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Tuesday, June 26th 2007

7:37 AM

Celebrity in a Cage

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No, I'm not talking about Paris Hilton. I'm just talking about celebrities in general. I think we all fail to realise sometimes how much privacy they have to give up (hence the caged feeling). I'm currently on tour with the children's book series, Junie B. Jones and in some ways, we are like mini-celebrities. The good end of this deal is that, when the tour is over, I get to be my normal self once again, because I'm only playing a character.

How would you feel if every day on the road, everyone seems to want a piece of you and then sometimes even fights over it. Ugly right? Having said that, there are nice respectful people out there too. Nonetheless, I had to learn that people weren't going to change and that I had to change the way I was thinking so that I wouldn't get as irritated or frustrated when I started to feel bugged. And there are many reasons for feeling that way, like getting followed or getting noticed and called out, getting asked the same questions over and over, things like that. A lesson I was happy to learn.

There were also TV interviews. And you do beat yourself up after they are done. Maybe not for making terrible mistakes, but for not having something better to say than what you said or looking more awkward than you should. So I turned to watching other professionals getting interviewed and saw so much more from these interviews than I ever did before. The thought processes, the subtle shifts... they struggle too, but they are more experienced at dealing and concealing it. The trick is to be as prepared as possible. Have opinions about things.. even if the opinion, is "I don't have one". Be ready for an answer and make it interesting if not honest. There you go! Lesson 1 in the life of a mini-celebrity.   
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