Our chat revealed that she is pure gold, and that I appear to have penis envy…

carrie robinson

MJW: What kind of tea do you prefer between peppermint and black licorice?

CR: As much as I like black licorice because it’s so naturally sweet… peppermint tea has never failed me. I’ll go with the mint

MJW: Let’s have a cup of that then.

Peppermint tea with fresh leaves (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

When did you start acting and where are you from?

CR: I started being involved in plays early on by auditioning at the local Play House and then in plays at school. I’m from Canada and have lived in a beautiful city called Vancouver since I was about ten years old.

MJW:  Sounds like fun! What do you see as the most difficult part of the craft? 

CR: In a business where there are more actors than jobs… the biggest challenge is to believe in yourself 100% of the time and to give your best 100% of the time. When I learned this, which is an ongoing process, I felt a lot of joy in my life, excited to audition (the majority of an actor’s work) and even more passion for my craft.

MJW:   Fierce industry indeed. It’s very sink or swim isn’t it… What are your qualifications?!

CR: Haha. I took workshops and classes as a kid at the Play House and at a few schools Vancouver. Right now I have 1 more year at the Tom Todoroff Acting Conservatory in New York City. I love New York!

New York is great because Broadway becomes a playground for being inspired by great actors. I recently got to sing beside Chuck Cooper as he coached me for a song – he has a great presence and a voice from the heavens! …. I saw Daniel Davis in “Dance of Death” a Strindberg play in NYC the past month, so I would be head over heels if I got to be in a project with him in the future!

CR: haha okay. This is more of a cute story than a funny one, but on a short film called “Moving” was shot last summer we were working with a small dog. It made me giggle every time the little dog followed its cue and went out of the frame. It was very professional.

CR: Do what you love. Challenge yourself to train harder than you ever thought you could and collaborate and produce work for yourself. Come to New York!

New York City (Photo credit: kaysha)

CR: All kinds.

I’ve been really into Mindy Gledhill lately in the mornings because it’s so upbeat. I like finding new music by listening to 8 tracks and other people’s radio mixes.

I’ve been a consistent John Lennon fan for as long as I can remember.

MJW: Ditto, good tastes.  His songs certainly do have a way of resonating with us actors. I especially love “Jealous Guy” even though I’m not a guy. Though I do get jealous of guys. Perhaps that is penis envy?!

Alas, I have regressed…

…Speaking of subjects of the heart: do you think you will find a Prince Charming and live happily ever after? I know that I sure do!

CR: Of course – girlish daydreams die hard! 
Prince Charming where are you? I’m waiting.

unkissed frog (Photo credit: bill braasch)

Richard P John

You know it is time to head back to work when:

- Daytime TV drives you insane.

- Having a shower and washing your hair is once-again lovely without zapping all your energy and leaving you having to go and lie down for four hours.

- All effects of hot flashes, disorientation, and/or paracetamol infused delusion have been replaced with the desire to go out and dance.

-’Facebook mini feed’ no longer constitutes your world updates. The fresh brain can handle things like BBC news. Or even the Metro.

-You realise that hot toddies may not be so effective after all.

-You find your schedule is becoming impossibly filled up again with activities, work, and engagements. The degree to which you find your schedule unmanageable is dependent on how long you were off ill.

- Weird celebrity crushes: as you cease to watch TV you normally wouldn’t, you may notice a change of heart in celebrity crushes. People like Richard Hammond, Simon Cowell, and even David Cameron are no longer considered so strangely attractive as you come to your senses. I wouldn’t know much about this personally, but I’ve heard it can happen.

Picture of Richard Hammond, on the set of Top Gear (current format) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) .. Hmm.. Hamsters are cute?! Really ??

Warning: Apparently some women actually keep these strange crushes for life… According to Cosmo… http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/_mobile/love-sex/weird-celebrity-crushes-93359

- You can once again wear four inch heels without falling over or crying or both. You also have somewhere to wear them to now.

My Lunch Date Has Arrived! (Photo credit: Carly & Art)

I have stumbled across this AMAZING website and thought I would share it for all to check out!

The mantra is

“Hire Do Boys, For Any Task or Job, Anything You Can Think of…”

Sounds too good to be true?! Think again..

Doboys.org provides a venue for individuals in need of a service to connect with everyday ordinary individuals willing to provide their services at a low cost.

Doboys.org has two primary users one is the (employer) which can be anyone that needs a service completed, most people in this category are individuals with busy lives that don’t have time to complete simple everyday task. These task can range from PICKING UP DRYCLEANING, IRONING CLOTHES or READING A BOOK.

The Second user is the (do-boy) which typically is an individual offering to complete these task to earn extra funds

A brief search on services available reveals it caters for everything from “Sexy Lunch Date” to “Grocery Shopping”.

Whilst all prices are in USD, it is relatively easy and quick to remove or send funds using the online system.

To all you “resting” actors out there – I highly suggest you check this out! x

Wherever I go I can’t seem to escape the scandal that is ‘horse d’oeuvre‘. Even in our fabulous hotel lobby there seems to be nothing else in the papes but the latest on the horse meat gate.

It had to happen…with the UK’s supermarket industry working all out to undercut its competitors and with the credit crunch forcing the average man in the street being to buy food as cheaply as possible manufacturers were always going to try and cut corners.

Horse meat gate has become international news ending with most mums now turning their backs on ready meals and hurrah for that. This episode shows just how little we actually know about the ingredients within pre-prepared food.

The fact of the matter is that people have been eating horse meat all over the continent for hundreds of years and I am told that it is tasty, nutritious and good for you. I think I may have tried it once and I’d be eager to taste it again. The issue here is more about labelling than what consumers have actually (unknowingly) been eating. People have a right to know what is in their Tesco burgers and they certainly shouldn’t be misled into thinking that it is beef when it is something entirely different.

For me, however, the real issue here is about the drugs that these horses might have been given. Horses are often treated with the anti-inflammatory painkiller Bute. These animals should never enter the food chain because it can cause a potential fatal blood disorder in humans. Scary stuff.

What people tend to ignore is that many of our domestic farm animals receive regular injections of drugs to keep them disease free, healthy and in some instances to make them bigger and better ready for the supermarket shelves.

I will be voting with my feet, buying British and helping to support the local economy so I know where my food is coming from. It might cost a bit more but ignoring the crisp and biscuit aisle for a few weeks might give me a few more pounds in my pocket!

Yes, we are all tired at the end of the day. No, we don’t want to start planning a three-course meal with all the trimmings but knocking together a simple stir fry takes 20 minutes – almost as long as it takes to grab a frozen lasagne and pop it in the microwave.

It is a shame that it has taken something like this to push people into doing what they should have been doing all along – buying basic healthy ingredients and making their own. One thing’s for certain I won’t be looking at a Findus beef lasagne in quite the same way again!

1. ”I’ve loved legal briefs since I was a child!” –  Kipped an old man that looked vaguely like Jeremy Clarkson would on Christmas morning. …Wow, he must age had a fun childhood!

and then when the drinks arrived..

2. “Ah, so you know there were two nuns.. They were told a blind guy would come to service them. They were expecting him to be visually impaired.
They eagerly anticipated his arrival and got excited what he would be like in bed. Days went by and they got more and more curious about this blind man coming to service them.
The day came, he walked in, changed their blinds, and left… HA HA”

3. ”You’re fired.” - I have no clue who was firing who at this point. I just heard a very Sir Allan Sugar type voice and turned around to see some old men casually chatting over beers.

… Someone said this to me in response to my positive comments on Keira Knightly’s acting:

4. “Nooo! Don’t like Keira Knightly! She’s a poor man’s Titanic!” - This was at the Phoenix Arts Club, a place meant to generate support for the acting community!

And I have heard quite a few wanna-be-sexy conversations at pubs that in many ways I wish I hadn’t:

5. Girl: “Yup, he was good in bed.”
Guy: “Ergh… Out of curiosity,  what makes a guy good in bed from a girl’s point of view?”
Girl: “Orgasm.”
Guy: “Oh, right!”

… Back to the awkward work related pub chat:

6. “False loyalty is something difficult to fall back on at this stage mate!” - And he walked out.

7. “Don’t you ever say that stupid bitch%^{‘s name around me again.” -A random douche spat a bit as he said it, and then stormed off leaving most of the bar confused senseless.

8. “Excuse me, what’s better, gin and tonic or gin and elderwater flower? I’ve never had gin before and I really wanna taste it..” - An incredibly camp man to an incredibly frustrated, inpatient Scottish barman.

.. Must not forget the barristers providing a personal favorite..

9. “I’m falling out with judges at a rate of knot!”

And finally.. I had to look up from my book in disbelief as I heard a young man say to his girlfriend:

10. “If I give you 50 pents can you get the next round? I owe the bar 40 quid.” - Tell me where has this man has gone, so I can wed him!

Another Random Sunday at the Pub: Conclusion!

SO I am now a comic apparently.
That’s always a good kind of life goal to have… 
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http://www.danielbostic.com

Daniel Bostic is originally from Sanford, North Carolina. Without even graduating from Drama School, Daniel has already landed a role with the amazing Emmy Award Winner Ms. Catherine Bell in Army Wives.

Bostic was cast at the last minute (oh the excitement of being an actor), and ended up being on set for 16 hours!

ON the social media side of things, the young man has over 46 K twitter followers! He modestly keeps his fans entertained with exciting film projects, and the odd tweet about his homework.

Mr. Bostic is a potential threat to someone like Bieber , as Bostic is a double threat. His modelling has developed him into a home grown face in the States. He has been featured in Times Square for an American Eagle Campaign, and in shops across the country.

What interests me about this guy is that he is already articulated his captivation with film.
He talks about film sets the same way I have heard some fifty year old men! No joke. His fortitude and maturity to understand the value and intellect of the creative process is something I should have realized before I wasted time doing anything non-acting related. It is far more than just artificial glitz and glamour.

“I just love working with the film community. It’s a beautiful thing when so many people from so many diverse backgrounds can come together and work on a project that entertains and hopefully encourages people.” says Bostic.

I concur dear sir.

We must surely watch out for Bostic in the next few months. We can expect him to appear in something to do with Harper Collins Teen Romance next… And potentially more James Bond type roles in his adulthood

- Watch this space for my interview with the young man! – Coming soon…
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3979194/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1