Pamela Anderson’s guest post! I’m full of secrets reflects on her solitary life as an artist
In a guest post for PEOPLE, the SAG Award-nominated “Last Showgirl” star writes, “If it came easy, everyone could do it.”
After decades of performing, Pamela Anderson received her first-ever nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award this year for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role. The 57-year-old star of The Last Showgirl writes an uplifting love letter to her fellow working actors ahead of the 31st annual SAG Awards presentation on February 23.
Taking action is a survival strategy.
Everyone does it. It’s a blessing to pursue it as a career. From a young child who learned to smile and carry on in the face of despair…
We learn as we go through the process of struggling, searching, experimenting, and tormenting ourselves in acting class, or both. And everyone of us has a different way to get here. This is a misfit industry.
Remind yourself that just a very tiny portion of the Screen Actors Guild are paid actors. The guild does not consist entirely of Hollywood stars.
Young people are more likely to be sharing a plate of french fries and an apartment, using a friend’s car to travel to auditions, saving money for union dues, and working regularly enough to receive health insurance. locating a sponsor, mentor, agent, or someone who believes in us.
