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When I started, it was all meter maids or the sassy nurse, or the sassy receptionist in the hospital. And I felt like: Are those the only jobs that large, black women have?

Retta, on the roles she would be offered in Hollywood.

“Casting directors, who don’t necessarily know me — all they get are pictures. So they see your face, and they’re like, ‘Oh, we can place her in this or that.’ “

Check out NPR’s story on actors of color navigating stereotypes in Hollywood.

(via racebending)

(Reblogged from offbeatorbit)

Apr 21

stopwhitewashing:

cynique:

popculturebrain:

Leading Men Age, Leading Women Don’t | Vulture

There are more charts if you click through.

I’m so glad this info graphic is going around, because so many people don’t realize how ageism and misogyny play hand in hand and how the sexualization of young girls play into this.

Santoine: This is an important graph I felt you all should see and understand

(Reblogged from glitterarygetsit)

Jan 16

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arythusa:

coppolaseyes:

Women in Film

I have been waiting for these stats for many moons. (Holy SHIT 8% directors)

ugh.

(Source: dividedconsciousness)

(Reblogged from freedomandjusticeforeveryone)

Jul 15

Neil Gaiman how great are you?

Feb 13

“what are you gonna do with your life?”

You can view this monologue here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bcopVtDVwE (about 11 minutes in)

I got lots of choices right now. I could kick this thing right here, but that would hurt my foot. I’m not gonna do that. That’s a choice I just made. I could take a dump in the lobby, but y’all gonna step in that later, and that’s kinda gross. I’m not gonna do that. That’s a choice I just made. I could go and kiss that guy over there on the lips, but… Aw, what the hell!

He goes to kiss a man in the audience. On the lips. He returns to the stage.

See, your choices can have an EFFECT on the world. That guy either wants to slap me, or he’s kind of horny, I dunno. But those are EASY choices. Everybody has harder choices too. Like “What are you gonna do with your life?” or “Who are you gonna live your life with?” or “Are you gonna bring a child into this messed up, crazy-ass world?” Those are the hard choices. And here’s one more. Everybody knows somebody who’s all bunged up with grief and anger cuz they lived a harder life than you, and they let you know ever chance they get: “I lived a harder life than you!” And they all crusty and stiff all the time, with their shoulders up to their earlobes, cursing everything. And they get into their car. (Taking the wheel) but it’s not a car, it’s a Ford Toro-Exploro-Bronco-Humvee big-ass shit, and it’s like 20 yards long and 16 yards wide, and they drive to work going “I feel safe in my car! Don’t look at me like that! You don’t know what kinda life I lived!” And they get to the parking lot, down to P1 (He spins) P2 (He spins) P3 (He spins) P4, and they going “I hate this place! (Getting out of a tight parking space) “Don’t touch my car!” And they get into the elevator, (Squeezing in) but there are other people around. “I hate people! They don’t know what kinda life I lived.” And then they get into a little cubicle, not makin’ eye contact with nobody, and they open up their little laptop and they play solitaire… Everybody knows somebody like that! And the hard choice is this: “Do you not talk to that person, or do you talk to that person? If you do, then one of two things could happen. They either tell you to “fuck off,” or the floodgates gonna open, and you’re gonna have a “high-maintenance friend”, right? But your choice can have a huge effect on that person. Our choices are a gift, because our choices can have an effect. Yeah. See, that person is suffering. We know that. It’s what we all got in common. We all suffer, every last one of us, and then we die. End of story. And you can think whatever the hell you want about an afterlife for your soul, but the hard fact of the matter is that your hot, sweaty body will get cold and start to rot, and if you haven’t had any effect on anybody before you die, you certainly won’t have an effect on anybody AFTER you die. You are RESPONSIBLE for the effect you have in this life. You have a RESPONSIBILITY. So you have to EDUCATE your responsibility. And how do you educate your responsibility? By educating your IMAGINATION! By reading stories, going to the theatre, going to the art gallery, to a Church or a Synagogue or a Temple, wherever you mind is free to roam. By playing music, by playing in the sand, by playing with your CHILDREN, who aren’t stupid and sleepy yet. Then you start to imagine a kind of CONNECTION, a relationship with everybody and everything. Between all those realities, between me and this camera, between me and you. Your relationship to whoever is next to you, to your mother back home, to your kids, your lover, your boss. That’s why people go to the theatre, to Church even, is to establish some form of relationship, some connection, some COMMUNION. A COMMON… UNION with other suffering souls, whose ‘I’s are as sleepy as yours. But then somebody opens your ‘I’ up, and tells you you gotta LIVE your life, not let somebody else tell you how to live it. You gotta live your life and you gotta live it with PASSION. That’s what this is all about Brothers and Sisters,… PASSION. PASSION. PASS-I-ON. PASS-I-ON. My Jesus’ passion story, is a story of PASS-I-ON. He took his ‘I’ and he passed it on so far that it reached me. Now that’s havin’ an EFFECT!

PASS YOUR I ON

- Rick Miller, Bigger Than Jesus

an incredible play - whether you’re a believer, or not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCfEvHQdyBo HERE’S A sort of TRAILER

show dates http://biggerthanj.com/en/schedule

website: http://biggerthanj.com/

Jan 15

About

Lauren is an actress, singer, dancer, and writer who was born and raised in the suburbs of Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she studied acting in the Department of Theatre and Drama.

Lauren graduated in 2009 and immediately moved to NYC where she had a great year of acting, working with kids, and honing her cockroach-eliminating skills. In October 2010, Lauren moved to Chicago, IL to work with her artistic family, StarKid Productions.

As a member and company manager of Team StarKid, Lauren has spent the majority of her time in Chicago working on their latest original musical, “Starship”, while auditioning and performing on the side.

Lauren is passionate about empowering young people to realize their own potential, especially in the arts.

Lauren is also a lover of prancing and all things unicorn-related. Her favorite color is sparkle.

Lauren is an actress, singer, dancer, and writer who was born and raised in the suburbs of Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she studied acting in the Department of Theatre and Drama.

Lauren graduated in 2009 and immediately moved to NYC where she had a great year of acting, working with kids, and honing her cockroach-eliminating skills. In October 2010, Lauren moved to Chicago, IL to work with her artistic family, StarKid Productions.

As a member and company manager of Team StarKid, Lauren has spent the majority of her time in Chicago working on their latest original musical, “Starship”, while auditioning and performing on the side.

Lauren is passionate about empowering young people to realize their own potential, especially in the arts.

Lauren is also a lover of prancing and all things unicorn-related. Her favorite color is sparkle.

Jan 08

The Woman behind the Costumes - Dressing 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'

theboywiththefinchertattoo:

As Lisbeth Salander, the damaged computer hacker at the heart of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” actress Rooney Mara projects waves of emotion, emanating from somewhere deep, buried under layers upon layers of angry clothing.

Trish Summerville, costume designer for “The Girl with…

(Reblogged from theboywiththefinchertattoo)

Jan 05

10 people who inspire me - Gina Beck“I suppose I would just… try to tell my younger self not to doubt herself, and that… while you’re working from nine to five in an office and not getting an acting job, just to believe that there is a reason why you’re there, and when that acting job comes along, it’ll be the more sweeter and that you’ll be all the more grateful and granted for it.”

10 people who inspire me - Gina Beck
“I suppose I would just… try to tell my younger self not to doubt herself, and that… while you’re working from nine to five in an office and not getting an acting job, just to believe that there is a reason why you’re there, and when that acting job comes along, it’ll be the more sweeter and that you’ll be all the more grateful and granted for it.”

(Reblogged from rrueplumet)

Jan 04

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I want to be an actress, I didn’t want to become an actress to become a celebrity at all. I think that actually hurts your ability to be a good actor, the more people know who you are the less able they are to see you as a character.

Rooney Mara (via crownedrose)

(Reblogged from crownedrose)

actresses today

INTERVIEWER: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" has already had a profound effect on your career. What effect did shooting the film have on you personally?
ROONEY MARA: I think it's had quite an effect on me. I've grown and changed in a lot of ways. Certainly, I feel much more capable after this year. One of the things that David instilled in me is to not really compromise myself and to always have a choice. It's hard to be a young actress. People feel a sort of ownership over you. It's easy to let people walk all over you as a young girl, because you don't want to be difficult. David never made me feel that way. He was constantly wanting my opinion. Just from getting to work with him, I think I'm going to be less likely to compromise throughout my career.

(Reblogged from didyoublushwashere)