The Mandalorian & Battlestar Galactica Star Katee Sackhoff: “Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started My Acting Career”

I wish that someone had told me that speaking up and standing up for myself didn’t make me ‘difficult’. When I started in this industry I was truly trained to be seen and not heard. I had to actually learn from the younger generation that my opinion mattered because I was trained that it didn’t. I was trained to think that my voice didn’t matter and I was trained to think that the men around me knew better. That was just a societal thing and the irony was that my mom is so strong and opinionated, but the thing that happens in the film industry or in any job where it’s your dream or you are in a position where you need the job is that somebody teaches you that if you have an opinion, it could risk your job. I really wish I would have learned to speak up a lot…

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