Acting since childhood, Penny had played the daughter in a rather well-known television series. I looked up to her like a mentor. She'd gotten to live out the childhood I always wanted.
First Person
- Advice
- Advice
Al Pacino once said an acting teacher can ruin an actor. It's one of the most delicate things to instruct, and there are so many hacks out there, you have to be very careful whom you hire.
- Advice
A Bit of English in Times Square
"Be careful what you wish for. It might come true!" my dad once said to six-year-old me when I mentioned my ambition to move to New York City and become an actress.
- Advice
Me, the Porn King, and Improv for Beginners
I grew up fairly sheltered, in a pleasant little tree-lined Pennsylvania suburb. I was a sweet, stereotypically diligent student. So I never actually imagined I'd be working with people in porn.
- Advice
But there's something else. Yes, he's a beautiful man, but he has another quality that I'm starting to notice. He swims like no one's watching. Like he's the only one out there.
- Advice
It's risky to burn bridges, even when you know it's necessary. But I knew I had to follow my instincts. It was never that school I had chosen to commit to—it was acting.
- Advice
Once I began acting, I had an affinity toward comedic roles. But stand-up comedy? That remained in an entirely too frightening league of its own.
- Advice
There's No Business Like... Paying to Meet Agents
Someone thought it would be great if actors could meet agents and managers without having an "in"—a referral of some kind. Now, they are as commonplace as insurance commercials.
- Advice
My cell phone rang. Well... it could be important, I thought. As unknown numbers usually do, the caller lived up to the unexpected. It was a manager asking to meet me.
- Advice
As I eyeball the pasties, it hits me that I have—basically—just signed up to be a human mannequin for the day. A half-naked one at that.
