Reel Lyfe: Chasing the Hollywood Dream

They come. Each with their own story. Each with a dream of making it in the business. Talented, attractive, confident and sure . . . But in a city that breathes like one big casting call, everybody can't always be special.

Have you ever wondered why the waiter knows all the specials without so much as peeking at the board, or why the plumber can still make you laugh even when it'll cost you $1,000 to fix the sink? And then there's always that one teacher . . . the one that stuck out like ...