From the time I was in kindergarten, I knew I wanted to perform. Back then, it was singing. Time passed, and I kind of forgot about it, until I auditioned for my first musical in 6th grade. After that, my eyes were set on Broadway. Musical Theater was surely it. Then, Junior year of high school, just when I am sure I have it all figured out, I see The Crucible. The movie with Daniel Day-Lewis.
Turns out, I didn't have it all figured out. From then on, acting has been my passion. Looking back, it makes sense. I mean, I always obsessed over actors and watched and re-watched (like a million times) movies so that I can see an actor again. I have always studied the actor in films and was so intrigued and always wanted to re-create it. I guess I never thought of acting as its own thing. Until I set out for the Acting track.
Movies to me have the huge potential to be such beautiful masterpieces. And some are able to do that. From low-budget indie films, to Hollywood commercial films, all have the capability of being life changing.
If you know me at all, you know I am a huge movie fan. Each conversation I start with someone seems to be "Have you seen (insert movie here) yet?" I just love them! And being in a Theater Department, a lot of the professors don't like film or television because the truest form is theater, in their eyes. And yes, there are plenty of films and TV shows that are, well, useless and meaningless. But there are other movies that just take this audience on a huge adventure and, by the end, a person's life is changed for the better. Or a television series that puts things in just the right way that we can't help but follow this so intriguing story.
It's storytelling. When I can escape from my world and be thrown in the world of another human being and want to take this journey with them, it's an intense relationship.
I want to be a part of that storytelling. Time will tell where my path leads, but I will always make room to fulfill my passion.
Woo!
Mary Taylor
Turns out, I didn't have it all figured out. From then on, acting has been my passion. Looking back, it makes sense. I mean, I always obsessed over actors and watched and re-watched (like a million times) movies so that I can see an actor again. I have always studied the actor in films and was so intrigued and always wanted to re-create it. I guess I never thought of acting as its own thing. Until I set out for the Acting track.
Movies to me have the huge potential to be such beautiful masterpieces. And some are able to do that. From low-budget indie films, to Hollywood commercial films, all have the capability of being life changing.
If you know me at all, you know I am a huge movie fan. Each conversation I start with someone seems to be "Have you seen (insert movie here) yet?" I just love them! And being in a Theater Department, a lot of the professors don't like film or television because the truest form is theater, in their eyes. And yes, there are plenty of films and TV shows that are, well, useless and meaningless. But there are other movies that just take this audience on a huge adventure and, by the end, a person's life is changed for the better. Or a television series that puts things in just the right way that we can't help but follow this so intriguing story.
It's storytelling. When I can escape from my world and be thrown in the world of another human being and want to take this journey with them, it's an intense relationship.
I want to be a part of that storytelling. Time will tell where my path leads, but I will always make room to fulfill my passion.
Woo!
Mary Taylor
My current acting crush, Jack O'Connell of Unbroken
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