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>> Hello. I'm Nina Robinson, and I'm an actress.

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Lots of auditioning.

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Lots of auditioning.

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When I graduated from Temple,
right before I graduated,

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I auditioned for the Broadway
national tour of "Mamma Mia".

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I got that.

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So I was very fortunate.

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I toured for a year.

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While I was touring, I [inaudible], I left
the tour for, like, a day to fly an audition

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for another national tour
"Little Shop of Horrors".

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I got that, and so I did
another tour for another year.

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I've been very fortunate, and then after that, I
took a break and then just started auditioning.

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Did some regional theater, moved to New York.

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Did "Mamma Mia" on Broadway, and then started
doing some television shows, audition, audition,

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audition, audition, audition, television shows.

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I did the movie "Precious", another audition.

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Didn't know what that was going to be.

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And more auditioning, another
Broadway show, and yeah, commercials.

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Things. Life of an actor is auditioning
basically, and shooting things in between.

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On a typical actor day, I'll
start with a busy actor day.

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On a busy actor day, you can get up,
start warming up at 9:00 in the morning,

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and then go to your first
audition by about 10:15, 11:00.

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You can have a couple of auditions
in a day, which requires you to,

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like, carry a whole bunch of stuff.

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You need, like, a big actor bag.

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You can always tell the actors because they
carrying huge bags full of changes of clothes

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for different auditions and things.

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So you can go into auditions.

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If you're in a Broadway show or in a show in the
city at night, New York City I'm talking about,

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you would, after you audition, show up for work
at about 7:00, 7:30, start warming up again

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for the show, putting on makeup
and costumes and all that kind

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of stuff, and then you work at night.

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You get home at about 11:00,
but then you can't sleep

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because you're wired up from
performing all night.

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You go to bed at about one in the morning,
and then you get up to do it again.

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On a slow actor day, you're doing nothing.

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You're, like, you're watching TV,
waiting for your agent to call,

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like, hey, do I have any appointments.