August 4, 1999
First reaction: What? I have an audition? The message on my machine was not very detailed, so I had no idea what this could be for. I obviously can't do another show and I don't have time for a guest star on a sitcom or role in a film. There just aren't any days in the week left over. Could it be a film that shoots on Saturdays and Sundays? There must be a mistake.
Second reaction: This is awesome! It's an audition for an animated show. I could pull off a schedule that involves me going in to record my lines for the show one day a week for a few hours and still be on my own show. I would have two shows on the air and two paychecks and a fun job doing voices for a show and man, this would be so awesome to get.
Third reaction: Oh no. There are a lot of people here for the audition and they're running behind and I'm getting passed over for people who have time constraints and suddenly this feels an awful like a commercial audition where I'm one of many cattle who will pass through these doors today and just blend into the background.
Final reaction: Whatever. So much for the grand scheme
of having two hit television shows on the air. Two paychecks, gone.
I'm just not at a place in my career where I would be cast for name
value. You couldn't even get a decent trade-in value on "John
Ducey." So I'll just be remembered as one of those guys who did
a decent job with the reading but didn't really sparkle or stand-out,
a reaction I'm sure many commercial casting directors have had over
the years.