by Yvonne de Salle | Aug 1, 2020 | Lifestyle, Parenting, Support
Unsolicited Advice Is Like Giving Another Actor a Note You don’t know what you’re doing either, so kindly shut up. One of the most obnoxious things any parent experiences is the wonder and bullshit that is unsolicited advice. It is intrusive, at times manipulative,...
by Yvonne de Salle | Jun 29, 2020 | Career, Support
Do you find yourself wondering if it’s the right time to take a break from your acting career? It could be that you are tired, burnt out, and feeling generally unfulfilled. Your survival job is starting to feel like a relief compared to your passion. You start to...
by Yvonne de Salle | Jun 15, 2020 | Career, Support
SPOILER ALERT If you have not seen Miss Saigon, Medea, An Infinite Ache or Next to Normal (and possibly care to in the future), perhaps skip this post. Back when I used to teach acting, I used to tell my students “All the really good actors are either really old or...
by Yvonne de Salle | Jun 1, 2020 | SERIES: From Ingenue to MomBod, Support
Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, shocked at what you see? You pass by the mirror and take one glance and something catches your eye and makes you stop. Maybe it’s your thinning postpartum hair, or the bags under your eyes, but it hits you like a brick....
by Yvonne de Salle | May 20, 2020 | Kids and Quarantine, Lifestyle, Support
When lockdown began, this dumbass meme started circulating. I mean, good for him. He changed science. He probably changed the consciousness of a nation and got into The Good Place. He just mosey’d on back to the family farm and just science’d and chilled...
by Yvonne de Salle | Jul 11, 2019 | Career, Support
Photo by Nsey Benajah on Unsplash Tonight I sang “Part of Your World” to my infant daughter and for the first time, I didn’t feel like I was singing a song I wasn’t supposed to. And I told her that if they remake the movie in 25 years, maybe she will...