

The Coyote on the Hollywood Hills
When I packed for my trip to L.A. I brought heels, dresses and make-up. I was going to a film festival in Hollywood after all, and life as an Actress means getting dolled up from time to time. One afternoon we walked up the Hollywood Hills. As I said I only brought nice clothes and make up so I was dressed in an Aritzia jumpsuit and fedora. Not really ideal, I realized, once we started the long hike up the windy hill and I needed to use the bushes as a washroom. Well, anyway,


How a Parisian Clown Helped Me Prep for Commercial Auditions
At the fruitful age of 19 years old I moved to Paris to study at the school of a notorious and famous master clown and pedagogue: Phillipe Gaulier. This man was nothing like I had ever seen. He was small, round and could've been anywhere from 55 to 75 years old. I couldn't tell, and never found out. Age was a non issue for me back then. He had thick rimmed glasses, wild, shaggy grey hair and a constant frown on his eyes and mouth. He held a drum and drumstick in his hand at a