Hollywood: Harder than it looks/easier than you think
I'm always taken aback by people's fascination with famous actors, you know, with celebrities. To the outside world "Hollywood" looks so glamorous. It amazes me how some people simplify this business. Some think its like winning a Lottery Ticket, an idea I believe originated by the early Hollywood Publicity Machine , a machine that filled magazines with stories of Actors and Actresses who were "over night sensations" by being "discovered" sipping a soda at Schwab's Drug Store. This is just not the case. Anyone can walk into a store and buy a lottery ticket - just last month the Lottery Jackpot was at an all time high and every American was running to their local store to purchase a ticket and everyone had a chance to win (I bought a couple myself) but an Acting Career doesn't happen this way... I'm an actress, writer, producer I should know. Having a career takes determination, tenacity, courage and talent. Recently, my be...