Amanda Schull
Amanda Schull
Amanda Schullis an American actress and former professional ballet dancer. She is best known for her lead role in the 2000 film Center Stage and for her recurring roles on One Tree Hill, Pretty Little Liars, and Suits. She currently stars in the Syfy television series 12 Monkeys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth26 August 1978
CityHonolulu, HI
CountryUnited States of America
strong character thinking
I think there is a wonderful trend of strong female characters on television right now.
stage-performance lenses faces
Stage performance is obviously a much grander sort of depiction. The audience isn't right in your face as close as a camera lens gets.
pain caring emotional
When I am confronted with emotional pain, I try to allow myself the time to properly grieve. We are caring, emotional beings, and attempting to suppress pain will only cause it to negatively manifest itself in other ways.
giving-love people comfort
Love for me is comfort. I feel most loved and most capable of giving love when I am around people or in places that make me comfortable.
focus mind use
I also use that centering process I mentioned as a way to focus my mind and connect it to my physical body. I feel that when we are aware of our physical bodies, we become more aware of how we exist on the earth and more considerate of others with whom we share the earth.
strong independent intelligent
The work that I have been doing on television has been important to me because I have had the opportunity to portray very strong, intelligent women. It has been such a privilege to depict a woman that is independent, unapologetic, and resilient on both shows.
vulnerable feels
I feel vulnerable when I am underprepared. This applies to underpreparedness with just about anything, especially work.
mom dog school
When I was in high school, my mom gave me a paperweight. It was when I was going through my 'not that interested in doing homework or really working on anything' phase and the paperweight said "If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes." And that's sort of the same thing, if you're not always working to be in the front.
typical fans my-favorite
I wouldn't necessarily consider myself the typical sci-fi genre fan. I do have a lot of sci-fi shows that I enjoy, but I wouldn't call it my favorite genre of all.
fiction science-fiction genre
Science fiction is one of the smartest genres around because you have to have so much forethought.
flower littles united-states
I came to the United States in 1981 as a student.When I left, I was totally the most beloved little flower in China and so it was an outrage basically.
scripts mets persons
Usually you read a script and you know somebody who knows somebody who maybe knew that person or met them once.
perspective ballet fans
Nicholas Hytner, who directed Center Stage, is a huge ballet fan. He was completely open, as was Bruce Beresford, to get our perspective. "No, we wouldn't do this. Yes, we would do that. That's not realistic." So, I feel like Center Stage did well in that respect.
giving-up passion focus
Center Stage focused on the drive and what it's like to be a student, and this is what it's like to be an adult and what you need to give up in the pursuit of that passion and that focus.