You look like that girl-- : a child actor stops pretending and finally grows up /
Jakub, Lisa, 1978-
You look like that girl-- : a child actor stops pretending and finally grows up / Lisa Jakub. - First edition. - 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Lisa had been working since the age of four, after a man approached her parents at a farmer's market and asked her to audition for a commercial. That chance encounter dictated the next eighteen years of her unusual-- and frequently awkward--life ... Making movies, traveling the world, and meeting intriguing people was fun for a while, but Lisa eventually realized she was living a life based on momentum and definitions of success that were not her own. She battled severe anxiety and panic attacks while feeling like she was living someone else's dream. Not wanting to become a child actor stereotype, Lisa retired from acting and left L.A. in search of a path that felt more authentic to her. In this funny and insightful book, Lisa chronicles the adventures of growing up in the film industry and her difficult decision to leave behind the only life she had ever known, to examine her priorities, and write the script for her own life. She explores the universal question we all ask ourselves: what do I want to be when I grow up?
9780825307461 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0825307465
2014035733
Jakub, Lisa, 1978-
Actors--United States--Biography.
Actores y actrices estadounidenses --Biografías
PN 2287 / J25y 2015
791.4502/8092
You look like that girl-- : a child actor stops pretending and finally grows up / Lisa Jakub. - First edition. - 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Lisa had been working since the age of four, after a man approached her parents at a farmer's market and asked her to audition for a commercial. That chance encounter dictated the next eighteen years of her unusual-- and frequently awkward--life ... Making movies, traveling the world, and meeting intriguing people was fun for a while, but Lisa eventually realized she was living a life based on momentum and definitions of success that were not her own. She battled severe anxiety and panic attacks while feeling like she was living someone else's dream. Not wanting to become a child actor stereotype, Lisa retired from acting and left L.A. in search of a path that felt more authentic to her. In this funny and insightful book, Lisa chronicles the adventures of growing up in the film industry and her difficult decision to leave behind the only life she had ever known, to examine her priorities, and write the script for her own life. She explores the universal question we all ask ourselves: what do I want to be when I grow up?
9780825307461 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0825307465
2014035733
Jakub, Lisa, 1978-
Actors--United States--Biography.
Actores y actrices estadounidenses --Biografías
PN 2287 / J25y 2015
791.4502/8092