I tend to be a very positive and optimistic person, but recently I had a couple of days when I felt like a total loser, and I had to make a conscious shift in my mindset. Today, I remembered this blog post that I wrote a while back, and I decided to revisit it […]

The last couple of days I’ve been thinking about the differences between jealousy and admiration. Actors sometimes get frustrated when their career doesn’t seem to be moving forward, and it’s easy to become jealous of the people around you who are succesful. It seems to be a defense mechanism that somehow makes you feel better […]

BOO! Halloween was last weekend. I wasn’t planning to do anything in particular, but I ended up going out with a couple of friends on both Friday and Saturday. I went to see a stand-up comedy show on Friday, and for dinner and a drink on Saturday. The bars were filled with people in amazing […]

Sähköpostiviesti mun asianajajalta. Teksti: ”Nyt töihin!! Onnea!!” Ja perässä USCIS:n tiedote, että taiteilijaviisumihakemukseni on hyväksytty!! Voi tätä ilon ja onnen päivää!! Ensin vain tuijotin tekstiä hölmistyneenä. Sitten aloin hymyillä ihan hulluna. Sitten kiljuin riemusta. Sitten aloin itkeä ilosta. Sitten laitoin musat kaakkoon ja aloin laulaa hoilottaa ja tanssia ympäri kämppää, ja itkin ja nauroin vuorotellen. […]

Tää näyttelemishomma on kyllä sellainen huume mulle että huhheijaa ja oksat pois! Se (sekä tanssiminen ja treenaaminen hyvän musan säestämänä) on kyllä parhaita huumeita ikinä. Eilen illalla mulla oli klo 22 asti näyttelemistunti ja tänä aamuna herätyskello pirisi klo 04:30 aamuyöllä. Sain nimittäin ilokseni näytellä Los Angeles 48 tunnin elokuvafestivaaleilla kilpailevassa lyhytelokuvassa tänään! Tuli nukuttua […]

California gets perfect weather nearly every day, so when there are those few days of rain in a year, it’s fascinating to see how people react to it. A little over a week ago I was sitting in a cafe preparing an acting scene, when it started to rain. Not pouring rain but a bit […]

I consider myself a grateful and optimistic person, but I shamefully have to admit that I have been complaining about tiny things lately. If not out loud then at least in my mind. I have had to remind myself of how incredibly lucky I am. When I did voluntary work in Africa some years ago […]

One of my closest friends is making a short film about daring greatly. I am helping her with her crowdfunding campaign. She asked me to talk in her video about how I as an actress dare greatly, and this inspired me to write this blog post.  I might see my acting partner for the first […]

Oops! I just realized how long it’s been since my last blog post. My apologies for that. This week I signed with the bi-coastal, reputable Bella Agency (I am represented by them for both commercial and print) and started classes with acting coach Craig Archibald (who is coaching for example Constance Wu, who is on […]

Today, it’s going to be a short post. I want to share with you the words of wisdom of one of my teachers, Dan Winerman. In his class, I learned about both acting and life, and these two things really hit home and made me see my life from a new perspective. It’s been about […]