I once wrote a post about how being an actor is like being the owner of a cookie factory. I used the cookie factory analogy just so I could put a pretty picture with the post, but the gist of it was that sometimes you have to be a regular Donald Trump when working on your acting career. The CEO and CFO of yourself, the product. Sometimes you just have to get all business-y, perhaps unfortunately.
So when I fly to Los Angeles next week as the head of ShaniceCorp. I have to have some sort of plan. I already wrote about how making financial plans is important, but a schedule is too. You have to have a plan of acti(ng)vities. And because I thought it might be insightful for other actors who consider visiting LA, I decided to share mine here.
So behold, the to-do list for the first month of my Tinseltown trip… Continue reading
One of the hardest things about being an actress for me is going through periods of nothing. No auditions, no projects, no progress… I just get so antsy, and start losing hope anything will ever happen. But recently I’ve found an excellent way of turning these nothing-periods into productive and creatively fulfilling times: I’ve been writing screenplays!
Not even a week ago it looked like I was going to die by spontaneous combustion while doing financial administration in a place even villagers call the middle of nowhere, surrounded by the smell of a nearby Lays factory in the early, rainy morning. But yesterday I booked a ticket to Los Angeles, today I quit my job and June 1st I will be on a plane to Los Angeles again, on my way to meet with an agent…
Welcome to the new home of my blog! As my life has gone through some incredibly big changes recently- some heartbreaking, some hopeful- I thought it was the perfect time to shake things up and make a fresh start. Usually when I have a feeling like that I rearrange my furniture or dye my hair, but since I have no own apartment and can’t change my hairstyle because I just had headshots done, my blog was the victim! I hope you all enjoy this new place, and please do give your feedback! Anything you’d want to see me post about more often? Anything you’re missing?
Once upon a time was a Dutch soap star, who was extremely attractive in a Megan Fox kind of way. Her acting skills were never talked about, since most of what the girl was known for was the rich people she dated. This was a reason for many to dislike her. And after she married a very wealthy pro soccer player that dislike turned into hate. I never participated in this, since I don’t do the hate-a-girl-because-she’s-prettier-than-you thing. I actually really like Megan Fox. And I also like to believe this girl married out of true love.
Remember that “life is like a balloon contest” quote from Forrest Gump? Yes? Shame on you, because that’s not how the quote went. But while riding my bike back from my new temp job, I thought of the truth in that sentence. Not because I spend my days searching for metaphors to sound artificially clever with, but because I spend my days drowning my spirit in financial administration at a company where they recently held a balloon contest.
Yesterday, Zelda Williams, daughter of actor Robin Williams, wrote an open letter about nepotism and second generation entertainers in Hollywood on 
Last Sunday it was Oscar slash Academy Awards time again, or as Billy Crystal said it: millionaires handing each other golden statues in a time of recession. I personally think the Oscars have been very boring the last few years. Safe jokes, presenters who aren’t comedians…And to make it worse: this year didn’t even have stunning dresses or fresh new faces!
Well, guess what? I won the voting competition and am still in the TV show Who’s in Who’s Out! So thanks to everyone that voted, I’m still in acting heaven, filming episodes every Saturday till Monday! I really didn’t expect to win, since my competition was a talented stud with a large group of infatuated girls as fans. But I guess I had underestimated the enthusiasm of my family, friends and blog readers! I particularly suspect I have my mom to thank. She has a lot of colleagues, you know…
The last few weeks have been interesting and great in many ways. For the first time in my life, I got a real taste of what life as a working actress is like. Being on set three weeks in a row, recording songs, rehearsing, working with call sheets, wondering about ratings…And, because of the format of the TV show – where winners of roles get some publicity- I got a tiny little taste of fame too.
