Post by Bee on Oct 3, 2009 14:32:39 GMT
Eloise Mignon made the massive decision to go back to uni after being on TV for two years.
My first acting job was in a Kraft cream cheese commercial when i was five years old. My older brother was in it too. Obviously it was my parents decision to send my brothers and me to castings as we were too young to know what we wanted. I suppose they always thought that it was good for us to have the extracurricular activity, and the capacity to make some money (which they promptly put aside for when we turned 18). We all thought it was fun, so it was a positive experience in general. But the agency we were a part of shut down and my brothers let it go, as i did until i was 14, when due to influence of school productions, i decided i wanted to do professional acting again. At the time of scoring my role on Neighbours i was in the middle of a run of a play i was doing in the Adelaide Fringe festival. I was challenged to have to make a big decision, being away from home and my regular life. I didn't know whether i wanted the role or not, as it would mean sacrificing uni for a while and obviously a total lifestyle alteration. I took the role, and was on Neighbours for two years in the end. I had deferred uni when i took the role - you can only do so for so long before they discontinue your position - a thought that weighed on my mid after a year or so of being on the show. I could either stay on Neighbours for another year or more, in which case i would have to re-enrol in uni or let it drop forever, or return to uni with my accumulated points still intact, and leave Neighbours. I decided to take the second path, feeling that i had spent a good amount of time on the show and had had a thorough experience. I am doing an Arts degree at uni now and i am enjoying it. It is a different life to television, not as quickly paced and more relaxed. I would like to continue acting though. I am doing a play at the moment that has been a very good experience. My advice to other girls would be to try as many things as you can, read at lot and do what interests you. Don't be afraid of leaving jobs or courses if they are no longer stimulating. I still don't really know what i want to do but i think that is okay as long as i am doing something that i find interesting.
From girlfriend magazine
My first acting job was in a Kraft cream cheese commercial when i was five years old. My older brother was in it too. Obviously it was my parents decision to send my brothers and me to castings as we were too young to know what we wanted. I suppose they always thought that it was good for us to have the extracurricular activity, and the capacity to make some money (which they promptly put aside for when we turned 18). We all thought it was fun, so it was a positive experience in general. But the agency we were a part of shut down and my brothers let it go, as i did until i was 14, when due to influence of school productions, i decided i wanted to do professional acting again. At the time of scoring my role on Neighbours i was in the middle of a run of a play i was doing in the Adelaide Fringe festival. I was challenged to have to make a big decision, being away from home and my regular life. I didn't know whether i wanted the role or not, as it would mean sacrificing uni for a while and obviously a total lifestyle alteration. I took the role, and was on Neighbours for two years in the end. I had deferred uni when i took the role - you can only do so for so long before they discontinue your position - a thought that weighed on my mid after a year or so of being on the show. I could either stay on Neighbours for another year or more, in which case i would have to re-enrol in uni or let it drop forever, or return to uni with my accumulated points still intact, and leave Neighbours. I decided to take the second path, feeling that i had spent a good amount of time on the show and had had a thorough experience. I am doing an Arts degree at uni now and i am enjoying it. It is a different life to television, not as quickly paced and more relaxed. I would like to continue acting though. I am doing a play at the moment that has been a very good experience. My advice to other girls would be to try as many things as you can, read at lot and do what interests you. Don't be afraid of leaving jobs or courses if they are no longer stimulating. I still don't really know what i want to do but i think that is okay as long as i am doing something that i find interesting.
From girlfriend magazine
