“No matter what, people don’t think of me for glamorous parts. I’ll go to an audition or a meeting in a pretty dress, and they still think of me as depressed or embattled. Hopefully, that will change.”
Viola Davis
the official premiere for scandal has been released, so set your dvrs for 5 april! actually, just set your dvrs to catch the third episode of the season where you’ll see yours truly in a badass li’l role i hope ends up being brought back. (hey…just puttin’ it out there!)
until then, enjoy the series promo above.
i just returned from a ten-day writing vacation in good ol’ new york. here are three of my favorite photos; you can find more here.
this is long overdue, but here i am with the incomparable jessica walter during a recording session for my film. it trips me out to realize was her boss for a day!
You’re always playing yourself. It’s all autobiography, whatever you’re doing. It’s using them as a kind of prism through which to throw something real about yourself, or something relaxed at least. Because the last thing you want is to look like you’re acting.
Writing in Color: The Writers Guild of America, West Committee of Black Writers presents this panel discussion with TV comedy writers Dan Harmon (“Community’), Alan Yang (“Parks & Recreation”), Aisha Muharrar (“Parks & Recreation”), Halsted Sullivan (“The Office”), and network executive Karen Horne (NBC & Universal Media Studios), moderated by WGAW Committee of Black Writers chair David Wyatt.
Aisha: I had two friends who were working on a children’s show and they pitched a character named Aisha based on me. “Oh, she’s kinda a quirky, smart black girl.” And their boss was like, “Well that’s kinda unrealistic.”
The Innocence Project
please donate. they are a tremendous organization that i have helped support for years.
hi stranger!
for the last three years or so, i’ve been fortunate enough to make my living as a full-time actor. it hasn’t always been easy and, honestly, if it weren’t for commercial work, i wouldn’t be able to do it: i work a reasonable amount in tv and a lot commercially.
i’m curious about what prompted this question. are you an aspiring actor? just a curious passerby? if the former, i wish you luck and a healthy savings account. if the latter, i wish you…i dunno…contentment.
my mother taught me to hold on to old prescriptions.
…because it’s nights like these that you’ll be glad you’ve got last year’s cheratussin chillin in the fridge.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEB MARGOLIN
You are my hero.
I always tell my female students we steal the stage. No one gives us the stage. We steal it like Prometheus stole fire.
FUCK. YES. of course you know her birthday. of course.
hello, insomnia. i kill you with booze.
