![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) celeb secret submission post #12 |
[Aug. 24th, 2008|08:08 am] |
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[Aug. 22nd, 2008|10:42 pm] |
There is always going to be a hero. Now the actual idea behind the hero changes. He could be a young upstartTM or the jaded veteranTM or even the underdogTM. There will always be the girl, the childhood best friendTM, the one that got awayTM or the one he fell in love with instantlyTM. Then there are the villians of course, the maniacalTM, the jealousTM, or the arch-nemisis with a grudgeTM. Then there are the standard sidekickTM, mentorTM, and life altering momentTM.
Now why did I run through all of that? Because with a few exceptions, it seems every plot is the same. That's why as actors we want to push the boundaries on everything. No one wants to be just the hero or just the sidekick when there might be an opportunity to be so much more. Thats what I like about parodies, the chance to recognize that what we are presenting you isn't life changing or anything you haven't already seen. It's only meant to be entertainment. I think people like the predictability of movies even as much as they like the fantasy. People like knowing that in almost every case it will end up with a happy ending or riding off into the sunsetTM. That the couple will end up happily ever afterTM.
Now I am not going to knock the hand that feeds me by any means, even if it isn't doing much feeding me at the present moment. I've enjoyed not working as much as I possibly can without getting bored but it has given me a lot more time to watch movies and I've learned that the magic of movies is not lost on everyone, even those that have been behind the camera. I guess that is the magicTM of it all.
And they like the fantasy of it. The idea that as celebrities we live in a totally different world. It's a bit easier to get into parties and it's a bit easier to pay our bills, but at the end of the day we are actors because for a little while we want to live in the fantasy of it too. |
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| katie zeppelin |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|08:05 pm] |
hi everyone! my name is katie. everyone show me your favourite youtube of all time. mine would have to be this!
ps. dan is a fantastic kisser and no he didn't tell me to do this ;) |
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[Aug. 19th, 2008|11:11 pm] |
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Now comes in the following colors: clively |
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[Aug. 19th, 2008|08:39 am] |
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you are not alone, dear loneliness |
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[Aug. 17th, 2008|05:22 pm] |
I took a literary class in school, and in this class we had a project. Poetry, not exactly my strong suit, but for a grade we do what we need to do. I had a false belief that poetry was corny rhymes that only make sense in greeting cards, but...I learned very differently in that class. One assignment was to write a poem called 'Where I Come From'. I struggled with it for a while, and ended up just rushing to put something on paper before it was due. But I've been thinking about it a lot lately in meeting new people...seeing different kinds of families.
I come from two parents, Gary Wright and Sheila Teague...a mother who kept her last name. They met in art school, Central Saint Martins to be exact. They are free spirits, what some would call lingering hippies. They still feel that free love and truth are all we need in the world. I was raised in a home where I was taught I could be anything in the world I wanted to be. I was raised with music and art all around me all the time. I was raised with smiles and love. My parents aren't like any one else's I know. My mum could easily be my best friend. I can talk with her about anything in the world and feel completely accepted. I don't get that feeling a lot in my life, so knowing that in the place I call home I get it...is really what makes it home for me. And my father...while we don't talk about everything like mum and I do...I know I could if I needed to. It's mostly he who brought the music into my life. I remember sitting around listening to records and learning all the words with him singing at my side. We've communicated through music in my house, we can read one another by the songs we play, know the mood, know what we need. Music is almost a language of its own in my world. I have an older brother, Lewis who while he torments me relentlessly I know loves me very much. He taught me to play footie, but would push me away in front of his friends - friends who if they made fun of his awkward little sister trying to play sports, he'd shove or punch. He's always been protective, the taunts and teasing almost a way of saying 'I love you' in boy language.
I spent so much of my childhood home...be it playing outside with my brother or my friends, or inside laying on my bed reading. I love to read, I'd spend hours every day reading...usually finished all the assigned books and went onto my own before it was time. I loved books, where I could go off into some other world with the characters. Wind in the Willows where I could be near the riverbank with Mole and Mr. Badger; Charlotte's Web where I could travel to the fair with Wilbur and Charlotte and rat, excited to see what she'd write next in her web to save the loving pig. Stuart Little, taking a travel with a very small mouse and his adventures. Adventure was one of the best parts. Harry Potter got my interest from the very beginning, the tale of this very special boy who overcame so many problems to save the world.
When the mentioning of Harry Potter comes into play it seems like it's inevitable to talk about my life on sets and working. And as much as I didn't want to talk about that here I can't avoid that topic, those films are a large part of my life, part that has helped mould me into who I am today. I met amazing people from working on these films, people who will stick with me - be it mentally, emotionally, or physically - for the rest of my life. I couldn't be more grateful for the opportunities I've been given. And not at all meaning the 'fame' or 'fortunes' none of that rubbish at all. More the experience of being on a set, of meeting legends and being accepted by more than just my family. By finding a new family. I make jokes all the time about dreading going back on set and getting up early. I make snide remarks about annoyances with things that happen on that set...but the truth is, I truly dread it all ending. It's been 8 years now...and while I wasn't on the set all that much in the beginning...it's still a huge part of my life.
Lately it seems like everything is getting more and more complicated, my life, my relationships, everything... I thought maybe if I looked back on everything in my life I'd be able to trace the steps to where things went off the steady track they had once been on. But...really just made me miss the past, miss when life was simple. It seems like once you hit the age of 15 or 16 everything grows increasingly more complicated in life. Maybe its just the mindset of a teenager, maybe we make it that way....but it doesn't change the fact that it is for me. Oh how I miss the days of pushing a boy down to show him you fancied him, slumber parties and pillow fights not having to have some porn fantasy undertone, going to parties not meaning you were some 'wild child'....what happened to streamers and balloons? Next year for my birthday, that's what I want. I want the party you'd give a five year old. I want a piñata filled with candy, I want ice cream with sprinkles and those big fat numbers on the cake. I want bright balloons and silly games. Allow me to regress...I miss simplicity. |
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| corbis. |
[Aug. 17th, 2008|06:25 am] |
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You'll be the rhythm and I'll be the beat.
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[Aug. 17th, 2008|01:37 am] |
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Hiatus.
Return Date: September 1st. 2008.
Anything me and mine should know, leave it here. Comments will be screened.
Bale, don't forget that coffee. ;) |
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