I went in to audition for a role in an upcoming film called 'Beck'. It's a popular TV anime that is being made into a live action film, and is typical of my film career I was auditioning for the part of a disreputable bad guy. (Not that I'm complaining though- I love being disreputable). In any event, when my agent called me and told me the name of the station that it would be at, I knew immediately which production company was making the film- Toho studios. The same company that produced Godzilla- my very first film.
Sure enough, it was the same studio, and the room, I was auditioning in was similar. It was interesting to see how the studio had changed in the past 5 years... and interesting to think about how my position has changed since then as well. When I went there the first time, it was my first job. I wasn't so nervous... but only because I didn't know what I was doing, so I just did what came natural. This time, I felt, I knew exactly what I was doing... and I still just did what came natural... and hopefully, the result will be the same. (i.e I got the part). It reminds me of something that Bruce Lee said... (paraphrasing). 'Before you study a martial art, a punch is simply a punch, and then after years and years of training to do it correctly, and precisely, a punch simply becomes a punch again.'
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