denise lee – acting out
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Actress
It’s
a wonderful thing when one gets to make a career out of doing what she
loves. Acting is Denise Lee’s love, but that hasn’t always been the
case.
“My interest developed in high
school. [My junior year], I took a class as a credit and didn’t like it
because I had a horrible teacher,” says Lee, adding that her interest
changed during her last year of school. “My senior year, I had a
different teacher and developed a love for [acting]; when I went to
college, I was going to major in theatre and I just developed. I’ve
been doing some form of theatre off and on since then.”
Having worked as an actress in many different areas of entertainment
(in addition to performing on stage, she’s currently filming a movie
with Diane Keaton), Lee reveals that she has experienced some prejudice
for being a stage performer.
“I don’t think a lot of people consider [theatre] a real job,” she
says, laughing. “When you say you’re an actor, they immediately want to
know ,‘What have I seen you in?’ and [when you say] “theatre,” the
other question is, ‘But what do you really do?’”
“I love theatre–I’m kind of an instant gratification kind of girl,”
adds Lee. “You get that from an audience.”
Lee believes in the purity of the stage, and regardless of her film
career, the theatre will always be her first love.
“It’s so spontaneous,” she says. “You never know what’s going to happen
onstage—you know what’s supposed to happen—but you never [predict] what
can happen on stage.”
– todd williams
