What it is?
Uploaded by Taylor on Oct 07, 2001
This morning, just as every morning, I got the privilege to see the sun rise up over the horizon as I traveled down the freeway. Driving at four o’clock was never much fun, but had become a part of my everyday life. In precisely fifty-five minutes I would reach the film studio, at which I was to spend every day for the next two years of my life working at. Filming a movie always took so long. However, when it comes to acting, time is not an issue. Acting had become the foundation of which I lived my life. I eat, sleep, and breathe acting. I’ll never forget the first time I ever performed.
“Who wants to try out for a part in the class play?” asked Mrs. Graham, my kindergarten teacher. Play? I wasn’t quite sure what that word meant. She told us we would be on stage in front of our parents telling about how we should clean up the world. I raised my hand, I’m not sure why, probably because everyone else did. She called on me and told me to say, “Look at all this trash!” loud enough for everyone to hear. I can’t recall what happened next; for my memories of age five are very short. I do remember the night of the play though. The stage was littered with trash; a garbage can as the centerpiece. My mom said I did “good”. Though I really enjoyed it, I sort of forgot about the whole acting thing, and my career was in remission for the next few years.
Driving in her blue Volkswagen Bug, my older sister Karrie told me I should audition for her high school play. I was only in fourth grade then, and this idea seemed ridiculous to me. Gresham High was putting on The Sound of Music and she thought it would be neat to have a “real-live” kid as the youngest girl, Gretel. I ended up trying out and got the part as Gretel after all. It was quite the experience to be around high school kids everyday after school. I felt so big and mature. But of course, the greatest thing about it was the acting. I never knew I could have so much fun being on stage acting, singing, and dancing. After the play was finished I knew this is what I was going to do forever; act.
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