Allison Jones

My year right after business school, I went to work on Madison Avenue in New York City for an agency called Doyle Dane Bernbach, which was mentioned in Mad Men quite a bit. That's why I love Mad Men so much. I was the tail end of when Mad Men would have ended, or maybe a few years after Mad Men.

My year right after business school, I went to work on Madison Avenue in New York City for an agency called Doyle Dane Bernbach, which was mentioned in Mad Men quite a bit. That's why I love Mad Men so much. I was the tail end of when Mad Men would have ended, or maybe a few years after Mad Men.

My year right after business school, I went to work on Madison Avenue in New York City for an agency called Doyle Dane Bernbach, which was mentioned in Mad Men quite a bit. That's why I love Mad Men so much. I was the tail end of when Mad Men would have ended, or maybe a few years after Mad Men.

And they had so much makeup and high heels. It was my first time ever spending much time in New York City. I was not cut out for advertising either. But my friend said, Allison, you should come to AFI. It is up your alley. You can get a loan for a low rate. So I did in the producing section. Again, no goals. Just said, no, that'd be fun. I think I'll do it.

And they had so much makeup and high heels. It was my first time ever spending much time in New York City. I was not cut out for advertising either. But my friend said, Allison, you should come to AFI. It is up your alley. You can get a loan for a low rate. So I did in the producing section. Again, no goals. Just said, no, that'd be fun. I think I'll do it.

And they had so much makeup and high heels. It was my first time ever spending much time in New York City. I was not cut out for advertising either. But my friend said, Allison, you should come to AFI. It is up your alley. You can get a loan for a low rate. So I did in the producing section. Again, no goals. Just said, no, that'd be fun. I think I'll do it.

Yeah, you're just following the next thing in front of you. And so I went to AFI. Loved it. I've never met people like that before in my life. You're ending up with, oh, that person's uncle is somebody famous. Anyway. In the student films, I enjoyed the casting part of it. And again, the same friend, Lydia, said, I think you can get a job in casting. I was like, no way, that's a real job.

Yeah, you're just following the next thing in front of you. And so I went to AFI. Loved it. I've never met people like that before in my life. You're ending up with, oh, that person's uncle is somebody famous. Anyway. In the student films, I enjoyed the casting part of it. And again, the same friend, Lydia, said, I think you can get a job in casting. I was like, no way, that's a real job.

Yeah, you're just following the next thing in front of you. And so I went to AFI. Loved it. I've never met people like that before in my life. You're ending up with, oh, that person's uncle is somebody famous. Anyway. In the student films, I enjoyed the casting part of it. And again, the same friend, Lydia, said, I think you can get a job in casting. I was like, no way, that's a real job.

She's a great friend. She's a very successful writer, producer. But yeah, we hit it off because we both flunked one of our tests together and we were singled out.

She's a great friend. She's a very successful writer, producer. But yeah, we hit it off because we both flunked one of our tests together and we were singled out.

She's a great friend. She's a very successful writer, producer. But yeah, we hit it off because we both flunked one of our tests together and we were singled out.

Yeah, totally.

Yeah, totally.

Yeah, totally.

I just dug it. We were casting a student film. In those days, AFI had sort of a little SAG connection, but not really. We're talking 1982 or 81. You really had to pester people to get anything done in those days. There was no email. As you know, it was just calling people up and getting hung up on that kind of thing.

I just dug it. We were casting a student film. In those days, AFI had sort of a little SAG connection, but not really. We're talking 1982 or 81. You really had to pester people to get anything done in those days. There was no email. As you know, it was just calling people up and getting hung up on that kind of thing.

I just dug it. We were casting a student film. In those days, AFI had sort of a little SAG connection, but not really. We're talking 1982 or 81. You really had to pester people to get anything done in those days. There was no email. As you know, it was just calling people up and getting hung up on that kind of thing.

but every time I watched a TV show, like I would see somebody on Marcus Welby MD and then I'd see her in a Spearmint Gum commercial. It was like, oh, she's doing a commercial. How does that work? I didn't know what casting was as a kid, nothing.

but every time I watched a TV show, like I would see somebody on Marcus Welby MD and then I'd see her in a Spearmint Gum commercial. It was like, oh, she's doing a commercial. How does that work? I didn't know what casting was as a kid, nothing.