Annabelle Dexter-Jones
Actor
WHAT IS YOUR CALLING CARD?
I get a new haircut every two weeks. It’s kind of my cure-all, my Windex. Whether it’s for a show or just because, it’s like my weird addiction.
NAME AN INFLUENCE OF YOURS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE.
Jim Carrey. I feel like a lot of people say it was Gena Rowlands’s performance in A Woman Under the Influence that made them want to act. For me, Jim Carrey’s performance in Liar Liar was the thing. Or The Cable Guy. That was a very informative movie for me.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SURPRISED YOURSELF IN YOUR WORK?
My work is to surprise myself. The way I approach acting is by tricking my brain into forgetting that I know what happens next.
““The way I approach acting is by tricking my brain into forgetting that I know what happens next.””
WHO DO YOU CALL THE MOST?
My mother. She’s a professional at talking on the phone. When I was a kid, she would spend time in bed, on the phone with the papers. It’s an indulgence we don’t have anymore because when we’re talking on the phone, we’re often doing a million other things at the same time.
WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT WERE YOU KNOWN FOR?
I would force my family to buy tickets to watch me perform Rent as a one-woman show in our living room. It was probably pretty punishing. But that’s what they get for taking me to see Rent. I don’t think I really knew what I was talking about, but I loved it.
in your life?
