Ask a New Yorker: I Love the polka dotted dress, very summery.
Elizabeth: I got it at H&M.
Ask a New Yorker: Did you feel the earthquake yesterday?
Elizabeth: There was an earthquake yesterday? What time?
Ask a New Yorker: It was at about 2pm yesterday, June 23. How do you stay cool on hot, humid, sticky, days like today?
Elizabeth: Either by staying in the shade or going to Starbucks. But Starbucks is usually freezing. So I prefer the shade in the park.
Ask a New Yorker: What do you do?
Elizabeth: I’m an actress. This is a script for a student film I’ve been casted in in Saratoga, NY next week.
Ask a New Yorker: What have you been in recently?
Elizabeth: I’m just working in a lot of student films these days.
Ask a New Yorker: Name your favorite movie?
Elizabeth: Lord of the Rings, the first one.
Ask a New Yorker: Favorite actress?
Elizabeth: Cate Blanchett. Are you from New York originally?
Ask a New Yorker: No, I grew up in Trenton, New Jersey. Do you have any other questions?
Elizabeth: No that’s it.
Ask a New Yorker: Why do you want to be an actress?
Elizabeth: Because I guess being an economist these days isn’t practical.
Ask a New Yorker: Who’s your favorite economist?
Elizabeth: Gregory Mankiw. He’s an economist at Harvard. He teaches there intro classes. He’s written a lot of text books on introductory economics.
Ask a New Yorker: What’s your father’s occupation?
Elizabeth: He’s a contractor.
Ask a New Yorker: Where do you live?
Elizabeth: I grew up in Putnam County, New York, which is about one hour north of the city. We have bears and wild turkeys and all sorts of flora and fauna.
Ask a New Yorker: I can’t even think straight it’s so hot.
Elizabeth: I want to go home and go swimming. We have a lake. It’s a private lake, no motorized boats allowed.
Ask a New Yorker: That sounds terrific. What’s important to you?
Elizabeth: Self expression is what’s important to me. I see a lot of my friends graduating from college and they all feel pressured to do all these different things, things that their parents pressure them to do or society pressures them to do, things that they pressure themselves to do. Why can’t they do just whatever they want?
Ask a New Yorker: I guess because they need to make a living. So, you must experience rejection frequently. What’s that feel like?
Elizabeth: I don’t take it personally. Sometimes it may be I’m not good enough for the part. But sometimes maybe they want a 5’4’’ brunette. And there’s no way that’s going to be me.
Ask a New Yorker: Are you looking forward to being recognized on the street and people asking for your autograph?
Elizabeth: No, they won’t just ask for my autograph. They’ll ask all these questions and what if I don’t want to answer all these questions.
Ask a New Yorker: Kind of like what I’m doing now?
Elizabeth: You’re fine. But if this kind of thing occurred everyday I think I would grow tired of it. I think when people see the celebrities on TV and in the media they see them as these characters that they portray, but what if in real life there totally different? You might know their characters, but you don’t know them.
Ask a New Yorker: Any last thoughts?
Elizabeth: Travel to China if you get the chance. I lived in Shanghai for four months last spring. It was absolutely amazing. The food was amazing. I originally went because I wanted to be a better investment banker.
Ask a New Yorker: Did you see the insect fighting fairs?
Elizabeth: Insect fighting. What is that?
Ask a New Yorker: Oh, you missed out. Good luck with the acting Elizabeth, nice meeting you.
