There's been no nepotism in my acting artistic life, but I think it's been pretty clear in my writing life. I knew what a pantoum was at age 11 - I knew form - therefore I would win the poetry contest. But I also realized that I would never be a great writer.

Aya Cash

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In school I really loved Shakespeare, and I participated in a cou... by Aya Cash

In school I really loved Shakespeare, and I participated in a country-wide Shakespeare competition.

competition country school

What you learn in any acting class is how to make a fool of yourself and enjoy things and get out of your head.

fool acting class

I've seen some of my favorite actors give bad performances, and I have to tell myself that failure is a part of success.

my-favorite actors giving

Most of my comedy is accidental, I would say. If I don't know what the joke is, I'm going to play it better than if I do.

jokes comedy play

Acting was something I wanted to work at and put the time into. by Aya Cash

Acting was something I wanted to work at and put the time into.

acting wanted

If I had a child and she was a girl, I'd hope she'd do something... by Aya Cash

If I had a child and she was a girl, I'd hope she'd do something different from me.

girl different children

There's innate competition, I think, between mothers and daughters - mine no more so than anyone else.

daughter mother thinking

I think it's very hard to go into the same business as your famil... by Aya Cash

I think it's very hard to go into the same business as your family when you're an artist.

our-family artist thinking

Both of my parents were incredibly supportive of me being in any arts, because they were both in the arts. They weren't the typical story of, "Oh, get a real job. You need to make money." They basically said, "Yup, be an artist. You'll be broke your whole life but you'll be happy."

real jobs art

We live in a time where improv is king and people love improv, and I think there's a time and a place for that and people who are really good at structuring improv.

kings people thinking

Offers come up, but I'm still fighting for jobs and auditioning a... by Aya Cash

Offers come up, but I'm still fighting for jobs and auditioning and being rejected.

come-up fighting jobs

I think that it's a myth that there's one job that makes your whole career, unless you're winning an Oscar. But even that doesn't work for some people.

winning jobs thinking

You never know what's going to happen, so you just continue with your head down and never expect things to start being handed to you.

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I wanted to be a writer for a while. I was an excellent child writer. I won multiple poetry contests. I was published at age three - I think that was more about novelty than my immense talent.

age children thinking

I always knew that I'd probably do something in the arts. by Aya Cash

I always knew that I'd probably do something in the arts.

art

The thing I'd miss most is the feeling when acting is going well, when you start a play and you end the night and you look back and go, "What just happened?"

missing play night

We're all eaters. That's our bond. Let's be real. by Aya Cash

We're all eaters. That's our bond. Let's be real.

being-real real

The reason actors are assholes is because they don't eat. by Aya Cash

The reason actors are assholes is because they don't eat.

actors reason

Being an actor is definitely not the hardest job in the world - it's definitely a first-world problem to have, but I'm not very good with rejection. I constantly question whether or not I'm suited for this business, because it is your job to get rejected.

hardest-job rejection jobs

Even in success, you're going to be constantly rejected. by Aya Cash

Even in success, you're going to be constantly rejected.

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