1. What is your relationship to your artwork? Where are you drawing inspiration from these days?
Sarah: My relationship with my artwork? That’s kind of difficult, because I think the whole point of a great actor is that the relationship is ever-changing. Everyday I feel something different about where I am with my acting, especially since “breaking into the industry” is not reliant on your ability to act, but really who you know and the way you look. So, as of now I try to read plays to keep my actors brain turned on. I draw inspiration from my everyday life. I think the best way to describe it was a quote I heard somewhere: “value the process more than the destination.”
Camille: My relationship to my artwork is very personal. I think many artists feel this way. The songs I’m writing about are coming my life, my relationships with different people in my life, my fears, my goals, and really just anything that’s on my mind. I try to pin point my emotions, and invoke those feelings in my songs, whether I’m feeling happy, sad, scared, frustrated, etc.
2. What is your biggest fear right now?
Sarah: Wow. Biggest fear… I think my fear is finding a way to balance my love, passion and motivation of acting with my passion and desire to find love. In every actor’s life, there is always difficulty finding a way to make sure that you have both. I’m scared that this will be my biggest challenge–to not get swayed to one more than the other.
Camille: One thing I’m scared of right now is just not knowing how people will react to my music. I have yet to really put my own music out there for everyone to judge, and while I’m really excited to do that its a little scary at the same time. By putting my songs out there I’m making myself vulnerable, in a way, because people could say or think anything about my music. They could like, dislike, love or hate my songs. But I see that as just part of the life I want to live. I comfort myself by knowing that there will always be people who are haters, or don’t support me or my music, but as long as I believe in myself and I’m making myself happy those negative people don’t affect me.
3. If you could ask anyone anything, who would it be and what would you ask them?
Sarah: I would ask Martin Scocese to make me the lead in his next film. Case closed. Oh, and to have him put someone amazing like Johnny Depp opposite me.
Camille: Hmm, there are so many questions I’d love to ask a lot of different people. But I’d want to ask the Obama daughters if they’ve had slumber parties in the White House, and if so how was it?…and can I be invited to the next one.
4. What is one thing you’d really like to save up for?
Sarah: I am currently paying off my SAG (Screen Actor’s Guild) union fees off… they’re pretty expensive so, I would love to have that done. Also, there is this amazing photographer named Paul Smith. His headshots are really pricey, but I would love to shoot with him. So, I’m saving for those, too.
Camille: A new pair of Cesare Paciotti shoes! I looove them!
5. Is there anyone in your family you wish you were closer to (alive or not)?
Sarah: Hmmm, that’s a tough one. On an emotional level? Not really… I wish my Uncle Sol (my grandmother’s cousin) was still alive. He seemed pretty cool when I was younger, and lived in San Diego, so it would have been nice to have him live close to me. I really wish Camille lived on the West Coast, because I find myself missing her pretty much everyday.
Camille: I definitely wish I could have known my Uncle Doug (my mother’s brother) and my Grandmom Pearline (my father’s mother). I feel like I would’ve been really close to both of them. They both passed away before I was born, but I think about them a lot.
