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Maria Menounos
American
Actress
About the author
I think Channel One was very integral in my career.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Career
I think people think we're all sipping martinis by the pool.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#People
I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm really excited to be getting back to my acting roots.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Character
#Acting
If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Want
#Country
#News
#Montana
Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that was getting me work on the side.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Work
#Day
#First
I saw Redeye, and I love being scared and on the edge of my seat.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Love
#Being
You have to take control of your own career.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Career
#Control
So for me, anything that has to do with animals, and I'm a happy camper.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Animals
So most of my acting experience came in college when I was living away from them. I acted in various independent films, and I got some commercial work and stuff like that.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Acting
#Work
#Experience
#Living
#College
So now, cut to ten years later, and I'm making this amazing contract with Pantene. It's incredible.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Now
#Years
That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Time
#Work
#Charity
The designer of my Emmy gown is donating my gown to the charity for an auction.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Charity
The odd thing is, I don't consider what I do work, because it's what I love. But it is also an enormous amount of pressure, and you have to work an enormous amount of hours.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Love
#Work
#Pressure
There's something about taking a film from concept to script, through production, and then to see the final thing happening in the edit phase. It's almost like a miracle in the making.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Film
#Production
We had four different sets and built 38 flats to use as walls, so we had a major production going on. It's so much fun when you're controlling it, but it's also so much pressure.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Fun
#Pressure
#Production
One of the first things I did was interview the President of the United States. Some people work their whole lives and can't interview someone of that stature.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#People
#Work
#President
#First
#states
#United
I love comic book movies, and Marvel Comics obviously are the best.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Love
#Movies
Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Work
I know that producing will ultimately mean more longevity in the business, so when I'm tired of everything else and want to be behind the cameras, I know that I can produce.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Want
#Longevity
#Will
#Business
A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#People
Integrity is integrity. I don't push it to the side because I'm talking to Julia Roberts.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress
#Talking
#Integrity
I am honored to be a Bond girl and be a part of the Bond legacy, To star in a video game with Connery, the original Bond, is incredible.
Maria Menounos,
American
Actress