PS: I mean, same.
MF: Certainly as a writer. But most of it is true! I mean, I amalgamated a couple of those stories — two things happen in one story that didn't really happen — but everything is true. All the testimony stuff is true, of course.
I wanted it to be more funny than angry, and I went there. They say, "Don't talk about the acting profession, don't act about acting because you always look like a bad actor." But, I don't know: I was just really motivated to do it. I was being directed by Ewan Marshall, who's a director I really trust. He works me really hard. Harder than is in my comfort zone, which is what I need — certainly on this project. Especially as I'd written it, I had ideas about — maybe I didn't realise I had ideas, but when we got to set, I had ideas about how it should be portrayed that Ewan superseded, and quite rightly. Always listen to my director.
"It is cheeky, and I am a bit nervous about my next audition in front of people if they've seen it."
So, I am actually pretty pleased. It is cheeky, and I am a bit nervous about my next audition in front of people if they've seen it. I hadn't thought about it while I writing it, but what happens if I go into an audition with a casting director who's seen "Audition," my monologue, and is now nervous because of how they think I'm going to be with them?
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