Rebekah Fuller

Actress & Writer

I’ve always had a fascination with looking at myself in the mirror – and not just because I’m so very vain. The face is such a great canvas, and I love watching actors with great faces – they convey so much with even the slightest movement.

While working on “The Steam/Chaos Experiment” as the assistant to Armand Assante, I got to experience firsthand how great actors prep for a scene. He definitely took advantage of the mirror in his dressing room. This feeling of awe and wonderment welled up inside of me… I was the designated person on set with “VIP” access to Mr. Assante; I got the closest glimpse of his transformation into Detective Mancini of the Grand Rapids Police Department… and you should hear the guttural, animalistic sounds he makes just before “Action!” Watching his scenes with Val Kilmer was surreal! Those scenes were the redeeming parts of the movie. Oh my gosh I almost forgot, I got to read lines with Armand as well!

As a writer with poetic tendencies, I feel very much connected to human emotion, and I’ve always had characters and stories in my head that I’ve just had to act out – in front of my mirror in the privacy of my bedroom or bathroom.

In second grade my identity as a writer began to take shape – that’s when I wrote and illustrated my first book on construction paper and saw it laminated and bound. After earning a degree in writing, being published in poetry anthologies, having a day job as a website content writer / editor (yea, industrial products and services!), and studying screenwriting (including learning from some pros out in LA), “You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me America” is a great opportunity to try my hand at a specific comedic writing form… and maybe I’ll get my romantic comedy produced someday. It would be a dream come true to see something I write on the big screen.

YGTBKMA is my fun, creative outlet – our goal is to make people laugh… how great is that?! I like dry, subtle humor but enjoy being silly and goofy, too! I think deep down I’ve always wanted to be an actress, but was always too shy and insecure to join drama in school, though now I really wish I had.

Since graduating from college I’ve pursued a long-concealed interest in modeling, stemming from being so intrigued with how the face and body can convey the intricacies of human expressions. I can now say I’ve been a professional hair model and also character model, playing my favorite princess, The Little Mermaid Ariel, plus Mrs. Potts and the Easter Bunny. I’ve been encouraged by responses to both dramatic and comedic monologues I’ve given, and I get to play some crazy characters on YGTBKMA and experiment with lots and lots of expressions.

Thanks mirror, you’re an inspiration!

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