How To Be A Movie Star in Your Own Life (Part 4)
Don't be afraid to disappear. From the way she naturally conducted her life, Audrey understood the inherent appeal of not making yourself too available...to the press, your fans, that guy who wants a date on Saturday night. She also realized that you need to take time out for yourself. In the middle of an arduous day of shooting, Audrey would skip the commissary and have a quiet lunch in her dressing room - even if it did cause one (male) columnist to accuse her of being stuck-up. She felt that she needed to conserve her energy and not fritter it away socializing.
When she was single, after a long week on the lot, Audrey would occasionally hole herself up in her apartment on weekends, reading, resting, and listening to her beloved jazz records, and just gearing up for the week to come. So don't be afraid to disappear for a while. In other words, leave them wanting more.
Don't trade on your personal tragedies. Audrey certainly had some heartbreak in her life - life during WWII; her father leaving her mother when she was six years old - but she did not dwell on it. And she very pointedly did not dwell on it in the press to score points, raise her Q Score (frankly, she didn't have to), jump on Oprah's couch, or promote whatever movie she was in at the time.
Audrey kept her private life and her public life separate. Something we would all do well to keep in mind these days.
Be enigmatic. A natural sense of discretion will give you the reputation of being enigmatic. This is very good for a movie star, and you, to emulate. It also makes people wonder and, who knows, just might even raise your stock.
Live the part. When Audrey was starting out, she had very little money. By the time she was a world-famous movie star in the late 1950s, she was buying Famous, her Yorkie, diamond collars at Van Cleef & Arpels. Clearly, she understood the role of the starlet and could look - and live - the part. Buy quality, not quantity.
Don't be afraid to disappear. From the way she naturally conducted her life, Audrey understood the inherent appeal of not making yourself too available...to the press, your fans, that guy who wants a date on Saturday night. She also realized that you need to take time out for yourself. In the middle of an arduous day of shooting, Audrey would skip the commissary and have a quiet lunch in her dressing room - even if it did cause one (male) columnist to accuse her of being stuck-up. She felt that she needed to conserve her energy and not fritter it away socializing.
When she was single, after a long week on the lot, Audrey would occasionally hole herself up in her apartment on weekends, reading, resting, and listening to her beloved jazz records, and just gearing up for the week to come. So don't be afraid to disappear for a while. In other words, leave them wanting more.
Don't trade on your personal tragedies. Audrey certainly had some heartbreak in her life - life during WWII; her father leaving her mother when she was six years old - but she did not dwell on it. And she very pointedly did not dwell on it in the press to score points, raise her Q Score (frankly, she didn't have to), jump on Oprah's couch, or promote whatever movie she was in at the time.
Audrey kept her private life and her public life separate. Something we would all do well to keep in mind these days.
Be enigmatic. A natural sense of discretion will give you the reputation of being enigmatic. This is very good for a movie star, and you, to emulate. It also makes people wonder and, who knows, just might even raise your stock.
Live the part. When Audrey was starting out, she had very little money. By the time she was a world-famous movie star in the late 1950s, she was buying Famous, her Yorkie, diamond collars at Van Cleef & Arpels. Clearly, she understood the role of the starlet and could look - and live - the part. Buy quality, not quantity.
**all information comes from the book: What Would Audrey Do by Pamela Keogh
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