Not everyone is going to love you, and that is okay.’ I still tell myself that on a regular basis. If you could give one piece of advice to yourself at the age of 12, what would it be? I have been obsessed with Ibsen’s play since I first read it in sixth grade and one day I will play the incredible heroine.ġ0. If age, type, or gender were no issue what would your dream role be? I love getting behind the wheel and rocking out to my car music, but zip cars are always thrilling!ĩ. What do you hate most about living in New York? No one person can make it on their own, ensemble is where all the magic happens.Ĩ. I think that giving back to the community is one of the most essential parts of being an artist, and a human for that matter. He fosters new artists and always makes a point of recognizing and giving back to the community he came from.

He is an incredible talent both musically and in the business sense. Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?

Whether I am on stage or in an audience, I find the energy that pulses through a live performance space intoxicating.Ħ. I’m going to say theatre… I love movies, but theatre is constantly changing and its different every night.

I can’t imagine my life without it and it is absolutely amazing, but oh the time that can pass while researching some seemingly important fact… The best thing about being an actor is the fact that I could potentially get to play all of those characters! If you weren’t an actor what would be your ideal occupation? So I think knowing the city up and down, but more importantly knowing short cuts! Whenever someone asks me for directions I always secretly ecastic on the inside for passing as a real New Yorker.ģ. The first time I felt like a true New Yorker was when I gave seamless subway directions to multiple tourists groups in midtown. I was 5 years old watching a production of ‘Carousel’ at Northwestern University with my mother and when I got home I performed the entire show for my family and it was the best feeling in the whole world. What made you realize you wanted be an actor? 10 Questions with 8 Actors by Barbara Janice Kielhofer Actor #1: Carrie Wattġ.

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