Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food
Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.
Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.
You can’t defend the indefensible – anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
Tackling childhood obesity is key.
Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn’t quite have.
When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.
Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it’s critical to wellbeing.
We just weren’t a family that gathered around the TV. I grew up in a town where everyone was outside all the time. I was mostly in Connecticut; I spent a lot of time in Tennessee in the summers, but I was in Stamford, Connecticut.
Once I realized I wanted live in New York, I saved enough money that I wouldn’t have to get a job right away. That was important to me, to focus on acting; I didn’t want to come here and just fall into the mix.
Doing a play, you have a little bit more time, obviously. You rehearse for a month before you get up in front of people. It’s a totally different energy. With film, TV, you want to try to capture lightning-in-a-bottle moments. I don’t try to rehearse as much with that stuff, because you want those sparks…
In the future, I kind of like the idea of doing music for film. I think that would be a nice job. I’ve always liked the sound aspect in movies. I guess once I have more instruments under my belt, it could be something I could do.