{"id":51,"date":"2011-02-27T16:13:42","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T16:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/?p=51"},"modified":"2011-03-07T03:42:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T03:42:40","slug":"my-life-on-sets-2004-first-6-months-pre-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/?p=51","title":{"rendered":"My life on Sets 2004 first 6 months- pre cancer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well so far if you have not figured it out I have been a regular on Las Vegas, Deadwood, West Wing, and guess what, the list gets longer and longer.\u00a0 What makes me mad is that crew would look at this and think of me as trash.\u00a0 Yet I\u00a0have three degrees and I am a trained actress.\u00a0 By the time this year is done I will be SAG eligible and my face ends up on HBO&#8217;s website.\u00a0 And all I did was work. I got a reputation for being a workaholic actually.\u00a0 Yet years later my father and some men in Los Angeles would start abusing me with comments that I was playing, not working, and that I needed to go get a job.\u00a0 I started taking classes in 2005 so I could keep acting professionally in my life and my future. I have no interest in making friends who do not love acting. I have no interest in having people in my life who quit their goals or dreams or who abuse others too.\u00a0 What is worse is I think\u00a0 the biggest abusers in Los Angeles are the ones who claim not to suppress others.\u00a0 I am not a scientologist, nor do I want to be.\u00a0 To do corrupt things because someone says they are scared of a religion is no way to gain respect or followers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I used my time on sets to start to write and to heal from years of emotional trauma where my father would tell me that somehow by being a lawyer I would be able to be an actress. Well acting on a set is not the same as in the court room and I can&#8217;t play the lawyer while feeling like others get to be artists and creative.\u00a0\u00a0Even though I do have a personality others want me to be broken so I can&#8217;t smile or laugh and only care about money and winning and hurting others to win.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t be that person.\u00a0 I just can&#8217;t.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>01\/06\/04 Gem Whore &#8220;Deadwood&#8221; 11.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff01\/07\/04 Gem Whore &#8220;Deadwood&#8221; 11 hours<\/p>\n<p>01\/19\/04 Customer &#8220;American Dream&#8221; NBC 9.8 hours<\/p>\n<p>01\/20\/04 Gem Whore &#8220;Deadwood&#8221; 12.0<\/p>\n<p>01\/22\/04 Fitting Wedding Guest &#8220;Princess Diaries&#8221; 2 hours<\/p>\n<p>01\/23\/04 Gem Whore &#8220;Deadwood&#8221; 15 hours<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_140\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/files\/2011\/02\/PrincessDiarires2img1web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-140\" title=\"Princess Diaries\" src=\"http:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/files\/2011\/02\/PrincessDiarires2img1web-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"Laura Ann Tull as a Wedding Guest in the Princess Diaries\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/files\/2011\/02\/PrincessDiarires2img1web-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/files\/2011\/02\/PrincessDiarires2img1web.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura Ann Tull as a Wedding Guest in the Princess Diaries<\/p><\/div>\n<p>01\/26\/04 Wedding Guest &#8220;Princess Diaries&#8221; 15.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>01\/27\/04 Wedding Guest &#8220;Princess Diaries&#8221; 12.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>01\/28\/04 Wedding Guest &#8220;Princess Diaries&#8221; 13.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>01\/29\/04 Wedding Guest &#8220;Princess Diaries&#8221; 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/02\/04 Gem Whore &#8220;Deadwood&#8221; 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/03\/04 Gem Whore &#8220;Deadwood&#8221; 15.3 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/10\/04 Adult having a picnic &#8220;Judging Amy&#8221; Fox 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/11\/04 Unit Cop &#8220;The District&#8221; 9 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/12\/04 Airport Crowd &#8220;the Guardian&#8221; 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/13\/04 Restaurant Patron &#8220;8 Simple Rules&#8221;\u00a09.8 hours. (I was featured in this, at least I think so, because David Spade was supposed to be hitting on\u00a0a group of us girls at a table.) I kind of did not own a TV back then.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 And I dont like watching myself too much but I cant stand not acting.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a002\/17\/04 Campaigner &#8220;Cold Case&#8221; 13 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/18\/04 Towns-person &#8220;Gilmore Girls&#8221; WB 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/19\/04 Airport\/ diner &#8220;What I Like About You&#8221; WB 8.3 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/20\/04 Office &#8220;Joan of Arcadia&#8221; 9 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/23\/04 Russian Pedestrian &#8220;Be Cool&#8221; 10.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/24\/04 Party &#8220;Scrubs&#8221; 10.6 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/25\/04 Party &#8220;Scrubs&#8221; 15.8 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/26\/04 Party &#8220;Scrubs&#8221; 11.2 hours<\/p>\n<p>02\/27\/04 Press &#8220;West Wing&#8221; 8.3 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/01\/04 Press &#8220;West Wing&#8221; 9.7 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/02\/04 Laugh-er &#8220;Very well known Comedy show&#8221; 8.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/03\/04 Detective &#8220;Crossing Jordan&#8221; 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/04\/04 reporter &#8220;West Wing&#8221; 10.2 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/05\/04 Squad room Agent &#8220;NCIS&#8221; 9.4 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/08\/04 Pedestrian\/Theater &#8220;Las Vegas&#8221; 13.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/09\/04 Pet Store worker &#8220;Arrest &amp; Development&#8221; I remember\u00a0I bought a $10 shirt for this gig and they loved it. 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/11\/04 &#8220;Well Dressed Funeral Attendee&#8221; &#8220;The Guardian&#8221; 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/12\/04 Press &#8220;West Wing&#8221;\u00a09 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/15\/04 &#8220;Be Cool&#8221; 11 hours (UPS Pay) All of the days listed here are non-union, but &#8220;Be Cool&#8221; did give me a SAG voucher for one day.<\/p>\n<p>03\/16\/04 &#8220;Be Cool&#8221; 11 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/17\/04 &#8220;Be Cool&#8221; 10.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/18\/04 &#8220;Be Cool&#8221; 11.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/20\/04 Basketball Fan &#8220;Coach Carter&#8221; 14.8 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/21\/04 Basketball Fan &#8220;Coach Carter&#8221; 13.7 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/23\/04 Casino Patron &#8220;Las Vegas&#8221; 13.0 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/25\/04 Basketball Fan &#8220;Coach Carter 14.3 hours (UPS Pay) I got so mad on this set because some people took off and went to the beach. I stayed but worried the entire time they were going to get caught and kept calling them to tell them to come back.\u00a0 I dont remember their names so I cant tell on them now and did not back then but still I ended up being labelled unprofessional.\u00a0 My tush.\u00a0 One night in the middle of the night this creepy man I met at a church function called me and asked me to a movie. Who asks someone on a date when they are working at 3 in the morning. He scared the hell out of me.\u00a0 I stopped going to church after that.\u00a0 And who says church going men are nice?\u00a0 And he did not know I was working and kept telling me how he knew the director and could hook me up.\u00a0 Looking back I should have had him introduce me to the director and hit on him in front of my stalker so he would get the point.\u00a0 Dont act like I am a slut who would climb into bed with you because you know a director and then volunteer at a church.\u00a0 Creep.<\/p>\n<p>03\/26\/04 Basketball Fan &#8220;Coach Carter&#8221; 13.8 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/27\/04 Basketball Fan &#8220;Coach Carter&#8221; 15 hours<\/p>\n<p>03\/29\/04 ??? &#8220;David E Kelly Project&#8221; 8 hours (Pay was Sessions- this was a pilot I think. I did one for him where I was at a Jewish Wedding and another that was more reality TV like.\u00a0 I dont think I can give the name given on the pay stub or should.)<\/p>\n<p>03\/30\/04 Wedding Guest at Engagement at Walkins character&#8217;s daughters engagement party.\u00a0 &#8220;Wedding Crashers.&#8221; 9.4 hours Sessions pay<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/04 Hospital Traveler &#8220;Judging Amy&#8221; 13 hours. OK this one made me mad.\u00a0 Central put the wrong directions on their message box that if anyone followed would have taken them up into the valley and not to Air Burbank where it was really located.\u00a0 they also told me I was just supposed to be a patient and instead I show up to be told I needed wardrobe I did not have. Luckily for me I had stuff in my car from the shoot I did the day before in\u00a0a suitcase that I had not removed.\u00a0 Talk about a really bad April Fools joke.\u00a0 Like seriously I had a very long talk with them about how I think someone tampered with their instruction tape because the directions read to take the 101 west to the 405 north and then the 118 east down the 5- one great big circle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>04\/04\/04 No Business and auto? &#8220;MR and Mrs Smith&#8221; Fox 9.2 hours.\u00a0 This one was weird. We never got to set.\u00a0 Sat in holding.\u00a0 I saw Brad Pitt playing football outside.\u00a0 Never saw Angelina Jolie though someone kept telling me I could be her stand in, though this really mean girl from Deadwood who was very short and looked like a gypsy told me she was short and petite.\u00a0 I later worked on a set with her and she is my height and my build.\u00a0 Why do people waste times with lying games like that.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t intentionally mislead people like that.\u00a0 She did not come back to Deadwood second season and I never saw her again after this show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>04\/05\/04 Goth Party &#8220;Kiss Kiss Bang Bang&#8221; 12 hours. This was the Hollywood party scene where everyone is asked if Robert Downy Jr&#8217;s character is not liked or not.\u00a0While there I had to deal with one of the Deadwood Girls verbal abuse.\u00a0 This one\u00a0was\u00a0determined to be a character on deadwood and well we were as different as day and night.\u00a0She would tell me her boyfriend hit her one day and then tell me the next they were engaged and\u00a0frankly I thought she was nuts. She told everyone I would not be back second\u00a0season because she had David Milch&#8217;s ear and that I was going to be fired.\u00a0 She was proud of knowing porn stars and I liked to\u00a0read Shakespeare.\u00a0 Yep opposites\u00a0and we probably would have killed each other if left in an elevator alone.\u00a0 No attraction or friendship possible.<\/p>\n<p>04\/07\/04 Art Teacher &#8220;Six Feet\u00a0Under&#8221; 8 hours Sessions pay<\/p>\n<p>04\/08\/04 &#8220;Kicking and Screaming&#8221; Fitting 2 hours Not sure what this was??? UPS Pay<\/p>\n<p>04\/12\/04 Suburban shopper &#8220;Mr and Mrs Smith&#8221; 11 hours Suburban Shopper\u00a0(By the\u00a0way this was a\u00a0Central job and yet supposedly Brad Pit\u00a0would never work with Central?)\u00a0 Though maybe it was just Sessions Pay?<\/p>\n<p>04\/13\/04 Suburban Shopper &#8220;Mr and Mrs Smith 11.8 hours. I never got why they kept working us or even bringing us on.\u00a0 Seriously we sat and did nothing. It was the big fight scenes in the store.\u00a0 I think they had us on hold in case but the pyrotechnics were too dangerous.\u00a0 that is what I am guessing.\u00a0 It was one of the few times so far that we did nothing for hours, though sometimes Deadwood could be like that too.<\/p>\n<p>04\/15\/04 Marriage Counselor &#8220;According to Jim&#8221; 11.3 hours.\u00a0 One of the days I worked this show they got a renewal and Jim Belushi brought in a special truck for everyone and insisted we in background enjoy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>04\/16\/04 Marriage Counselor &#8220;According to Jim&#8221;\u00a08 hours<\/p>\n<p>04\/17\/04 &#8220;Kicking and Screaming&#8221; 11 hours &#8220;Artists Paymaster Service&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>04\/19\/04 Wedding Guest &#8220;Wedding Crashers&#8221;\u00a0 12.3 hours I met Jane Seymour&#8217;s step daughter.\u00a0 they had the two of us interact at one point though I think that got cut.\u00a0 UPS pay<\/p>\n<p>04\/20\/04 Wedding Guest &#8220;Wedding Crashers&#8221; 10.2 hours<\/p>\n<p>04\/21\/04 Wedding Guest &#8220;Wedding Crashers&#8221; 12.7 hours<\/p>\n<p>04\/22\/04 Wedding Guest &#8220;Wedding Crashers&#8221; 13.8 hours<\/p>\n<p>04\/23\/04 Wedding Guest &#8220;Wedding Crashers&#8221; 14.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>04\/27\/04 Art teacher &#8220;6 feet under&#8221; 8 hours. Sessions pay<\/p>\n<p>05\/04\/04 &#8220;Synergy&#8221; 12.5 hours. Sessions pay and again I dont remember what this was?<\/p>\n<p>05\/05\/04 &#8220;Synergy&#8221; 12.8 hours. Sessions<\/p>\n<p>05\/06\/04 &#8220;George Lopez&#8221; 8 hours. They had me play a parent once I remember.\u00a0 Not sure if this was that day.<\/p>\n<p>05\/08\/04 Store Worker &#8220;Big Love&#8221; I think that this is an error because the date reads 06\/08 on the voucher and I lost some pay stubs this year when doing my taxes and I remember that on my birthday this year I worked Carnivale and could not be on two shows at once.\u00a0 My handwriting\u00a0and well could not be in two places at once.\u00a0 Or I got the year wrong because I did work Big Love in 2005 or 2006 again.<\/p>\n<p>05\/10\/04 Store worker &#8220;Big Love&#8221; This was the pilot and Bill Paxton walked up and introduced himself to me and I think he was shocked because I kind of did but did not know who he was.\u00a0 It was kind of funny.\u00a0 He was not too upset.\u00a0 Seriously he walked up and shook my hand.\u00a0 11.4 hours.\u00a0 I am sure if Central had this job though I would never have worked it again. I did but after it was picked\u00a0 up.\u00a0 And All I did was be nice and I did not approach him.<\/p>\n<p>05\/14\/04 Carny Wife &#8220;Carnivale&#8221; 8.7 hours\u00a0 OK I was moving when I got the call to\u00a0do this show. They rush called me to set. I remember my car was full of stuff.\u00a0 I smelled like bathroom cleaner and had to drive to Simi Valley.\u00a0 I ended\u00a0up working on this set for over 35 days.<\/p>\n<p>About a week before working on Lors of Dogtown I did a movie Called &#8220;Killer Shrimp.&#8221;\u00a0 It was not paid.\u00a0 I played a zombie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_145\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/files\/2011\/02\/Shrimp2web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-145\" title=\"Laura Ann Tull as a zombie in Killer Shrimp.\" src=\"http:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/files\/2011\/02\/Shrimp2web-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"Laura Ann Tull as a zombie in Killer Shrimp.\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/files\/2011\/02\/Shrimp2web-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/files\/2011\/02\/Shrimp2web-631x1024.jpg 631w, https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/files\/2011\/02\/Shrimp2web.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura Ann Tull as a zombie in Killer Shrimp.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>05\/17\/04 \u00a0Carny Wife &#8220;Carnivale&#8221; 14.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>05\/18\/04 Skateboard 1970s atmosphere and I was supposed to be a sexy girl.\u00a0 Lords Of Dogtown. 14 hours. OK this pay check was kind of weird because it was entertainment partners but I am pretty sure it was not Central Casting?<\/p>\n<p>05\/19\/04 &#8220;Lords of Dogtown&#8221; 13.7 hours<\/p>\n<p>05\/20\/04 Carnivale 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>05\/25\/04 Carnivale 10 hours<\/p>\n<p>05\/26\/04 Carnivale 13.8 hours<\/p>\n<p>05\/28\/04 Carnivale 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>06\/07\/04 Carnivale 8.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>06\/08\/04 Carnivale 10.7 hours. this is my birthday. I worked.<\/p>\n<p>06\/10\/04 Laugh-er &#8220;new show not sure if I should say&#8221; Fox 9.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>06\/11\/04 Laugh-er &#8220;new show again&#8221; 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>06\/17\/04 &#8220;PlayStation 2&#8221; Code word for something and I cant remember what.\u00a0 06\/22\/04 Carnivale 12.8 hours<\/p>\n<p>06\/23\/04 Carnivale 11.5 hours<\/p>\n<p>06\/24\/04 Carnivale 12.8 hours<\/p>\n<p>06\/28\/04 Fight fans &#8220;Million Dollar Baby&#8221; 9 hours<\/p>\n<p>06\/30\/04 Gala Guest Fitting &#8220;xxx: State of the Union 2&#8221; (they eventually gave me a SAG voucher)<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well so far if you have not figured it out I have been a regular on Las Vegas, Deadwood, West Wing, and guess what, the list gets longer and longer.\u00a0 What makes me mad&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-background"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauraanntull.com\/acting\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}