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| Name | Sally McLean | ||
| Birthday | April 13th | ||
| Favourite Role | To date, I'd say it's a draw between "Andy" (A Little Rain Must Fall), "Angie Powers" (Bootleg) and "Ado Annie" (Oklahoma) - all for different reasons. | ||
| Latest Role | I'm currently preparing for a film role. Details available when I'm given permission to spill them … ;) | ||
| Highlights of Bootleg you wish to share | Playing opposite Tim Robertson and being directed by Ian Gilmour. Both a joy to work with. Great crew too. | ||
| Highlights of A Little Rain Must Fall you wish to share | Many! The launch in London was mad. A definite major highlight once the film was completed was Sir Nigel Hawthorne becoming Salmac's Honorary Patron and my unofficial mentor. | ||
| Highlights of Just Move Your Lips you wish to share | Dying by poison (the character's fate, not the film!) | ||
| Highlights of Annabels's Requim you wish to share | My London stage debut, playing a role written for me - it was all pretty amazing. | ||
| Highlights of The Bookworm you wish to share | Working with director Mandy Chang. Filming in the middle of Piccadilly Circus, under Eros in a fake red phone booth that the crew had to continually stop tourists from trying to use. Also, during the snogging in the phone booth scene, realizing that a couple sitting on the steps of Eros were giving myself and my fellow actor (Mark Walden-Mills) heavy competition in the steamy snogging stakes. Amazing what people will do when there's a camera around. | ||
| Highlights of Macbeth you wish to share | Playing a King of Scotland. Being a woman, and of Scots descent, that greatly appealed to me. Performing Shakespeare in the city he wrote and lived in. Meeting Alistair Barrie - brilliant director and stand up comedian - one of my closest mates who keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground. | ||
| Highlights of Lovepuke you wish to share | Working with another great friend and actor, Jeff Richards and director (and actor) Brendan O'Connor, who is mad and just plain inspirational to work with. | ||
| Highlights of Your Perfect, Now Change you wish to share | Working with Julia Morris - one of the most generous, funny and kind people it's been my pleasure to know. Being under the direction of Andy Gale - brilliantly creative and supportive New Yorker whom I hold dear. | ||
| Highlights of Blue Heelers you wish to share | The whole process - great cast and crew. Being mistaken for a real journalist! | ||
| Highlights of The Flying Doctors you wish to share | Working with Andrew MacFarlane. Lovely actor and very supportive and funny person - made the 7am location calls in the middle of winter actually enjoyable! Working with Paul Maloney - great director. Finding out that they didn't use a real plane for the plane interior scenes - just the body of one on a stack of tyres that the crew rocked during the takes. Ah, the magic of television. | ||
| Highlights of Neighbours you wish to share | Spending time with Guy Pearce, Jason Donovan and Annie Jones. Truly generous people who took a real interest in others. Great examples to learn from during my first foray into the world of television. | ||
| Preferred Medium (Stage, Screen, Television) |
I love all three. Each medium offers different disciplines and skills, and I find all of them a challenge. I also do radio plays, so I'm game to try anything (within reason!) |
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| Hobbies | Writing short fiction, Reading, Celtic History and Myth, Photography and Travel. Hanging out by the ocean - pure inspiration and rejuvenation. | ||
| Address For Fan Correspondence |
Salmac Productions P.O. Box 526 Mt Martha VIC 3934, or http://www.sallymclean.com |
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| Favourite Book | I'm just finishing the latest Harry Potter installment, so that's my current favourite. All time favourites? Anything by Charles de Lint. Amazing author and lovely man. | ||
| Favourite Movie |
"Truly Madly Deeply", "Sense and Sensibility", and about a hundred more I don't have the room to list! |
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| Favourite Song | "The Voice" by Eimear Quinn. "Hollywood Movie" and "Hazy Shade of Blue" by Tor Hyams. A recent addition is "Perfectly Comfortable" by Alan Fletcher (if you haven't heard it yet, check out his website: www.alanfletcher.net). Anything by Clannad. Peatbog Faeries are great too. And I've currently got one of Sting's albums on my CD player. | ||
| Favourite Television Program | Currently, "Hornblower" and "Spooks" | ||
| Memories of Training with Bunny Brooks | Bunny was the first person working in the industry to encourage and support me as an actor. I was only in my mid-teens when I attended her classes and she gave me the confidence to keep going with my dreams. I owe her a deep debt of gratitude. | ||
| Favourite Person to Act Alongside | James Buckley - incredibly gifted and generous actor. Aki Omori, whom I went through drama college with and is a great mate. I've already named all the others (and if I haven't, they know who they are!) | ||
| Actor you would like to work with | Far too many to mention here. As long as I learn something from the people I work with (and its almost impossible not to), I'm happy. I would have loved to play opposite Nigel, but sadly, that wasn't to be. | ||
| Favourite Quote, Saying or Motto |
"Live each day as if it were your last - for then you can never lose." - an inscription from one of my short stories. "Normal is just a cycle on a washing machine" - Whoopi Goldberg. I also love Tallulah Bankhead's quote: "No one can be exactly like me - even I have trouble doing it". |
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| Favourite Possession | Not a big one on possessions. Other than my imagination, I'd say my amethyst pendant, given to me by one of the Gyuto Monks of Tibet. | ||
| Future Ambitions |
Plenty! Essentially I just want to continue to do good work that positively affects people - whatever form that may take. |
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| Why you became an Actor | I've been on stage since the age of 10, so I guess the short answer would be - It was inevitable. To be honest, I can't imagine doing anything else. | ||
| If you were'nt an Actor other career choice | A writer. That's why I now do both! | ||
| About my website and how I got involved in web development | The web design thing started with Salmac Productions' web site in 1998, which was created to promote our projects and network with other filmmakers. We also have an encrypted part of the site to discuss and talk over projects in "real time" with Salmac's production team who are based in Melbourne, Sydney, London, Los Angeles and Edinburgh. (It's cheaper than making international conference calls!) | ||
| Comments |
To those who've read this far - thanks for staying the distance, you've got stamina! Thank you to Paula for the flattering drawing. I wish you all the best with the Au Soap website and thank you for asking me to contribute. It's been fun! Slainte! |
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