Take 3
This photo of me in my first acting class in SD is so special to me. It was taken at the end of 2019 for our holiday cookie exchange and along with all the great things taking this class opened up for me, there are a handful of friendships that came from it that I will always cherish.
When I decided to take this class it was after a huge life change (I’ll save that for another post sometime) I played it off in my head… it’s just for fun... it won't go anywhere... but really, I knew this was always what I wanted to do and the main reason I moved to California in the first place.
After reading about a variety of classes in San Diego I came across Terry's class: Acting Professionally and something said this was the one. I sent Terry an email to audit a class and in February of 2019 I was off to her Thursday night intro class. On the way there I of course get lost in the rain and pulled over to try and find the right address, I did not want to be late as this would make it even more nerve wrecking then it already was for me, but some how I convinced myself to go and not to bail out. This was my first sign.
After that I showed up weekly every Thursday from 8-10 and did my best. After I would call my Grandma on the way home and tell her all about it because she was of course now going to be my manager 😉
Other signs that confirmed what I had really known all along which is: acting is 🫶
I couldn't get over having a group of other people who loved talking about movies and actors as much as I do AND the fun in sharing what we watched each week with each other. (I know this sounds silly but I did spend the last 9 years of my life in the beauty industry and my previous years talking fonts so this much movie talk always made me feel a little out of place before)
Being able to consider watching movies, “research” or homework ;)
Finally, the feeling of absolute anxiety every week in going to class was the amount that would normally stop me from doing anything, but in this case my want for being there was bigger.
And to add on to that, I was not good, and I knew this would be the hardest thing for me to get good at but I never want to give it up.