Julia, Julia, Julia

If I could credit one actor as my inspiration, it would be Julia Roberts hands down. She was the first actor that I ever took notice of. I believe I was the ripe old age of 10 when I decided she was my hero. That's around the time "My Best Friend's Wedding" came out. I couldn't verbalize it then, I just knew she had that spark that I was drawn to. I had to go back and watch "Pretty Woman" and "Steel Magnolias." Then "Stepmom" came out. When I watched her in this movie I decided that she was the greatest person that ever lived. I still love watching that movie. Especially, since her and Susan Sarandon are such a powerful combination. And then there was "Notting Hill" and "Runaway Bride." I was in 6th grade when those came out. I had the game "Sims" at the time on my PC and I kept naming my girl "Anna Scott" after Julia's character in "Notting Hill." But nothing comes close to how much I worshiped her after I saw "Erin Brockovich."... "Well, um, seeing as how I have no brains or legal expertise, and Ed here was losing all faith in the system, am I right?  I just went out there and performed sexual favors. Six hundred and thirty-four blow jobs in five days... I'm really quite tired." One of my favorite lines of all time (along with all her other quotes in this movie). I guess I was in middle school when this came out. Too young? Probably, but I didn't exactly come  from a sheltered up bringing so I didn't really notice. Naturally, when I was in high school the first film monologue I worked on was from "Erin Brockovich." I used that one for a while, however, I have no idea why any of my acting teachers allowed me to keep doing this  monologue. Not only was it completely not age appropriate, you don't really want to do a well-known, Oscar winning monologue... ever. But I loved that monologue and did it for years, until I figured out that it wasn't really my market. Anyway, there's something about her that sparked something in me. She's plays a lot of strong female roles, but she does it in a way that you can still connect to her vulnerability. You're always rooting for her, even when she's playing the bad guy. She's got charm, charisma, and elegance. She's the epitome of  a movie star. And even though I've grown up and found other favorite actors to follow, she will always be the one that had the greatest impact. So, if you don't like her, please don't tell me... I don't know if our friendship could survive something like that ;)

And here's a little something you guys might enjoy:

This link just has some fun quotes from "Erin Brockovich"-   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195685/quotes

And this is the monologue that I did from the movie-   http://www.whysanity.net/monos/erin2.html