We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Sara Davis. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Sara below.

Sara, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Can you talk to us about how you’ve thought about whether to sign with an agent or manager?

Signing with an agent was something I dreamt of since I was young. I can still remember being ten and looking on the internet with my best friend on how to get an agent. It’s safe to say, it wasn’t as simple as googling it in-between jumping on the trampoline and catching frogs in the pond. It took a lot more rejection than I would have ever thought. During the pandemic I took the time to focus on my dreams. The pandemic put in perspective that I was putting my day job over what truly mattered. I worked hard and found a talent manager, Talisa, who believed in me. She stuck her neck out for me to get an interview with MJB Talent Agency. After being turned away from at least a hundred agencies before they even met me, I knew I couldn’t mess up this opportunity. I slept for a whole three hours the night before and spent about an hour pacing back and forth prior to the meeting. After putting in so much thought about how early to jump in the zoom to show that I was an on-time person, but not so early that I look pathetic, I decided to jump in eight minutes before our meeting. Once the meeting began, I could barely comprehend what he was saying over my pounding heart. When I took the time to really calm down and listen, I knew Myreon was the agent for me. He was straight forward and got to the point. He wasn’t going to pull any punches because who would that benefit? We ended the call with Myreon giving me the time to decide if he would be the right fit for me. I knew before the conversation ended that I wanted this man to represent me.

Sara, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I have been an actress for longer than I could comprehend the word. I have always loved getting people to laugh with me, making up stories, and getting lost in a fantasy world. When I did my first play at age eight, I discovered where all my dreams could be accomplished. Nothing in my life has ever made me feel safer and at ease then when I’m performing. When I graduated high school, I planned to move straight from Michigan to California. I ended up postponing my move for a year and studied acting on film at the Motion Picture Institute in Troy, Michigan. That’s where I first got my hands wet with acting on camera instead of on stage. I learned more than I ever thought I would about myself and about the future career I wanted. When the camera could capture the ever-subtle flutter of the eye, to sudden changes in breathing during intense moments, I knew acting on film was where I wanted to be. After a year in acting school, I was prepared to move to California from my small town in Michigan. I left my friends and family behind to chase down my dream. It was no small feat; majority of my life was spent in a town with only two coffee shops. Moving to California with thousands of people chasing down the same thing is very intimidating. The thing I have come to learn is, that even though I am one of the thousands of actresses in California, it doesn’t matter. That doesn’t take away that this is what I was born to do. Whether I am up for a part against a million other girls or just one, this is what I love to do. It will never stop me from continuing because whether I get the part or not, I still loved every second of the chance at it. To anyone who is scared because the odds of success are low, if it’s what you really love, that won’t matter. What will be important is that you didn’t let anything stop you from doing what you are meant to do.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

Something I am unlearning is to settle. I have seen it all my life. Whether it is friends, family, or colleagues, I have watched people settle. When I was in eighth grade, I remember asking my teacher to sign my yearbook. This was a big deal for me to work up the nerve to ask the cool teacher to sign. She happily obliged and what she wrote would confuse me for years to come. I was hoping for a little paragraph about how I was one of her favorite students and that she would miss me. What she wrote was short and sweet, “Don’t settle”. I had no idea what that meant and went on with my day thinking maybe my teacher wasn’t as cool as I thought. Here I am, over a decade later, and so grateful for those two words she wrote to me. I have no idea if she knew the challenges I would face in the years to come and watch so many people in my life settle for less than they deserve. When times get tough and I want the easy way out, I think of what she wrote. It doesn’t matter if it is in reference to something as small as your day job that you don’t really care for, or something as big as your partner you may choose for the rest of your life, refer back to what my eighth grade English teacher wrote, don’t settle.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

Nothing is more exciting than going into a room full of strangers who have had a variety of different ways they spent their day, and hear the complete silence fall over the crowd when the movie starts to roll. When it’s a sold-out show and everyone has decided to take the time to watch the movie being shown on the screen. That’s what drives me. When everyone as a whole can be moved to feel joy or sadness over someone they don’t know. When you exit the theater and you have never met the person who holds the door open in front of you, but you now share this moment of watching this movie together. I love to make people feel emotions whether it moves them to tears or has them falling over in laughter. It doesn’t matter the emotion, just that I was able to, for a short moment, get you out of your head and get lost in this film.

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Cameron Radice Photography