One of the columnists on Backstage.com had a new year's column about pursuing what you really want from a career. Fame and fortune, a movie career and Academy Award are the stereotypical dream. And that's a dream that's not right for everyone. So, what do you really want?
Me? I want a career on the stage. I want to be in musicals and plays (both).
Sure, Broadway is the ultimate dream. But I just want to be a regularly working actor. I want to be in rehearsals during the day, not at night after my "real" job. I want to be in a tour or in regional theatres, summer stock or dinner theatre. I want to have as many opportunities as I can to work on my craft, to grow as an actor, to improve as a singer. I want to not feel guilty or like I'm an impostor if I call myself an actor. I want to surround myself with other talented people and learn from them.
I just want to be doing it. I want to be acting as a career. I don't care if I'm a gypsy. I don't care if I'm not a star and "only" in a small role. I just want to be acting and singing on stage professionally.
About Me
- Kristin
- When I was 2 years old, I used to go around singing all the time. One day, my grandma asked me why I sang all the time. I replied, "I have music in my body!" That seemed perfect to use for this blog (hence the URL), though this is about acting and other forms of performance, too. There's something in me — in all artists — that fuels an unexplained need to create, to play, to explore, to imagine. I have music in my body ... and so much more creativity in my body waiting to be released and expressed.
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