If anybody wondered...

[shrinkme]

The picture left is not me. It's my son Jeff Satterlee on Glee. He has been on:

* Grey's Anatomy
* Touch
* New Girl
* Up All Night
and Glee

And in the movies:

* Moneyball
* The Master
* Oz The Great and Powerful

He's not doing shows much anymore. He had to leave LA because he couldn't get a regular job. He was only barely able to pay the bills from his acting. Mostly background work.

This is interesting to me. Don't know if it's interesting to anybody else.

[shrinkme]

My daughter Chelsey is a songwriter also... She has been accepted to play at a publishers workshop this month at the Bluebird. You can find her name on this page:

Barbara Cloyd | songwriter, Bluebird Cafe host, songwriting teacher (http://www.barbaracloyd.com)

Find her at the bottom in the middle. Ok, again interesting to me...

[tallen]

He's not doing shows much anymore. He had to leave LA because he couldn't get a regular job. He was only barely able to pay the bills from his acting. Mostly background work.

I wonder, for every leading actor who is "successful," how many background/small-part actors are there who are struggling, like your son? Bet there are a lot.

[Wozcreative]

Theres a lot of actors like that.. i know quite a few, especially ones that are aspiring models.. many will live on nothing for years and hope from town to town living with friends. That's really the life of anyone in a creative field.. theres only so many spots to fill.

[David Hunter]

My cousin said in LA all the waiters and waitresses are aspiring actors/actresses.

[shrinkme]

Thank you all for replying. Jeff did better than most. He lived with his girlfriend in a nice apartment and payed his bills. The casting director was always calling and he had a really good reputation but ultimately decided that he needed to get ahead a little. He found an agent out in Phoenix and has gotten some auditions there. Did a couple commercials. But he really likes his job as a restaurant manager in Scottsdale, so that's probably what he will keep on doing.

I think it's great that he pursued acting. And I think it's great that he has a little money in his pocket now. Either way it works.

[manwayvan]

That's awesome! I always like hearing stories of ppl able to make it with their own intuition and acting as a career means that he can be successful at anything. You must be so proud.

[JC]

Thank you all for replying. Jeff did better than most. He lived with his girlfriend in a nice apartment and payed his bills. The casting director was always calling and he had a really good reputation but ultimately decided that he needed to get ahead a little. He found an agent out in Phoenix and has gotten some auditions there. Did a couple commercials. But he really likes his job as a restaurant manager in Scottsdale, so that's probably what he will keep on doing.

I think it's great that he pursued acting. And I think it's great that he has a little money in his pocket now. Either way it works.

I think it's really cool that your kids are chasing their dreams but also know when to quit. I stayed with a friend who's an aspiring actor for a couple months in Burbank when I was much younger and we would sit in audiences for a couple extra bucks here and there, but rarely got any real work.