Last night Los Angeles was home to the 2010 People’s Choice Awards. The one award show on the planet where it is the people, the fans, the public who vote for nominees and winners. Having been lucky enough to attend this event it was a wonderful opportunity to be involved in such an industry event in the city of films.
No denying the experience was wonderful, being in a room feet away from succesful and respectable actors and artists, was hopefully a glimpse into the future of where I hope to be as an actor, not to be nominated or to that extent but to be an actor who can be acknowledged as succesful and respectable.
Fame and fortune are no more than a side avenue in this career and being surrounded by so many actors yesterday, the famous ones and the less known, it was completely obvious the people (most; aspiring) who are there to just be there, they are more concerned with having their face on the television, being a personality, a face rather than an actor. I believe many people who begin in this industry are confused; they possibly believe that being an actor is about saying a few lines on set, getting a large pay-check, and the important aspect is putting on a designer dress, having people attend to you, doing hair, make up and then walking down the red carpet. NO! This isn’t an actor and it will not be a person who has long jeopardy in the industry as a respected actor. Of course there are those who will have a career as a personality and no more because let’s remember at the end of the day it is the choice of the people, and the world is smart enough to realise even after a few mistake the true talent that is out there, those who work long and hard at that craft, who want more than to just sign autographs and have adoring fans, but the true people, the actors who we choose to watch, choose to spend money on a movie ticket for and buy their DVD’s.
If you are true to yourself and your passion you will know that there is much more to acting than the cameras, award shows and red carpets, and course I am not naive to say that these are not fun, but I am also not oblivious to my own feelings which are this: I want act, that is why I am here in Los Angeles, that is why I left family and friends travelling half way around the world to learn, because I do not want to be just a face or personality, I hope to inspire, educate, make you move and feel through the acting I do on film, tv, stage whichever medium it may be.
People say you are crazy for following your dream, you’re not living in reality or get a real job. All that can be said to these negative thoughts is that, if you truly believe in yourself and what you are doing, if you work hard and I mean hard, sacrifice and are push yourself further than you ever expected there is no way you can not be what you want. Whether it’s a doctor, teacher, painter, handyperson, hospitality worker, acting is a career you work damn hard at and when that something inside you tells you you’re ready to step out, believe in yourself and work there is nothing that can or will stop you.
It’s you the people that continue to allow the entertainment industry to survive and are the same people who films are made for, so it’s your choice and my choice to say that every actor working or not, you inspire me to persist working harder and harder each day;
Until then…
Miss D 
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