by Shari Shattuck | Jun 30, 2024 | authors, beauty, Entertainment, family, humor., ice skating
I was in Rome filming “Arena” and of course, because the director and the actors were all American and the crew was all Italian, we had interpreters standing by to help with everything. For the most part that was a super fun shoot, but one day the director...
by Shari | Jan 18, 2021 | cancer, Life in General
No, really. I was just bragging to hubby about how smart I was to leave the last few stalks in the garden as it would provide yummy fresh-from-the-earth vegies, when I went to pick some. Pride comes before the fall. I stood looking at the mess made of all my efforts...
by Shari | Apr 23, 2014 | Acting & Experiences, creating character, family, Life in General, writing
As the publication date of “Invisible Ellen” looms ever nearer, and the premier screening of “Scream at the Devil” is less than two weeks away, I find my focus turning to two things, reworking the book’s sequel, “Emerging...
by Shari | Jul 10, 2013 | Life in General
Yesterday I watched a short clip of Dustin Hoffman speaking at AFI about the making of Tootsie. He told the story of asking the movie studio to do makeup tests before they got into production, he said that if he couldn’t look acceptably like a woman, there was...
by Shari | Jan 25, 2013 | cooking, Life in General, parenting
In the picture “The Vinegar Tasters”, Confucius, Buddha and Lau Tzu stand around a pot and taste vinegar. Confucius tastes sourness as he perceives the world is out of order, therefore the world is sour. The Buddha tastes bitterness, as he sees only people...