(image via Wikimedia Commons) When I read in The Atlantic that Jared Leto, in preparation for his role as the Joker in Suicide Squad, sent his fellow castmates used condoms, a dead pig, and a live rat, I literally guffawed. What an attention seeking child, I thought. Acting like a douche isn’t acting. It’s just douche-ery. I firmly believe that acting–for both genders–does not have to be soul-excoriating. To be an actor or an artist of any kind does not require that you abandon your humanity, your family, or your actual identity as a person outside the limited work which you are temporarily creating. And…
Author: Gia Mora
Gia Mora
Gia Mora is a multifaceted performer and writer. She brings her unique blend of brains and beauty to her work on screen and stage and now as the newest artist signed to Modern Songbook Records. She has appeared in True Detective, Impress Me, and Castle, among others, and she has an extensive theatre resume with credits including Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, and Shakespeare Theatre Company. Her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Einstein’s Girl, has played to sold out houses on both coasts and continues to tour the country. Modern Songbook Records released her newest album Gia Mora Sings Charlie Barnett in 2015. When she’s not working, Miz Mora is a “wannabe theoretical physicist,” promoting the nexus of art and science with the Scirens. She loves debating politics, chatting green living, and snuggling her two adopted kitties.