Interview With Student Actor Kari Lane
by Jaden
1. When and why did you take an interest in drama?
I have always wanted to act. I was in plays as a child and have adored movies all my life. I wanted to be in that movie everyone loves; to play that character that touched someone’s life or to be the character that brings something special to that movie people remember and enjoy. I prefer film acting to theatre because it allows for more freedom (visual, spatial, and the chance to do a scene more than once) but I also enjoy stage acting.
2. What is your area of study?
I am a film major, mainly focusing on film theory and I have a minor in theatre; studying acting, stage/film makeup, and play analysis.
3. When will you graduate?
June, 2008.
4. Will you move to Hollywood?
Sorta. My husband and I plan on moving to Burbank, Glendale, or other similar areas that are close to Hollywood, but just far enough removed.
5. You married young; how has that impacted your studies and acting career?
Yes, I married at 18 and it has been 4 years now. It has been good and bad. It is wonderful to have a stable relationship and a partner who is there for you and supports you. It is bad because I have to be gone a lot for rehearsals and filming, so we do not get to spend a lot of time together.
6. Where do you work and how does that play into your career ambitions?
I currently work at Hollywood Video and feel the job is helpful because I watch tons of movies since they are free for employees. Also, once I have moved I figured I would get a similar job because it is fun, you get free movies and is not as cliché.
7. Tell me about what you liked and didn’t like about the screenplays with which you have worked.
Every screenplay I have read (about 9) seemed interesting and had a lot of potential. However, not all of them came out as well as they did on paper. Either I felt I pictured something better in my head or it just did not work out right for various reasons: the acting, the look of it, the director, et cetera.
8. Comic writing is good practice for screenwriting. I’d say it is the next closest thing. It is visual and potent writing. Are you still doing the comic? Tell me about that.
Yes, I am still drawing a comic but I have not drawn one in a while because I have been busy with school, and I am held back by my desire to only make comics I really think are good. So many of the comics published are just bad, and I cannot make a comic I do not think is at least somewhat funny. However, I think I need to get over that and just do it; same goes for all other art mediums. I need to not worry about how it will turn out, but rather just create it and then fix it up.
9. Do you see yourself writing your own screenplays and starring in the films?
Well, I have never actually written a screenplay, but I have had some ideas that I would like to see materialize. I am more interested in the acting and potentially directing rather than writing. I can think of a good idea but that is about it, no plot, nothing else. So, maybe I will write through collaboration with someone else.
10. In how many films have you had speaking roles?
I have had only speaking roles in student films — three as of right now and I will soon be in two more. That is why I like student films so much; they give you the chance to have a speaking part. I have also been an extra, PA, worked craft service and have done makeup. I always do my makeup because I want to make sure it looks good and I have not been fortunate enough to be on bigger budget sets that would have a makeup artist do it for me.
11. How do you have time for school, work, acting and all the other things you do?
That is a very good question. I do not sleep much. I also procrastinate a lot, so I have my free time and then at the end of whatever I am doing, I have a serious crunch time to get everything all done. Luckily, work is only four or so hours at a time and only a couple days a week, and this quarter I only have classes Tuesday and Thursday, giving me a few days here and there to get everything I need done. Somehow I guess I manage to squeeze it all in.
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cool. I’m glad to see you doing well.