
WILL SAY THAT, UH,

JUST BECAUSE OF MY COLOR,
I COULD FIT A THUG ROLE.

- MAYBE THE GIRL NEXT DOOR.

- I'M SORT OF THE BULLY
OR THE TOUGH KID,

JUST 'CAUSE OF MY SIZE
AND AWESOMENESS.

- SOMETIMES IN AUDITIONS IF THEY
ASK FOR TRIPLETS, WE GO AS--

- THE SAME EXACT THING.

- BUT WHEN THEY ASK
FOR INDIVIDUALS--

- WE WEAR, LIKE,
THE SAME STYLE--

all: DIFFERENT COLOR,

OR THE SAME COLOR,
DIFFERENT STYLES.

- I'M GOING TO--UH-OH. SHH!
- WHAT HAPPENED?

- I WAS GONNA SAY, "HA HA."

THIS IS, LIKE,
REALLY OLD SCHOOL.

MY MOM--
- DID HAIR FALL?

- NO. MY MOM TAUGHT ME
HOW TO DO THIS, BUT--

- I THINK IT'S A BETTER WAY,

BECAUSE IT MAKES
YOUR HAIR MORE CURLY.

- YEAH, AND IT STAYS.

- THIS IS MY MOM'S UNDERWEAR.

- [laughs]

DON'T TELL THAT.

[laughs]

IT IS. IT'S CLEAN.

- WHEN I WALK INTO THE ROOM
LIKE THIS,

THEY'RE, LIKE,
REALLY JEALOUS OF ME,

AND THEN THEY, LIKE, UH,
NOT BE REALLY NICE TO ME.

IT'S HARD, BUT IF YOU
ACTUALLY GET TO THE POINT

WHERE YOU'RE KNOWN
AND YOU'RE FAMOUS,

YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE
THAT MUCH FRIENDS

THAT YOU CAN REALLY
RELY ON.

YEAH, A LOT OF, UM, TIMES,
WE'LL--WELL, MY MOM AND ME--

WE'LL GO TO BED AND WE'LL,
LIKE, START CRYING,

BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE,
"WELL, IT'S NOT FAIR

THAT MY DAD HAS TO STAY
BY HIMSELF,"

AND WE'RE LIKE, "SHOULD WE STILL
KEEP ON DOING THIS?"

I'M LIKE,
"WELL, MOM, MY DAD WANTS ME

TO ACHIEVE MY DREAM,"

AND WE'RE JUST CRYING
AND STUFF,

BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT THIS,
YOU HAVE TO STAY OUT HERE,

SO I JUST HAVE
TO TOUGH IT OUT.

- IT'S NOT WORTH
SACRIFICING YOUR FAMILY.

WHEN I LOOK AT THE--
THE FAMILIES THAT CAME HERE

ABOUT THE TIME
THAT I DID WITH MY SON,

THE NUMBER OF DIVORCES

AND THINGS THAT OCCURRED
IN THE FAMILY--

IT'S, LIKE,
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS
AND YOU LEAVE YOUR HUSBAND,

OR MAYBE IT'S A HUSBAND
COMING OUT, LEAVING THE WIFE

FOR TEN MONTHS
OF THE YEAR?

WHAT DO
YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN?

AND DO IT
YEAR AFTER YEAR.

- OH, WAIT.
THERE WE GO.

OH, WAIT.
OKAY.

IT'S VERY--IT'S--
THAT'S THE HARDEST PART OF--

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY
BEING AWAY FROM MY FAMILY,

BECAUSE WE'RE--
WE'RE VERY CLOSE.

- HEY.

- HI.

- MY SON, MAC--

HE EVEN MENTIONED
THAT HE MISSED HIS SISTER

THE OTHER DAY.

- THERE.
- OH, THERE HE IS.

THERE HE IS.

- MAC.

- YAY, WE CAN SEE YOU, HONEY.
CAN YOU HEAR US?

- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THAT.

- OH, THERE WE ARE.
- MM-HMM.

- OH, THERE WE GO.

OH, THAT'S OKAY.

IF THERE'S A WHITE BAR,
THERE'S A WHITE BAR.

HI, HONEY.
CAN YOU HEAR US?

- MM-HMM.

- CAN YOU?
YAY.

YOU KNOW--
OH, DEAR.

IT JUST WENT AWAY, HONEY.

- [groans]
- NO...

- [sighs]

- [groans]

- GEE WHIZ.

- THAT'S THE FIRST TIME
MAC'S SEEN US.

- IN--
- A MONTH AND A HALF.

both: [sighing]

- THAT WAS SO CLOSE.

- DO YOU GET HOMESICK AT ALL?

- I DO EVERY ONCE
IN A WHILE,

BUT SINCE I HAVE,
LIKE, PICTURES OF MY FAMILY,

I SORT OF--
I'M OKAY.

- THE FAMILY,
THE FAMILY.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING
THAT I MISS. THE FAMILY.

- I JUST MISS
THE WHOLE FEELING OF MISSOURI,

BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE,
I MISS THE "COUNTRY" FEELING,

SO...YEAH.

AND A LOT OF MY RELATIVES,
SO...

AND MY SISTER
JUST HAD TWIN GIRLS,

AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT,
LIKE, TILL MAY TO SEE THEM.

SO I'M KIND
OF UPSET ABOUT THAT, BUT...

I MISS THEM.

- OKAY, SO...

DO YOU HAVE THE LINES YET?

DO YOU HAVE THEM
KIND OF MEMORIZED

WHERE YOU CAN DO IT
WITHOUT LOOKING?

- YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.

I GUESS NOT REALLY.

- OKAY, LET'S DO IT
ONE MORE TIME WITH LOOKING.

READY?

"HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

- "DON'T YOU WANT SOME HELP?"

- "NO, THERE ARE SOME
VALUABLE THINGS IN THAT BOX."

- "HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?"

- "YOUR MOTHER IS PROBABLY
WONDERING WHERE YOU ARE."

- NO, SHE'S AT--

- AND IT SHOULD BE,
"OH, MY MOM KNOWS WHERE I AM.

SHE SAID IT WAS FINE."

- "OH, MY MOM KNOWS
WHERE I AM.

SHE SAID IT WAS FINE."

- GOOD.
VERY GOOD.

I LIKE YOUR--
I LIKE YOUR ATTITUDE ON THIS.

- WHEN HE ASKS FOR A HEADSHOT,
I HAVE IT IN THERE?

- WELL, YOU DON'T EVEN
WAIT FOR HIM TO ASK.

YOU JUST GIVE IT TO HIM,
AND YOU TAKE OUT YOUR SCRIPT.

OKAY?

SO DID ROB ACTUALLY
READ WITH YOU?

- HE'S LIKE,
"PERFECT, PERFECT, PERFECT."

- SHE SAID
THAT ROB SAID--

I MEAN, SHE SHOWED ME
THE HAND MOVEMENTS,

LIKE, THREE TIMES.

SHE SAID HE SAID,
"PERFECT, PERFECT, PERFECT."

YEAH.

- [laughs mockingly]

NO ONE ELSE MET ROB.

[hums mockingly]

- WHAT?

- SAVANNAH.
- SAVANNAH DAWN.

- JUST KIDDING.

- COME ON.

- I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
LIKE TOM CRUISE

AND MOST OF THE CELEBRITIES
IN HOLLYWOOD

ACTUALLY
PRACTICE DIANETICS.

AND, UM, YEAH.

SO I DECIDED TO TRY IT,

AND THIS IS THE TRAINING CLASS
WHICH I'VE TAKEN.

WAS VERY PROUD OF IT, BECAUSE
IT TAKES USUALLY SIX MONTHS

TO FINISH IT,
AND I FINISHED IT IN ONE DAY.

THEY ALSO ADVISED ME TO TAKE
ADDITIONAL TRAINING CLASS.

THIS IS CONTINUATION--
IS DIANETICS EXTENSION COURSE.

AND I WILL
BE DOING IT ONLINE.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY--

[laughs]

THIS IS--
UH, SEE--

THIS IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER BOOK
WHICH I'LL HAVE TO READ

IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

[laughs]

- LET ME SEE...

A SILLY, HAPPY FACE.
HAPPY.

- UM...

- ROLLING.

- AND ACTION.

[Tchaikovsky's
Swan's Theme]

* *

AND CUT.

OKAY GUYS, THAT WAS GREAT.
THANK YOU.

[cheers and applause]

- * HERE COMES
PETER COTTONTAIL... *

- HAPPY EASTER.
HAPPY SPRING, EVERYBODY.

- WOW.

- * HIPPITY HOPPIN'
EASTER'S ON IT'S WAY *

- CAN I HAVE
AN EVERYTHING BAGEL?

- EVERYTHING--
YOU GOT IT.

- THANK YOU.

- THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING.
- YUP.

- HELLO, THERE,
EVERYBODY.

HAPPY EASTER,
HAPPY EASTER.

WOW, ARE YOU GUYS
NEW ACTRESSES?

ARE YOU GUYS GOING
TO BE IN THE MOVIES?

- WOW.
- MAYBE ON TV, HUH?

- I WAS ON TV ONCE.

I HAVE A COUPLE
OF CARTOON SPECIALS

THAT I'VE DONE.

NOW, AFTER YOU GUYS
EAT YOUR CANDY,

YOU PRACTICE TO HOP
AS HIGH AS YOU CAN, OKAY?

THAT WAY YOU CAN HOP OVER
ALL OF THOSE OTHER STARS

WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT

IN THIS DIFFICULT
AND COMPETITIVE WORLD

OF LOS ANGELES, OKAY?

- HAPPY EASTER, EVERYBODY.
- [laughs]

- IS THIS THE BAR?

I WILL COME BACK
WHEN THERE ARE COCKTAILS.

- "KIDS LOVE CAPRI SUN BEVERAGES

"IN 14 REFRESHING FLAVORS.

"AND THEY'RE MADE WITH
NO ARTIFICIAL COLORS, FLAVORS,

"OR PRESERVATIVES.

"AND THEY'RE MADE WITH
NO ARTIFICIAL COLORS, FLAVORS,

"OR PRESERVATIVES.

"SO MOM DOESN'T NEED
TO WORRY ABOUT ME

"HAVING THE GREAT TASTE
I ENJOY.

"CAPRI SUN--

25% LESS SUGAR,
100% COOL."

[whimsical music]

- YOU CAN GO AHEAD
ALL THE WAY IN.

TELL EVERYONE
TO GET IN HERE.

- HI, MY NAME IS KENYA.
[indistinct]

* OH, NIGHT *

* WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN *

* OH NIGHT *

[sings loud,
high-pitched note]

* OH, NIGHT *

[continues singing indistinct]

[applause]
- THANK YOU.

- I DID SAY
WE CAN JUST LEAVE.

WE CAN JUST SAY,
"OOPS, SORRY."

- NO, I WASN'T
GOING TO DO THAT.

- WELL,
THAT'S ALWAYS OKAY.

- [sighs]

- THIS ISN'T AN IDEA WORLD,
AND--AND I'M VERY, UM,

I--I'M VERY NAIVE
IN KNOWING, YOU KNOW,

WHAT SOMEBODY WOULD BE WILLING
TO DO FOR SHANNA

WITHOUT THE EXPERIENCE,
BUT I JUST--

IF WE COULD GET--
GO OUT ON MORE AUDITIONS,

I--I JUST FIRMLY BELIEVE
SHE'LL DO WELL.

YOU KNOW--

- SO YOU'RE WANTING
TO CHANGE YOUR AGENCY?

- BILL'S A SUPER,
SUPER GOOD GUY.

IF WE COULD FIND SOMEBODY
WHO REALLY HAS--IS--

- SPECIALIZED MORE
IN THEATRICAL--

- IT COULD BE
A CONFLICT FOR HIM.

- I'M KIND OF HAVING TO REMOVE
MYSELF AT THIS POINT.

I AM TO THE POINT
WHERE I'M NOT HELPING.

I--YOU KNOW, I MAY BE EVEN
HINDERING MORE THAN I'M HELPING.

- RIGHT.

- YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING
TO DO WHAT'S BEST TO--

YOU KNOW,
TO HELP HER ALONG.

- WELL, FIRST OFF,
WE DON'T HAVE AN AGENT.

I HAVE SUBMITTED MEGAN
TO, I DON'T KNOW,

SOMETHING STUPID, LIKE,
65 PROJECTS THIS YEAR,

AND NOT GOTTEN ONE CALL,

UH, FOR AN AUDITION.

- EXCEPT NOW.
- EXCEPT FOR NOW.

AND WHEN WE GOT THE AUDITION,
THEY SAID TO READ THE SCRIPT.

I JUST ABOUT DIED.

MEGAN AND I STAYED UP
UNTIL 2:00 IN THE MORNING.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

WHEN I FIRST READ IT,
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE LANGUAGE.

MEGAN KEPT SAYING,
"OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH."

AND I EXPLAINED TO HER--
I SAID,

"MEGAN, THIS LITTLE GIRL
IS A HERMAPHRODITE..."

DITE--I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU SAY IT,

BUT SHE SAID,
"I'M NOT DOING IT.

I'M NOT
AUDITIONING FOR THAT."

I GET UP THE NEXT DAY,
I CALL HER DAD.

OH, HER DAD GOES,
"WELL, YOU TELL HER

"THAT IF SHE DOESN'T
AUDITION FOR THIS MOVIE,

SHE'S COMING HOME."

SO...

- AND SO WE'RE GOING
TO THE AUDITION RIGHT NOW,

AND YEAH.

WE'RE GOING
TO THE AUDITION.

- WHEN SHE WALKS IN,
THEY'RE GOING TO FLIP THEIR LID.

WHO CARES?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

TRISHA SIMMONS SAYS,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?

"SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO
TAKE IT OVER THE TOP, BECAUSE--"

NOT WAY OVER THE TOP,

BUT THAT'S PRETTY
WAY OVER THE TOP.

I SAID, "WHO CARES?"
[scoffs]

EITHER THEY WANT HER
OR THEY DON'T.

- [laughs]
OH, LOOK AT YOU ALL DOLLED UP.

- THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

- I LOVE THE GLASSES, BUT WE
JUST NEED TO TAKE 'EM OFF.

- YEAH, I KNOW.
- [indistinct]

- "OH, WOW!

J.LO USED TO BE A DANCER
ON IN LIVING COLOR?"

SO GHETTO.

- "I'M GONNA CHOP OFF
THAT BITCH'S LITTLE PECKER

"THE NEXT TIME I SEE HER.

"I MEAN, WHO CARES
ABOUT HER EFFIN' WEE-WEE?

I NEED TO SCAR HER FOR LIFE
LIKE SHE DID MOI."

- "OH, DID YOU SEE THOSE
BLACKIES BREAKING IT DOWN?

LIKE, OH, MY GOD."

- "MELLOW YELLOW,
LUCY GOOSEY."

- "YOU'RE ACTING KIND OF CRAZY,
BETSY BIOTCH.

"MAYBE YOU SHOULD
MAX AND RELAX A BIT?

YOU DON'T WANT
TO GET WRINKLES."

"PIPE IT, BITCH.

I MADE YOU, AND I CAN
BREAK YOU IN AN INSTANT."

[laughs]
- AND CUT.

- GOOD JOB.
- THANK YOU.

- GREAT OUTFIT.
- THANK YOU.

- THAT'S IT.
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU.

- THANKS.
NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.

HUH?
- TAKE CARE.

- OKAY.
- [laughs]

- [laughs]
I WAS, LIKE--OKAY.

- BYE.
- BYE.

- I THINK THAT WENT REALLY GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, MOM?

- MEGAN--

- WHAT DO YOU THINK, MOM?

- I THINK IT SOUNDS
LIKE IT WENT REALLY GOOD.

- 'CAUSE I THINK
THEY'LL GIVE ME A CALLBACK

BECAUSE--AT LEAST A CALLBACK,
BECAUSE OF HOW I DRESSED.

- YEAH.

- 'CAUSE THEY'LL REMEMBER ME.

- LET'S SEE.

HOPEFULLY
YOU'LL GET A CALLBACK.

- THIS IS A SAYING--

"LOS ANGELES IS THE ONLY CITY

WHERE YOU CAN DIE
OF ENCOURAGEMENT."

- [laughs]

YOU KNOW, IT'S TRUE.

- YOU KNOW,
I SEE STILL WITH ACTORS,

YOU KNOW,
MY AGE AND OLDER.

WHO STILL ARE--
"IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN."

NO, IT'S NOT.
IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND YOU DON'T--YOU DON'T
WANT TO TELL THAT TO A KID.

- UM, WE HAVE A SPRING BREAK
PROGRAM WHICH IS NEXT WEEKEND

THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.

WE HAVE SEVERAL COUPONS HERE
THAT YOU CAN APPLY

TO ANY FACILITY AND OR RESOURCE
AT THE EXPOSURE STUDIO.

THESE ARE $50 COUPONS.

SO, LITERALLY SPEAKING,
WE CAN GIVE YOU EVERYTHING

THAT YOU NEED
ALL IN THE SAME BUILDING.

I AM A HEADSHOT PHOTOGRAPHER
AND A FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER.

RPM TALENT AGENCY,
WHICH IS TIFFANY,

AND THEN WE HAVE
THE ACTOR'S ANNEX,

WHICH IS OUR ACTING SCHOOL.

- ACTORS DON'T FAIL.
THEY QUIT.

- AND YOU'RE NOT QUITTERS.
YOU'RE ACTORS.

IT'S WHAT YOU DO.

- BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST
ONE MORE AUDITION AWAY

FROM BOOKING THAT BIG JOB.

- MM-HMM.

- ALL OF YOU, HOW MANY
OF YOU HAD CALLBACKS RECENTLY?

OKAY.
BOOKINGS? BOOKINGS?

- I GOT A CALLBACK
FOR A SPEAKING ROLE

ON CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
WITH LARRY DAVID.

- GREAT.

- EARLIER TODAY,
I SHOT FOR THIS SHOW CALLED

SOUTHLAND.

[laughter]

- ...PLAYHOUSE DISNEY
CALLED DANCE-A-LOT,

AND I THINK I'M ON
THE LAST CALLBACK FOR THEM.

- YEAH.
- GOOD.

- I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYBODY
WHO'S LOOKING FOR AN AGENT.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LOVE
THE EXPOSURE STUDIO

IS THAT THEY GENUINELY CARE,

AND REALLY HAVE
GREAT STUFF TO OFFER.

SO IT'S KIND OF A MECCA.

YOU GUYS SHOULD
COME CHECK IT OUT.

- WHEN I SEE YOU, SHANNA,

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WERE BORN
TO DO THIS BUSINESS.

- [laughs]

- OKAY? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE--
I MEAN, YOU GOT A GREAT LOOK,

THE SHOTS ARE REALLY GREAT.

I THINK THERE'S SOME MORE STUFF
THAT WE COULD ADD TO IT,

BUT THE ONES THAT
YOU DO HAVE ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE MISSING
IS SOME PONYTAILS...

- MM-HMM.

- MAYBE SOME BRAIDS
WITH, LIKE,

A SCHOOLGIRL OUTFIT
AND GLASSES.

HAVE YOU HAD ANY BOOKINGS YET?

- NO BOOKINGS YET.

- OKAY, THAT WILL HAPPEN.

THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR SURE.

- I WOULD LOVE TO
OFFER YOU REPRESENTATION.

- YAY.

- I THINK WE COULD DO
SO MUCH FOR YOU.

UM, I THINK YOU'VE GOT
A BEAUTIFUL FUTURE AHEAD.

- AWESOME.
THANK YOU.

- YOU'RE SO WELCOME.
WELCOME ABOARD.

- THANK YOU VERY SO MUCH.
- ABSOLUTELY.

- I'LL INTRODUCE
YOU GUYS TO SOMEBODY

WHO IS IN OUR BUILDING
DOWNSTAIRS, WHO'S FABULOUS.

OKAY, GREAT.
ALL RIGHT.

COME WITH ME.

BUT I THINK
YOU'VE GOT A GREAT LOOK.

I THINK WITH
THE RIGHT MARKETING TOOLS

AND WITH AN AGENCY THAT'S,
YOU KNOW, REALLY PUSHING

AND PITCHING YOU,
YOU'RE GOING TO GO VERY FAR.

YOU NEED NEW HEADSHOTS BAD.

WHAT YOU WANT IS THIS GIRL
IN BRAIDS WITH MAYBE GLASSES,

MAYBE A LITTLE
SCHOOLGIRL OUTFIT.

- MM-HMM.
- YEAH.

- YOU KNOW, YOU WANT THIS GIRL
TO BE THE, YOU KNOW,

TOP OF
THE CHEERLEADING TRIANGLE.

SO CURLIER HAIR, YOU KNOW,
SASSY PINK OUTFIT.

OR MAYBE EVEN
A CHEERLEADING OUTFIT.

- SO YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HER?
- VERY MUCH.

- OKAY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT
TO GO AND TAKE PICTURES

AND THEN GO
TO ANOTHER AGENCY,

AND THEN THEY GO,
"NO, WE WANT TO--"

OKAY, YOU'RE SAYING
THAT YOU'RE REAL INTERESTED.

- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

[laughter]

- WHY DON'T I
TAKE YOU DOWNSTAIRS?

I'D LIKE
TO INTRODUCE YOU GUYS

TO A WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHER
IN OUR BUILDING.

WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL
ACTING SCHOOL TOO.

AND THEY GIVE OUR CLIENTS REALLY
GOOD DISCOUNTS AND DEALS.

AND NO WAY ARE YOU
PRESSURED TO DO ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN,
WE'RE ALL SEPARATE.

THIS IS JUST
A GOOD PLACE TO REFER YOU.

- OKAY, WELL THAT'S GREAT.
- WELL, GOOD.

- WELL, IT'S REAL NICE--
WELCOME ABOARD, MY DEAR.

- SO THESE ARE THE SETS
THAT WE USE.

- OH, THIS IS SUPER.

- AND WE CAN EVEN--WE CAN EVEN
GO BACK HERE TO THE BEACH.

YOU WANT
TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE--

YOU'RE IN FRONT
OF A GRASS HUT AT TAHITI?

- WHOA.
- WELL, WE'VE GOT IT.

- AWESOME, AWESOME.

- CAN I SEE--
CAN I SEE YOUR PORTFOLIO?

IS THAT YOUR PORTFOLIO?

- YEAH.
- WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

- DENVER.

- OKAY, I DON'T KNOW
THE DENVER PEOPLE.

- IF WE SHOOT, I'M GOING
TO CHANGE FIVE DIFFERENT MOVIES,

FIVE DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS
SO THAT YOU SHOW YOUR AGENT

THAT YOU HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES OF MONEY.

- THAT'S KEY.
- THAT'S KEY.

OTHERWISE, GOD BLESS YOU,
YOU LOOK GORGEOUS

AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER
WAS VERY GOOD.

HE KIND OF GETS SOME SIMILAR
KIND OF STUFF

THAT REALLY DOESN'T GO,
"OH, MY GOSH,

"IS THAT THE SAME PERSON?

LOOK HOW DIFFERENT
SHE IS IN THIS SHOT."

MOST PHOTOGRAPHERS
DON'T GIVE YOU THAT INSPIRATION

TO GUIDE YOU AND DIRECT YOU.

MOST OF THEM GO,
"GOOD LUCK."

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING
TO SELL THEM ANYTHING,

BUT YOU SHOULD MENTION
THAT OUR WEEKEND BOOT CAMP

WE HAVE COMING UP.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE HEAD CASTER
FROM WIZARDS OF WAVERLY.

AMAZING, I MEAN,
DON'T GET IN FRONT OF HIM

IF YOU'RE NOT
READY TO BOOK.

- RIGHT, RIGHT.

- WE HAVE ALL THESE SETS.
- OH, THIS IS SO COOL.

- WE GOT 15 SETS OUT HERE

THAT JIM USES
FOR BACKGROUNDS

FOR HIS PHOTOGRAPHY
AND EVERYTHING.

AND WE ALSO BRING
OUR ACTORS OUT HERE.

- OH, THAT'S SO--

- SHE'S GOING TO FIND THESE
CLASSES ARE SO MUCH DIFFERENT

THAN WHAT SHE'S TAKING.

- OH, YEAH, SHE'LL LOVE IT.

- I CAN GUARANTEE IT.
- SHE'LL LOVE IT.

- I LOVE THIS ALREADY.

- SINCE SHE WAS
EIGHT YEARS OLD,

SHE WAS PUT IN
AN ALL-ADULT ACTING CLASS...

- OH, NO.

- THIS WOULD BE
LIKE A PICNIC.

[laughs]

- WELL, I'LL TELL YOU,
IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING.

FOR US, IT'S ALL ABOUT
GETTING THE CALLBACK.

WE WANT THEM
TO GET THE CALLBACK.

- THIS IS SO--THIS IS--
I'M GOING TO START CRYING.

- [laughs]
- OH, MY GOD.

THANK YOU.

- THIS IS SO AWESOME,
SO AWESOME.

- OH, WOW.

- THAT'S AWESOME,
ISN'T IT?

- OH, I'M SO EXCITED.

- OKAY, OKAY.

[laughs]
DAD, SERIOUSLY,

ISN'T THAT AWESOME?

[laughs]
I LOVE YOU.

BYE.

OH, YEAH.

OH, YEAH,
I'M CELEBRATING.

[laughs]

[lip-syncing]

- * NEXT THING YOU KNOW *

* SHORTY GOT LOW, LOW, LOW *

- AND THAT'S AN OLD SONG,
RIGHT?

- [laughs]

- GET UP, YOU WEIRDO.

- [laughs]

- UH-UH.

I'M CANCELING PAYMENT
ON THAT CHECK.

- YEAH.

- WHICH IS
WHAT I TOLD THE GUY TODAY.

- THAT'S ACTUALLY
WHAT SHE SAID.

SHE WAS, LIKE,
"I'M CANCELING THE PAYMENT

ON THE CHECK."

UM, IF YOU WANT ME TO PAY FOR
THAT CLASS, I WILL,

BUT I'M CANCELING
THE REST OF THE PAYMENT.

- I SAID, "BECAUSE THIS IS JUST
NOT WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS.

AND THIS IS NOT
WHERE MY DAUGHTER IS."

- HE GOES, "WELL, I GUESS
WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO HER

BOOKING SOMETHING REALLY BIG,
REALLY SOON."

- AND I GO,
"WELL, I GUESS WE CAN."

I'M THINKING THOUGH
ALL HELL'S GOING TO BREAK LOOSE

WHEN THIS AGENT
FINDS OUT THAT WE SAID

"NO, WE'RE NOT DOING
THIS ACTING CLASS."

- AND YOU'RE NOT, UH,
WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL THE CHECK.

- OKAY,
NOW THE NEXT STEP...

- AND PLUS--

- IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

- WHICH--

- HE'S RIGHT
IN THE SAME BUILDING.

- NO, WHICH IS THE,
UH--WHICH IS THE, UH...

THE--OUR AGENT'S HUSBAND.

- YEAH.

- IF--IF WE TAKE PHOTOS
WITH THE HUSBAND,

WE'RE PROBABLY
BE GOING ON A LOT,

BUT IF WE DON'T TAKE THINGS
FROM HER HUSBAND,

THEN WE PROBABLY WON'T.

- [sighs] THAT'S THE WHOLE
THING RIGHT THERE.

- 'CAUSE SHE'LL BE, LIKE,

"WHAT, DO YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH MY HUSBAND?"

- NO, SHE'LL BE SAYING
THAT YOU'RE--YOU'RE--

"I DON'T GET IT.

YOUR PICTURES JUST MIGHT--
MUST NOT BE WORKING."

I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE FACT
THAT WE'RE STILL IN THE GAME,

BUT I'M QUESTIONING THE FACT
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT

YOU CAN REALLY
WIN THE GAME.

EVEN IF YOU'VE GOT
ALL THE TALENT,

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
REALLY WIN THE GAME.

I'VE LITERALLY BEEN STANDING
HERE THROWING UP IN THIS SINK.

THAT IS WHAT THIS TOWN
WILL DO TO YOU.

- THANK YOU.

THE OTHER ONE.

LET ME EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU.

THIS ONE RIGHT HERE,
IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE

YOU'RE GOING, "CHEESE."

AND THIS ONE SHOWS
YOU HAVE A PERSONALITY.

- YEAH.
- OKAY?

- [laughs]
- YEAH, WE NOTICED THAT.

- HELLO, MY MAN.
HOW ARE YOU?

HI, SWEETIE PIE.

HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD.

- NICE MEETING YOU.
- BYE.

- [whistles]
HELLO?

- [laughs]
- SORRY, SORRY.

- I DON'T KNOW.

- PRETTY GIRL,
GET OVER HERE.

- HI.
- HELLO.

- DID I TELL YOU ABOUT HOW MUCH
I LIKE YOUR BOW IN YOUR HAIR?

- DID I TELL YOU THAT?
- THANK YOU.

- I THOUGHT I DID.
YOU'RE WELCOME.

- SHE IS VERY COMPOSED.

- YES.
- THANK YOU.

- THANK YOU
FOR POINTING IT OUT.

- YOU PRESENT YOURSELF
VERY WELL.

[laughter]
- THANK YOU.

- OH, DID I MENTION
THE BOW IN YOUR HAIR?

- I LIKE IT TOO.
I MEAN, YEAH.

- I LIKE THAT BOW.

- YOU CAN BORROW IT SOME TIME.
- ALL RIGHT.

- YOU'RE GOING OUT
COMMERCIALLY?

- YES.

- YOU JUST HAVEN'T GONE OUT ON
ANY PILOTS OR ANYTHING?

- NO.
- OKAY.

- OKAY.
GREAT.

- THANK YOU.

- TELL CINDY WHAT YOU ARE.

WHAT ARE YOU?

- AN OUT-OF-WORK ACTOR.

- AN OUT-OF-WORK ACTOR.

- YOU'RE
AN OUT-OF-WORK ACTOR?

[laughter]

YEAH, JOIN THE CLUB.

JOIN THE CLUB, BUDDY.

- AS MY DAUGHTER SAYS,
"FROM WOMB TO THE TOMB,"

YES.

WE HAD SOMEBODY SEND A LIVE
BIRTH TO US ON THE INTERNET.

- EW.

- WE HAVE PEOPLE
SENDING ULTRASOUNDS.

I LOVE STARTING THEM
AT FIVE.

I KNOW THAT--WHY
THAT'S THE MAGIC AGE.

THEY STILL
HAVE THEIR INSTINCTS.

NOBODY HAS MADE THEM
SECOND-GUESS THEMSELVES.

AND IF YOU CAN KEEP
THAT MAGIC IN YOUR CHILD,

IT'S WORTH GOLD FOR LIFE.

IT'S A HARD TIME
RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A REALLY HARD TIME.

THEY HAD 52 PILOTS
THAT CAME OUT.

37 OF THEM WENT TO NAME STARS,
AND WHEN YOU'RE BOOKING A JOB,

YOU'RE ONE
IN A MILLION RIGHT NOW.

PILOT SEASON
BASICALLY ENDED TODAY.

MOST OF THE NETWORKS
ARE DONE.

WE HAVE OUR LAST TEST
AN HOUR AGO.

SO IT'S FOR THE LAST TEST,
THE LAST ROLE,

AND THE PILOTS ARE FILLED.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

IF THIS IS YOUR DREAM,
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU LOVE,

THERE'S NOTHING BETTER IN LIFE.

THERE IS NOTHING BETTER IN LIFE.

- THAT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S ANOTHER THING.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS
OF TALENTED KIDS OUT HERE.

AND THAT, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S ONE THING I LEARNED,

THAT IT'S--
YET ANOTHER THING.

THAT THERE
ARE JUST SO MANY KIDS.

AND THEY ARE PHENOMENAL.

IT'S NOT GOING
TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

IT--IT TAKES
A LONG TIME, REALLY,

FOR THIS WHOLE THING
TO GROW.

SO SHOULD WE STAY,
I MEAN...

[indistinct]

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT
I DEFINITELY WANT TO GO HOME

AND BE WITH MY FAMILY.

OH, MY SON.

I JUST--
I JUST MISSED THEM SO MUCH.

[sniffles]

SHE'S A GOOD KID.

SORRY.

- IT'S OKAY.

YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY
REALLY HAPPY.

- YEAH, IT'S TIME TO GO HOME
AND SEE EVERYBODY, I THINK.

- MM-HMM.

- PATRICK,
YOU TAKE THIS TO THE TRASH.

THANK YOU.

- I'VE GOT MY EMERGENCY
WATERMELON.

I FOUND
MY MAGIC WATERMELON.

- OH, DEAR.

- GRAB IT BEFORE
IT BREAKS MY ARMS.

- OKAY, I THINK WE'VE FOUND
A HOME FOR THE WATERMELON.

TAKE A SEAT OVER THERE.

YOU'RE GOING
TO BE OKAY LIKE THAT?

YOUR FEET AREN'T STRAIGHT.

- I'LL BE OKAY.
- OKAY.

- READY?
- YUP.

- YUP.

- YOU HEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE
LEAVING, AND THAT'S GOOD FOR US.

- WHY IS IT GOOD FOR US,
MOM?

- BECAUSE THEN
YOUR CHANCES ARE BETTER

OF GETTING SOMETHING.

- RIGHT, MOM?
- YOU GOT IT.

- BYE, L.A.
- BYE.

[shrieks]

- BYE.
WE LOVE YOU.

AND JUST--
SEE YOU LATER.

- IF YOU ARE CHASING
A STRATOSPHERIC DREAM,

THERE'S NO SHAME IN SAYING,
"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH."

YOU KNOW,
IT'S TIME TO STOP HERE.

- OKAY, EVERYONE,
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD

AND GET STARTED SOON.

SO IF EVERYONE CAN FIND A SEAT.

THERE SOME SEATS OVER THERE,
THERE'S SOME SEATS BACK HERE.

SO YOU GUYS
ARE IN FOR A TREAT.

YOU'RE GOING
TO GET TO GO IN

AND MEET
WITH SOME CASTING DIRECTORS.

IT'S LIKE
SPEED DATING FOR KIDS.

- ALL RIGHT,
COME ON IN.

- CALL IT SELLING OUT
IF YOU LIKE,

BUT I'M GOING
TO BE A STAR.

- * SOME DAY *

* TAKE ME TO NEW YORK *

- [with Australian accent]
AUSTRALIAN ACCENT--

I'M NOT TOO GOOD WITH IT,
YOU KNOW, BUT I TRY.

- OKAY.

- HI.

- HI, HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD.

- WHO'S THIS?
- ME.

- OKAY.
- [laughs]

- THAT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT?
- YEAH.

- PRESLEY CA$H.
- YES.

I'M KIND OF LIKE
A CYNDI LAUPER IN COUNTRY MUSIC.

- THAT'S A GOOD--
THAT'S A GOOD HOOK.

- * HILLBILLY NATION *

* IS A COUNTRY THING *

* HILLBILLY NATION *

* IS A LITTLE TWANG,
TWANG, TWANG *

- VERY NICE.
- THANK YOU.

- [laughs]

- YAY.

- [laughs]

- HELLO?

UM, WHO'S THIS?

OH, HANG ON.

[whispers]
IT'S JESSICA FROM...

UM, YES.
HERE SHE IS.

I WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON.

- HELLO?

HELLO.
YEAH?

- YES.

- SURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
YEAH.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

OKAY, THANKS A LOT.

SEE YOU THEN.
BYE.

[screaming and laughter]

OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD.

I'M FREAKING OUT.

* LA-DI-DA-DI-DA *

WE'RE FAMOUS, WE'RE FAMOUS.
MEGAN, YOU'RE FAMOUS.

- I WONDER WHAT I CAN GET
WITH $25 AT BEST BUY.

- AT BEST BUY, NOTHING.

both: [laughing]

[slow guitar music]

* *

- [indistinct]

WE'RE BACK NOW,
AND IT'S--IT'S NICE TO BE HOME.

- THANK YOU.

- IT'S JUST
REALLY BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE.

I REALLY LOVE IT
IN COLORADO.

[laughs]

AS OF NOW,
I'VE PAID OFF A LEG.

SO THAT IS MY LEG.
IT BELONGS TO ME.

IT'S JUST REALLY AMAZING.

THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES
I HAVE,

MY SUPPORTIVE FAMILY,

AND I'M INCREDIBLY,
INCREDIBLY, LUCKY.

- MUCH BETTER.
GOOD GIRL.

- IT'S PRETTY NORMAL.

SOME NORMAL STUFF
IS KIND OF NICE.

[opera music]

* *

- IF YOU COULD BE ANY ACTOR,
WHO WOULD IT BE?

- BILL COSBY.

- HMM...

- HE OPENED DOORS
FOR YOUNG BLACK MALES

TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS,
AS WE KNOW OF

AS BARACK OBAMA TODAY.

- I CATCH YOU...

IT'S DETENTION.

CATCH YOU IN THE COMMON ROOM--
IT'S DETENTION.

I CATCH YOU IN THE BATHROOM--
IT'S DETENTION.

YOU DON'T MESS WITH ME.

I DON'T MESS WITH YOU.

- PROBABLY JIM CARREY.

HE'S JUST--SUPER COOL GUY,
AND I, LIKE, WANT TO BE HIM.

[laughter]

- OH, THANK YOU.

DAD?

IT'S ME.

- I'M NOT YOUR DAD.

- I WANT TO BE JAY LENO.
HE HAS SUCH AN AWESOME JOB.

I'D LOVE TO HOST
THE TONIGHT SHOW,

BECAUSE I'M A COMEDIAN TOO.

[screaming and cheering]

- FOR A TOTAL OF $14,255!

THEY'RE
THE GRAND PRIZE WINNERS!

CONGRATULATIONS
ON ALL YOU WON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

- I WOULD LIKE
TO BE ANGELINA JOLIE.

SHE'S SMART, SHE'S PRETTY,
SHE CAN DO EVERYTHING.

- YOU MIGHT THINK YOU'RE DOING
THE RIGHT THING

BY SPENDING THE MAJORITY
OF YOUR TIME AT WORK.

- PERFECT.
THAT WORKS.

- IT'S NOT A SOLUTION THAT
ENHANCES THE GREATEST NUMBER

OF YOUR DYNAMICS.

- EASY.
DAKOTA FANNING.

SHE'S BEEN MY IDOL
SINCE I WAS, LIKE, FOUR.

- I LIKE SELENA GOMEZ

BECAUSE SHE'S PRETTY.

- I NEVER SAID HOW MUCH.
- KEEP IT GOING.

[screaming]

- READY, AND BACKGROUND!

- SAVANNAH!
- ACTION.

- WE'RE ONE
OF THE LUCKY FAMILIES

WHERE SAVANNAH
HAS BEEN FAR MORE SUCCESSFUL

THAN THE AVERAGE CHILD WHO'S
TRIED TO GO DOWN THIS PATH.

SHE NOW HAS
A DEBIT CARD,

AND SHE'S VERY FRUGAL
WITH HER MONEY.

- I WANT A HORSE.

THAT IS ONE THING
THAT I REALLY, REALLY WANT.

- I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO
I WOULD WANT TO BE LIKE.

'CAUSE I WOULD WANT
TO BE LIKE ME.

BECAUSE I LOVE ME.

THAT'S WHY
I WANT TO BE ME.

[laughs]