Emlyn Morinelli McFarland

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Emlyn McFarland

Oct 24, 2014
1 min

My Biggest Fan

Earlier this week a documentary I narrated, “The Real Apes of the Planet”, aired on Animal Planet. (Here’s a clip in case you missed it.) I got lots of congratulations and kind comments from friends and family but I thought I’d share the voicemail message I got from, arguably, my biggest fan – my mom. #actor #tvshows #comedian #agents #actress #acting #comedy #showbusiness #personalessay #voiceover #comedienne

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Let me share my two cents.

Emlyn McFarland

Aug 15, 2014
2 min

Let me share my two cents.

No not my opinion, my actual two cents. That’s right, the big bucks are rolling in now, residuals baby…I just a got a check in the mail for $.02! The residual check is from a job I did a few years ago, recording voiceover for the adorable show “The Wonder Pets”. I get these checks fairly often, usually for five dollars here or ten dollars there. Residuals are pay for all the times the network re airs an episode or for the sales of the episode on iTunes or usage on Netflix. Th

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Don’t count your chickens before they hatch … but at least get paid for them: Getting cast on Veep,

Emlyn McFarland

Aug 1, 2014
2 min

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch … but at least get paid for them: Getting cast on Veep,

The last part of this three part epic is sad, short and explains the title. Six months had passed and my episode of Veep was released. I put the episode on and did a slow fast forward through it looking for myself … I was going to watch the whole episode but the suspense was killing me and I had to know what line they used and how it looked. My slow fast forward was about three minutes from the end of the episode and I still hadn’t seen myself. In my script my part was more t

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Corporate Comedy

Emlyn McFarland

Jun 27, 2014
3 min

Corporate Comedy

I’ve never really worked for a corporation or even in an office for that matter. When I first moved to New York City straight out of college I was trying to find a day job, the thing actors have to do to make money, I had heard of a lot of people getting work through temp agencies so I went to one. They had me take some basic computer skill tests but I didn’t do very well. I don’t type that fast and when I do type I don’t type properly. In the 5th grade we had to take compute

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Lonely Day

Emlyn McFarland

Jun 20, 2014
3 min

Lonely Day

Trying to be a working actor some days are busier than others. Last week I voiced the character of Kitty Pride in an X-Men graphic novel for a company that turns comic books into audio books. It was a really fun job and I hope to work with them again soon. Wednesday I took a workshop with casting director Amy Gossels, I learned a lot, thank you Amy. I spend a lot of time on the Internet searching for castings to submit to and sometimes I do mailings. I go to tons and tons of

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Am I Insane or Just Persistent?

Emlyn McFarland

Jun 6, 2014
3 min

Am I Insane or Just Persistent?

I’m driving along to another audition in Philadelphia for a Pennsylvania Lottery commercial, no the irony is not lost on me, I am acutely aware that my chances of booking this part are about the same as winning big on a scratch off. I’ve already auditioned for at least six other lottery commercials and have not “won” once. I remember when I was a kid my grandfather played the lottery every week, I remember sometimes he would let me fill in the little bubbles with the numbers

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“Deaf Woman’s Little Boy”

Emlyn McFarland

Mar 21, 2014
7 min

“Deaf Woman’s Little Boy”

This afternoon I had an audition for a certain salad dressing that shall remain nameless as I don’t want to get in trouble or sued for breaking a non disclosure agreement. The company wanted to to anthropomorphize the dressing into a cute bubbly woman salad dressing with curly hair. The kind of salad dressing woman that we can all relate to. They want us the consumer to think “Hey, if I was going to be friends with a salad dressing I would be friends with her!” They had draw

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What I Will Do and Have Done To Succeed… That Hasn’t Worked Yet.

Emlyn McFarland

Mar 7, 2014
8 min

What I Will Do and Have Done To Succeed… That Hasn’t Worked Yet.

When I first moved to New York the first job I had was as a wardrobe person at the Barrow Street Theater. It was a theater where lots of cool actors would do new plays while they were on hiatus or “in between projects”. It was at that theater where I saw Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Sedaris in the lobby and peed next to Liza Minelli in the bathroom. I didn’t say anything to any of them because, you know, I wasn’t really just a regular fan, I was their peer. It was only a matt

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