Tanya Blount is an African American actress, author and musician. At age 16 she was featured in the film, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, where as the character "Tanya", she performed a duet of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" with Lauryn Hill.
Interview conducted by Sarita Smiley
ReelStory: Work Ethic for Musical Theater.
Tanya: Theater is the first arena where you work every night. You have 2 shows and matinees, a lot of people are successful in theater but you don't hear them making 100 million dollars working on the road. So, you're either an actor or you're not.
It teaches you discipline and most importantly it teaches that you have to do it for the love of it. I would advise anyone who wants to be in the business to have a great work ethic. The artists that are popular and are successful have a greater work ethic.
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