Star-struck...but just a little ;)

So I've been doing background (extra) work for several months now and I have had the opportunity to see some pretty talented actors in, well, action. No pun intended. Ted Dansen, the cast of Ugly Betty, Law & Order SVU, Royal Pains, and others. I haven't really been starstruck. It's been really cool to see some famous faces, but I don't know, I just haven't found myself overly ecstatic or anything. I don't know that I ever will be, I suppose. Although I should say I came close when I was on set with Carol Burnett. That was very cool.

But today, I worked on a set with one of our generation's greatest actors. I had to constrain myself a little to keep my composure. Ladies and gents, I had the privelege of being within arms-length of Mr. Al Pacino just about all day today. I got to work on the set of HBO's 'You don't know Jack,' a film about Jack Kevorkian, which Mr. Pacino is playing the title role. It was so cool, to say the least. I started thinking of all the films I've seen him in and my head started swimming. I was thinking "Say hello to my little friend!" is sitting right here next to me! 'Heat' is in my top 10 movie list, maybe even top 5, and here he is! I quickly had to stop entertaining all the memories just to stay focused on the task at hand.

The task at hand was simply to start right next to Mr. Pacino, walk into a restaurant, find a seat and enjoy the party. But we had to have shot the scene at least 25 times, so whenever we would reset I would go back and stand by Mr. Pacino and get to eavesdrop on his conversations with the director about how to make tweaks and adjustments to improve each time. Very cool to witness. And to top it off, John Goodman was in the scene too. What a riot he was, cracking jokes between takes.

It was a fun, interesting day to say the least. How cool! Al Pacino!