“After doing some acting in high school and then with Baytown Little Theater, I got a chance to work as an extra in an episode of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger.’ From there I got another opportunity and another opportunity, and it kind of snowballed.

“Aside from being an extra, I’ve worked as an actual actor a few times in some film projects and commercials. I’m not as active as I used to be because I’ve been so busy at my real job.

“Like a lot of actors, at one time I had these delusions of grandeur where I was going to head out to L.A. and make it big. But pretty soon you realize it’s probably not going to happen.

“A lot of the acting roles I audition for are more of the geeky type of character, just because of the way I look. I don’t exactly look like Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt. I’ve kind of reached a point where I think, well, that’s OK. People still need the Steve Buscemi type or the geeky type.

“It’s pretty obvious I’m not going to get the romantic lead. At least, not right now. So if I can do the other kinds of roles and create a niche for myself, then that might work out better for me in the long run.”

— Nate Holt, 41

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“My mom always wanted to be on The Price Is Right, so I went out to California with her last year. They ended up picking me as one of the contestants.

“I had to bid on an Xbox One and games. I knew all the prices because I had worked at Best Buy for three years. Then I had to guess the price for a TV and two leather seats. I knew how much the TV cost because I used to sell those, too, and I also won the chairs. I got to spin the big wheel, but I didn’t make it to the final showcase.

“It was a lot of fun. It was my first time on national TV. I’ve also been an extra, someone in the crowd, on a Gatorade commercial. My goal is to be a film actor. One day I want to walk into a movie theater and see my face up there on the big screen. It’s a really tough business to break into, but I plan to keep working at it as long as I can.”

— Robert Richard

Robert hosts his own talk show on YouTube, which features local entertainers.

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“When I was a kid, I wanted to be a rock star. Then I got into high school and liked theater, so I decided I wanted to be an actor. It’s pretty cool to pretend to be somebody else. The last play I was in was ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ I was Romeo.”

“And I was in choir since first grade, then every play and musical from seventh grade on. I thought I wanted to pursue it because that was the one thing I stuck with. Before that I was always like, I want to be a vet, I want to be a doctor, I want to be a cop, I want to be this, I want to be that. I went to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City for musical theater. But then I was like, I don’t really like this anymore. I started bartending when I lived in New York. Now I’d like to have my own bar someday.”

So you have acting in common. Are you a couple?
“Sort of.”

“We’re working on it.”

“We’re a new couple. Hoping it might go somewhere.”

— Christopher Ramos and Monique Lauriat

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