by Shari | Oct 9, 2014 | acting, Entertainment, film, makeup, mental illness, movies, New Novels, schizophrenia
This image of me is a work of art featuring makeup by an incredible artist named Devan Weitzman. I realized when I looked at this picture, how my priorities have changed over the last trio of decades, and all I have to say is…what a relief! I spent my...
by Shari | Jan 16, 2013 | Acting & Experiences, creating character, Entertainment, Shakespeare
Paranoid schizophrenia, the disease that my character in “Scream at the Devil” suffers, is a fascinating, and very frightening form of schizophrenia. In my research of this disease, I realized very quickly that as laypeople, we often misuse and misunderstand mental...
by Shari | Oct 10, 2012 | Life in General
I promised to write a little more about creating a history for the characters I play as an actress. The idea of writing a history for the role is to create a series of emotional events, loosely based on real memories, to create the emotional responses that the role...
