Game time! Audition Tine-Up Class w/ #timphillips #thenetworknyc !

Good timing too, bc I just signed up for a Primtime Fest w/ NBC, FOX, ABC & Judy Henderson & Assoc. Casting in 3 weeks...

NO TIME TO WASTE: #NOWISTHETIME

Counting back

Look at the clock
The ticking clock tics 
Forward on it goes 
How much time 
Does one have 
Before they must go
How much "time"
Does One have? 
I must be there
They say
How much time
Before I must be on way?
Oh I have so much to do
Today

Special thanks to everyone who
Stays up on what I'm doing, how the career is going and how life is treating me. To all of you I say thank you.

You Know Me...

Good morning, and happy Friday.  

First I hope your week went well and your weekend is looking bright!

Things have been going really well on my end, I have been out auditioning again and going on a lot of castings for modeling jobs, and I am happy to report I am feeling really good about where I am and where I am heading.  Recently, I have been on castings for BICARDI, PERNOD RICARD, MTV Mobile and GREY GOOSE.  Still waiting to hear if I have a shot at Grey Goose...but all the castings we successful because I was there.  I was seen, and I learned and got better from each experience.


It is nice when you stop and realize things are panning out...we spend a lot of our lives on the front lines that we rarely take the time to look back and see the path we've worn into the earth behind us, the stops we have made, and the events that led us to wherever we are.  Remember to give yourself credit for the things you do and to try to not to beat yourself up when things don't go the way you may have wanted.  Whether you believe it or not, things happen for a reason, so try and connect the dots, let go of the reigns a bit and enjoy your NOW and let the THEN come to you!

Thursday in the books, you know what that means...

Its almost Friday.  It has been way way way too long since my last post, but it has again been for good reason.  I have not been home very often.  I have been tackling my regular acting class and its requirements and for the last two weeks picked up a second class being a reader for my teacher Deb Jackel's cold reading class which was a cool experience.  It was nice to have the shoe on the other foot and see auditions from another perspective.  Acting class is going well, been somewhat brutal at times, but such is the work.  I have found myself submersed in my craft more and more each day and loving it more and more as well! Both of which are extremely rewarding.  I am starting to get a few of my pet projects going and organizing others which is also rewarding on a whole other level.  This weekend I am doing a fitness shoot at my new fitness facility with a very strong photographer which is sure to produce some amazing work and I am very much looking forward to it.  So what have I been up to...a lot.  There are a few other opportunities circling the funnel and when they drop I will be sure to pass along that info for my 8 readers. To you guys and girls I say thank you for your support, I will not forget you when then number hits 800!

Have a great FRIDAY one and all, and celebrate the weekend like its your last, not because it may be, but because...why the hell not?  Approach every day like its Saturday and you will always be happy!

Where to begin

What a week, its Thursday again...really?  Its been a great few days preceded by others just as good.  Work is picking back up with modeling and acting class is coming along really well with a big class tomorrow.  I have been working like crazy to get XTREME TRAINING off the ground and am happy to report a lot of progress and its getting even better!

2011

I know I know, I have been slacking on my posts.  Here is a little 2010 recap:

One word to describe 2010: Eventful

In a year that included 2 moves, one from Beverly Hills to the beach in Venice, and then another the total opposite direction back to New York, its safe to say it was an eventful, but good year.  There were numerous highs and the occasional lows, all of which provided lessons and insight.  Now looking forward into the gray wintery skies of New York as 2011 is fully underway I am that much more equipped, that much more determined and that stronger.  I currently stronger and feel better than I ever have in my life.  This is not just pertaining to my career, or any one part of my life be it family, friends or work, but rather the culmination for all these aspects coming together in such a way to allow me to pursue my dreams and live my life in accordance to my beliefs.  I have been blessed with an amazing family and friends that have become family and a very many good friends and acquaintances that will one day be friends. My fans are also great and I thank you for all your support.

In 2010 I worked on several projects, in both Los Angeles and New York.  I worked on a vampire movie that taped in South Central.  I was written into the pilot of a comedy TV because the casting directors liked my work when I auditioned for a different project for the production company...that was a cool experience.   I even got a heads up that I would have been cast in that project had it not been a period piece.  I also did a few industrials and music videos, several photo-shoots, and some day-player work on popular soap.  I could not even guess at the number of auditions and meetings I went on which means I was on the right track.  I was luck enough to have my hair cut by a very very talented hair stylist by the name of DeRico Jackson, and thanks to DeRico and his genius-work my career was elevated.  It is nice to be able to answer the question, "so how is your career going?" with the answer: well! and it be 100% true.

I spent a lot of of 2010 bettering myself physically, mentally and  emotionally.  I also took classes to work on my craft and have put myself in a strong position with a stable sturdy platform to go forward and upward in 2011!

2011 will be the brightest of years yet for me.  I usually say that about every year, and you know what, I have never been wrong.  Even if any given year has not been the year that saw me become a household name or famous face, they have all contributed to and helped me prepare for NOW!  Knowing how to live in the NOW while still maintaining goals and keeping an eye on the future. So what does that mean for 2011...

2011 you will see me land the agent(s) that will help take my career to the next level.  I will appear on TV again, and I will land at least one strong role in a major motion picture.  I will land at least one notable modeling job in addition to earning a good living on multiple modeling jobs.  The goals are still being formulated, but there are a couple to clue you in on where I am and where I am going.

I am living back in NYC but plan on getting back to Los Angeles and will forever be bi-coastal once I do.  So cheers to all of you taking the time to read this and keeping up with what I am doing.  I have heard from a lot of you especially in the last few weeks, and I really and whole-heartedly thank you for your support.  I wish everyone a great year, may it bring you happiness health and prosperity.  Dont forget, you may not be able to control what happens, but you can control what you do, live TRUE TO YOURSELF! Be Gracious and Kind to others and let life reward you the same.

Cheers!

Johnny Sal

The countdown has officially begun. T-1 week

Hello everyone thank you for stopping by my site. The countdown has begun, exactly 1 week till I start my long journey out to Los Angeles. I am very excited about the trip (lets see how I feel after 40 hours of driving). I have been asked why am I making this move? Especially since I live in New York now, where everything is happening??? My answer is simple, because I want to. I have always wanted to live someplace else, not because I don't like New York, far from it. I could live someplace else for the rest of my life and would still always be a New Yorker, its an amazing city, and will miss it I am sure, however, I am trading in the concrete for palm trees and sand. I have been out to Cali many times, and always really liked the vibe out there. The best part is I get to continue to tackle my dreams of being on the big screen and in front of the camera both as an actor and a model-so why am I moving to Cali, because I CAN! If I don't do it now, I may never do it and thats unacceptable.

I have also been asked more times than I can count, why do you want to be an actor or model?? Its so hard! To this I have the same answer each time. Yes its hard, yes countless people are trying to to the very same thing, yes a lot of the business comes down to luck and timing, to that I say: SO WHAT? If you don't pursue things because they are difficult, you will most definitely lead a truly uneventful life, and when the end comes, you will be plagued with "what if's". I have lived. I have made mistakes, and the only "what if's" I have are what if I didn't do this or that? Some of which were good, others not so much, but everything I have done in my life has taught me something and let me to where I am today.

Where am I today? I am a strong confident person filled with life and a great person to be around. Most importantly, I am very happy and excited as I am about to embark on a truly major journey, one that I hope brings forth great things, but I am sure it will bring lessons, new people new sites and excitement and I am ready to take it on. So bring on the open road good tunes, fresh air and inevitably that blue pacific ocean.

Now to finish up the lasts of my packing. Stay tuned for more as I look forward to sharing my trip with you. If there is one thing I can promise you, this trip will be eventful and filled with great stories to be heard!

Cheer, Johnny Sal