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19 minutes can change your personality, even your life. All you have to do is believe that it can happen to you. Recognize any of the girls on the opposite page? They’re nine of this year’s new Deb Stars. When these pictures were taken (all highschool snaps) not one girl dreamed someday she could become a Hollywood starlet. Yet they did. And everyone admitted to me that at that time they felt shy, self-conscious, unattractive and unpopular. See if you can find them now on pages 44-45. What happened? The secret is they were taught to do something about their personalities. Something you can do too.
And here’s how.
If you could spend one hour with a top Hollywood producer, like Jerry W ald, what would he tell you about yourself? How would he bring out the most in your personality, your “star quality”? How would he help you discover yourself? WTien you walk into Mr. Wald’s office, you come face to face with an expert. What is the first thing Mr. W ald looks for?
This is what he told me: “There’s no room for look
alikes,'
he says. “Be your
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ike to find an original.
I don’t want reproductions. I’m not looking for a pretty face. Looks don't mean a darn thing. The major problem with young people is they latch onto someone they admire and then emulate them. You've got to he an individualist. Kim Novak came in to see me, when she was starting out, with a low neckline, a husky voice like Marilyn Monroe's. I asked her what she was trying to do. Kill herself?
“Movie stars are not pretty; they have something else. The desire, the dream to he something or somebody, the desire to he successful. Everybody should have that. Tou should want to he good at something— at your job; at your school work; in your marriage. This gives a movement, a vitality to your personality.
“Strip down to the hone and take a good look at yourself. You need to understand yourself, have perception, a concept of what you want to he and a capacity for hard work. And he dead serious!
“You’ve got to think. Read, stretch your imagination. Go to the library and look up Lawrence, Joyce, Faulkner, Proust, W olfe. Try reading ‘Remembrance of Things Past'... it’s always been one of my favorite hooks. Read Shaw, Gide, Make yourself think. Don’t
be smart aleekv, sophisticated. You've got to struggle. If you don’t want to, then lie a nobody. Everybody looks for short cuts. There are none!
‘ ‘ S e e k , search and develop. Learn to walk gracefully. The toughest thing for a girl to do is sit down, and I can tell how much training she has just by how she crosses her knees, controls her skirt, sits down with movement. Watch your hands. W atch your voice. W atch your health. And take courses, courses and more courses.
“Then stop worrying about your personality; utilize it instead and it will develop. With self-assurance and success you won’t have to worn because you’ll have one — a dynamic personality!”
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first steps. Llere they are. I saw them work for the Debs and I know they can work for you.
• look in the mirror; try projecting the way you feel— happiness, delight, tenderness, concern, humor.
• cup your hands over your ears and listen to your voice— Is it pleasing?
• bribe a friend, sister or boyfriend to take a series of ( Continued on pap;e 76)