In the beginning, I thought it would be really glamorous, working in fashion. But it's actually quite hard. You don't even know half the stuff that goes on backstage.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
Backstage at the Victoria's Secret show is pure madness. Big personalities, big hair, and tons of press.
I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy.
Sometimes I feel like what's hard for fashion designers to do is take looks from off the runway and actually put it into existence, into reality. That's really the hard part.
The first thing I say when someone says they want to be an actor is, 'Go get 'Backstage.'' You know what's going on, you know who's doing what, and there's work that you can find in there. It's an incredible resource, and there's nothing else like it.
Acting is not glamorous. It's not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in for a hard time.
What you don't see backstage is what really controls the show.
Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.
I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.
My effort is to slip into any role that is offered to me. The minute you go into those costumes, those grand sets, and start prepping up for the role, you become the part or at least start feeling the part.
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