photographer once told me that trying different poses and in a sense making stupid and weird faces is an amazing thing. Some of the best shots come out of not being scared to try something different. The same rule can apply when you are acting. Messing up on a line can bring about some awesome scenes and sometimes you screw up your line and you have to try again. I think when I first started acting that was my biggest fear, of being myself. I was so afraid that people were going to judge me as an actress. But over time, through practice and working with the people I have, I’ve grown as an actress. Not a single actor or actress on this earth is perfect. If they say they are, then they are full of it. There’s always room for improvement in the industry, and there is always something new to learn. You take a little bit of wisdom with you every time you leave for the day/night. Another amazing thing about being an actress is that nothing is ever the same. One of the many reasons I decided to follow this road that is very much less travelled is because everything is always different. I feel like if I chose a more common job, I would get bored. The same thing all day every day is very boring to me. No script is ever going to be the same. Sometimes even the people you work with are going to be different. You can be very sure that when you show up to your call time, that the day will be totally different from the day before and the same thing goes for the day after that. Women have taken on many important roles and have been idolized now for being something other than just the hot chick or the one that has to be saved by the strong male character. Women are gaining strength and are taking on these killers or whatever happens to be killing you in horror movies. I must say it’s rather nice to see it. You take a look at movies such as Night of the Living Dead and you see Patricia Tallman, who seems like the sweet quiet girl who will be killed off very soon, take the reins and start kicking butt and fearlessly killing the zombies. Or even Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween, who starts out scared senseless and in the end she ends up being the one who kills instead of being killed. I’m glad to see women finally taking on better roles other than helpless victims and sex icons in the industry. I hope that as I advance in my career I will be able to take on roles like that and really be able to show people what I am capable of.
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