I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I'm trying to pick up tips.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.
Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.
I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded.
Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.
As an actress, I'm constantly watching different shows and films and am always gathering information and inspiration for characters and techniques to make my performances the best they can be.
When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.
I'm a career actor. And I question this constant reliance on TV fame and celebrity.
I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
You can talk to someone relatively famous, and they say, 'What do you do? What do you do for a job?' and I say, 'I make documentaries for the BBC,' and you see their eyes just glaze over.
I never got into things to be famous. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's annoying.