Take yourself seriously. Audrey was lighthearted, but never silly. Modest, but not lacking in confidence. It doesn't matter where you are on the food chain - the point is to imbue yourself with the grace and guts that Audrey had. And move forward.
We know we are asking you to walk a fine line here: Take yourself seriously (but not too seriously). Because if you don't, no one will.
You are a star - act like one. Again and again, in speaking with the people who worked with Audrey (on her films, during photoshoots, for UNICEF), they said that you met her once, and you never forgot it.
Tzetzi Ganev, the legendary designer with Western Costume in Los Angeles who worked with Edith Head and practically every star of the mid to late century - Julie Andrews, Lauren Becall, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Anjelica Houston, Natalie Wood, Liz Taylor, Barbara Streisand, Bette Davis - says that "the ladies of that time were so well groomed. They were so well prepared - they were made up, and their hair was done, the high heels they were going to wear, and their makeup and stockings!
"Now there is no such thing - actresses today they come without makeup for fittings, without proper underwear, without shoes, the proper heels, they say - oh I forgot! I forgot the bra, so they come without the bra, and they don't have the bra they are going to wear!"
Tzetzi shakes her head. "Stars today just don't know how to behave..."
**all information comes from the book: What Would Audrey Do? by Pamela Keogh
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