a life in the day
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"...maybe I ought to have my own life in order before I dig in and fuck up someone else’s..." |
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jennifer |
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DATE OF BIRTH: june 6th, 1981
BACKGROUND: jennifer had always loved singing but had never really acted
until her sophomore of high school, when she realized how much she loved it.
since then, she has been in numerous shows and each new experience only
serves to increase her love for the stage. this will be her first chance to
act on film and she hopes that she can carry her passion for the theater over
to this new medium.
ACTING EXPERIENCE: jennifer's favorite role was jan in 'grease'. other
favorites include hope harcourt in 'anything goes' and millie owens in
'picnic'. she also enjoyed playing a young orphan boy in 'oliver!' at the
age of 18. she feels that she can really draw on that experience for this
film, since she feels that deep inside the sassy bartender, lorraine, is a
young, english orphan just dying to break out.
ACTING INFLUENCES: i could list many, many actors and actresses that i
admire but i just don't think that i draw on any of them as influences.
maybe for this role, i could channel some of the "coyote ugly" girls ... but
i just don't see lorraine jumping up on the bar and doing any kind of dance.
that doesn't seem to be her style.
ON ACTING: i just really try to immerse myself in the role, to really become
the character i'm playing. in live theater, someone is watching you every
second so you can never let down your guard. you always have to be your
character; you have to react as your character would to everything that goes
on around you. i think this mindset will help me in this film, because the
deeper i get into my character, the more i react as she would and carry
myself as she would, the more believeable it will be that i am her and not
someone pretending to be her.
ON LORRAINE: lorraine is very far removed from everyone else and that's the
way she likes it. she's much more content with solving everyone else's
problems, or at least thinking that she can, than focusing on any of her own.
it seems to everyone that lorraine has no problems, that she's perfectly
content with just standing behind her bar, listening to everyone griping and
handing out advice. but we all know that no one's life can be perfect and
behind her facade, lorraine must have as many problems as any one else.
she's just become an expert at turning away from them.
ON THIS MOVIE: i believe that this movie has the potential to be something
great. it shows how friendships can change, people can change, but there
will always be things that remain constant. some people and things will
never go away, even though sometimes, we may want them to. lou has really
captured the essence of what it means to be a friend and how life can change
in an instant and leave us wondering how the hell we're going to make it
through. i just hope that we live up to his vision. i know we can.
PERSONAL QUOTE: you know, there's an old saying. "sometimes monkeys die."
it's not a great saying, but it certainly is fitting today.