Emlyn Morinelli McFarland

Actor / Voiceover Artist / Comedian

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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

Jul 14, 2014
4 min

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

I booked a part on Veep, the emmy winning HBO show with an amazing cast and of course, one of my favorite women in comedy, Julia Louis Dreyfus. I was booked for three days as the part of the “Child Wrangler”. When I heard three days I was amazed I thought that perhaps I might have more than one line this time. I might actually get to do more than tell someone their wife was on the phone – not that that wasn’t exhilarating but with three days surely I would be doing more than

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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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Advice From My Mom

Emlyn McFarland

May 16, 2014
3 min

Advice From My Mom

Let me start by saying I love my mom and dad. My parents are wonderful people who have been very supportive of my quest to follow my dreams. They are also both full of ideas that they believe would be the key to my success. My mom is a very sweet woman, with a heart of gold. She is a pediatric nurse and in all seriousness I’m not sure how she has the strength to care for sick children, some terminally ill, everyday and still find joy and laughter with her patients and in her

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I booked it!

Emlyn McFarland

Apr 18, 2014
5 min

I booked it!

The whole drive to set I still wouldn’t let myself feel excited, I was completely ready to get there and find out a big mistake had been made and they thought I was someone else. I was fully prepared to be sent home as soon as the director saw me and realized I wasn’t the one he wanted. I carried on none the less remaining calm and steady and really unsure of what to expect. I mean it’s only one line, a kind of important line but still, pretty simple and again just one line.

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I Steal Ham

Emlyn McFarland

Mar 28, 2014
4 min

I Steal Ham

If you’ve been reading this chronicle of my days and struggle/ journey to become a successful actor you probably notice that it’s a lot of effort for little return. The truth of the matter is all this work for such little recognition and by recognition I mean yes I need for people to like me and approve of me and want to be clapped for and I especially mean MONEY. A lot of resentment builds up in me I’ve noticed and for some reason it all comes out in grocery stores. I’ve rea

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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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If I Were Famous Would This Be Funnier?

Emlyn McFarland

Feb 28, 2014
5 min

If I Were Famous Would This Be Funnier?

HOST: So this is your first Emmy nomination and win! ME: Yeah, it’s been amazing. HOST: So people are kind of thinking of you as an overnight sensation but that’s not really true. ME: No not really. I mean I’ve been working as an actor and writer since I graduated college. HOST: Right, you’ve been in voiceovers for a long time. ME: Yeah I’ve voiced a lot of cartoons and commercials. Getting to do voices for Sponge Bob Square Pants and Family Guy was amazing but my favorite is

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