Actors looking to transplant themselves to Los Angeles have no doubt heard this all-too-familiar refrain: Traffic is a nightmare.The geography is ridiculously spread out. You will spend a record number of hours in your car. But until you've actually experienced the teeth-grinding tedium of a true Southland "rush hour," until you've attempted to get from Santa Monica to the Valley in less than an hour, until you've racked up a few thousand miles on your odometer—well, you probably have no idea just how true those statements are. "You won't realize until you've been here for a while that you literally will live out of your car," says actor Carrie Wiita. "I'm from Oregon, and it takes 10 minutes to get anywhere. Between rush hour and having to drive all over the city, L.A.'s a totally different culture." That's why many actors find it necessary to create a...
- 1/22/2010
- backstage.com
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