It's No Fun Being an Actress

by foreverme_88

Ask any typical actor or actress that you meet about their career, and their standard answer is: "Acting is my passion, my life. To act you have to put your mind and soul into your character's body. You have to become that character in the story." Blah, blah, blah. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. And so on and so forth.

But then, ask Lisa the Faerie Peophin about how she felt about her career. And her reply would most probably be, "It's no fun being at actress, you know. No fun at all." And then she would launch into a detailed description of all the horrid parts that she got to play. About how she had to act as a nurse in the hospital, struggling to save an evil Jetsam's life, about how she had to act as a young student at Neopian Village School, head over heels in love with her Peophin teacher, about how she had to act as a very normal Peophin, who was unluckily in love with another species and turned herself into a Cybunny using a morphing potion in the end to marry her Cybunny lover. And many other horrid parts.

But Lisa had already won tons of Best Actresses Awards. In fact, she had won it for every year since she had started her career. She now had tons of fans. She couldn't have privacy anywhere. Her cabinet was stacked full with trophies. She was richer than she had ever been. Lisa was renowned all over the world.

But then came the last straw. Lisa was supposed to act as a very fat Peophin whose husband had been snatched from their happy home and brought to somewhere far, far away. That did it. Lisa's cheeks flamed. She would not act such an embarrassing role. Exercise and get laughed at all day long just to get her husband home? No way! Where was the princess part she had always wanted to play? The one with the Prince Charming in it? "I QUIT!" she yelled, flinging the script onto the floor, stamping on it. Then she soared away out of the place on her shiny wings.

She decided to take up a job in the Harbour at Mystery Island. Ah, there was where she would live a quiet and peaceful life, rowing only a few passengers back and forth at a time. Lovely. She liked living by the water. The only thing was, now that she was living a quiet and peaceful life, why was she suddenly feeling so depressed? "I'm happy. I'm happy," she told herself.

She was wrong. The moment passengers boarded the small, old-fashioned boat that took them back to Neopia, they suddenly screamed and jumped up and down and pointed their fingers at her. "AAAAAAH! IT'S LISA!" they yelled. Some of them just stood there, too stunned to move. Some even keeled over and collapsed. All of them looked at her with that adoration in their eyes. Quiet and peaceful life? Guess not.

Lisa didn't like her new job at all. Not one single bit. She sighed. "Guess I was wrong to select acting as my first career last time," she said to herself. "Now, no matter whatever job I take up, there's sure to be crowds of fans around."

Lisa's employer, the Mystery Islander who was in charge of running the harbour, was extremely pleased with Lisa. He had earned a great deal because of the sudden increase of visitors to Mystery Island. All of them wanted to have a go on the boat Lisa was ferrying. Lisa hated it. No quiet and peaceful life. Not being away from fans. No, this wasn't her dream job. So she resigned. Her boss was rather disappointed to see her go.

Quiet and peaceful life. Away from fans. Hmmmmm. What about... what about working as a servant for someone? Ha, that sounded really good. It would make her tough. So she worked for a little Poogle girl, who asked Lisa to help with her homework, bathe her, prepare delicious snacks for her, etc. Lisa loved the little girl. She was so sweet and adorable. It was a pleasure working for her. But why again was she suddenly feeling so depressed? No, I'm happy, she told herself. Very happy.

But as usual there was trouble. Her fans had tracked her down once again. They came knocking on her new employer's door every hour of the day. The little Poogle girl's big brother, a Pteri, didn't like it. He fired poor Lisa.

Lisa wept pitifully on the way home. She felt more depressed than ever. As she entered the house, she noticed that glass cabinet which contained all of her trophies. With a lump in her throat, she took them out one by one and examined them, memories of her acting days coming back to her. And then she realised why she kept feeling so depressed. How could she live without acting?? Acting was her greatest talent. She had lived with acting for so long, how could it be possible for her to leave it behind? Acting was where she belonged. Acting might not ever be her passion, but it was her life. There was a major difference between passion and life.

So she returned to the limelight. The whole of Neopia rejoiced with that. And from then on, if you ask Lisa the Faerie Peophin, the Queen of Actresses, about her career, her answer would be: "It's no fun being an actress. It's not my passion at all, but it is my life. To act you have to put your mind and soul into your character's body. You have to become that character in the story." Blah, blah, blah. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. And so on and so forth.

The End