Kristin Lane Williams About Me Page at Helium

My passion is ...

living for something greater than myself.

I know too much about ...

embarrassing myself.

My parents always told me ...

I hope your children grow up to be like you.

My childhood ambition ...

Actress.

My favorite memory ...

How could anyone choose just one?

Why I write ...

It lets me express just a small portion of the stuff that goes on in my head. And, it's one of the ways I contribute to the world.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Kim Walker, Ian McIntosh, Missy Higgins. Chuck, Heroes.

My first job ...

pizza thrower.

My best moment ...

the God ordained one.

My inspiration ...

a man who lived perfectly and died self-lessly.

Arts & Humanities > Theater & Drama How to cry on cue: 2 of 7

To cry on cue. People not in the business of film think that this is what is required to be an Academy Award-winning giant. But what is not really known is that actors and actresses are given many opportunities, over and over again, to get it right. Usually, when the script calls for tears, the actor has spent hours alone in his or her trailer or wandering the set. Some actors listen to music to motivate them to tears. Others draw up past, intense memories and use them as substitutions. When their scene partner says, "I love you," they hear instead something that hurt them very deeply at t...
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