I had a casting director once stop me in the middle of an audition and tell me to go wash my face in the bathroom because she felt my makeup was too distracting, but I wasn’t wearing any. It was mortifying. It felt like a power play and I was so young, I didn’t know what to do.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
“You’re never going to make it.” It was some guy I was dating. I had the last laugh.
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Somebody once told me I was the spitting image of David Cameron.
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Online shopping for clothes.
Getting to challenge the status quo by being myself, just existing openly and honestly and boldly on a public level. It hasn’t always been easy, and it came with its fair set of challenges and sacrifices, and I am proud of that.
Compare and despair. Comparing yourself with someone else or what someone else is doing or what someone else has is a recipe for sadness. What matters is who you are and what you want.
I don’t embarrass easily: I’m kinda shameless.
I have very poor time management. I am often running late, I procrastinate a lot.
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