Tia Mowry
http://thestarscoop.com/2007jan/tia-mowry.phpTwin Tia Mowry flies solo as she stars on The CW hit The Game. Her fans have followed her since stardom in the 90s and today she has an even bigger following. Tween twin Sister no more, Tia Mowry takes on The Game and any way you cut it, she's a winner.
Photo Credit: Darren Michaels/The CW
The Star Scoop:
What have you been up to lately? How are things going for you?
Tia Mowry:
Well, actually, my life's pretty busy. I've been finding myself really trying to take time out, you know, for myself, my family. But it's all good because I'm doing what I love to do right now, which is act. I'm working on a show, called The Game and I'm having fun on that. I'm also working on a few projects with my sister as well, my sister is Tamera Mowry. So I'm really happy with what is going on in my career right now. I'm getting a little into producing, doing projects like a Disney movie with my sister, but then you know, also, I'm just living life. I think it's been going pretty well, really busy. Meeting after meeting, going to work every day, but I'm not complaining at all.
The Star Scoop:
The Game is one of the first times fans have seen you separately [from your sister].
Mowry:
It's very interesting. I almost see it as like, it's a blessing, but then it's a challenge at the same time. It's really difficult for society, I guess, the business, the entertainment world is what I'm referring to, for them to see twins do separate projects. Tamera and I, we've always worried if that would ever be a challenge in our careers. We are individuals now, we've grown into two different people, but we're still sisters, best friends, and we're still close. My sister, you know, she was on Strong Medicine, and now I'm on The Game. So, it's a blessing in the sense that I believe we will have longer careers if we do projects separately, as well as projects together. I really feel that our careers will last longer if we focus on being individuals as well. The challenge is that my sister is amazing, and I love working with her. If I had a choice, I'd work with my sister for the rest of my life, I would, because I love working with her. We amazingly have natural chemistry, whereas, when you're doing another project in which my sister's not involved, you have to work on that chemistry. You have to work harder. When I work with my sister, it's my best friend, and it's like going to a playground every day. It kind of reminds me more of, I'm working, instead of when I work with my sister, it's like I'm playing. It's definitely challenging and interesting at the same time, but it's also fun because, like I said, we're individuals, and I do like working by myself. I've been able to do such different topics.
The Star Scoop:
Tell us about your character on The Game [Melanie Barnett] and how you've been able to get into that character.
Mowry:
I play Melanie Barnett, a very intellectual woman who is not really used to compromising, she's going to med school. She wants to be a doctor but she is dating a football player, and her character is all about her discovering this world and learning to compromise in her relationship. I basically loved this role and wanted to become a part of Melanie Barnett's life because I find myself in real life, a lot like her. I did go to Pepperdine University, I have a boyfriend that I'm constantly supporting and I would have to say, making compromises for. But I have a cousin that's in the NFL and I was able to look at his life and what he goes through to help me identify with the character even more. So that's kind of like how I prepared for it. I prepared for it in the sense that, I would see what was going on with my cousin and his world, and then I sort of made it my own experiences because I can identify with the character a lot because she is headstrong, but in order for a relationship to work, you do have to make some sacrifices and compromise. What I love about this character and the challenge that this character is, is that she has to find her own identity. I think a lot of women who are dating men of high status, or even not of high status - women tend to leave their own identities. They're the mom, they're the cook, and they think that's all they're good for. We're not. We have so many other colors to us. We're very smart women, and a lot of the time, women loose a bit of too much of themselves when they get into a committed relationship. So, that's the challenge that I have with this character, and that's what I really want to show with this character, that, you know, it is cool to compromise, but still keep your own identity.
The Star Scoop:
You and your sister have been in this business since you were young. [Fans] still see you on the Disney Channel. How do you feel being in that position of being a role model?
Mowry:
I definitely feel that I have to watch my actions more, but I don't mind that, because I strongly believe in positive energy. I strongly believe in being an example but then I also believe that acting is acting as well. But everything that I do take on, I'm always thinking about, oh God, what would my fans think. Oh, God, would it be okay if they saw me in this light? I'm always consciously aware of what my fans would think. What you see is what you get. I value being an example. I value being a positive source. I really, really believe that it's important for us to be good examples for young women out there because, television is a huge outlet for people to look up to you and model after. I'm a psychology major, and I study behavior. We become who we are by modeling certain behaviors. And, if you really look up to a person, you're gonna model their behavior. But I am constantly aware of that, and I don't mind being a role model. I like it.
The Star Scoop:
Since [Sister Sister], how have you grown and changed as a person?
Mowry:
I would have to say that I have changed and grown as a person in the sense that I would have to be true to myself. If I feel that what I'm doing is right, then I'm gonna do it, no matter what anybody else, you know, thinks. Or, if I feel that I'm being conflicted by something, I'm gonna listen to my mind and my heart. I would have to say that's how I've changed. When I was younger, I used to always do what everybody thought of me. I'd always do like, what they're thinking of me, whether it was good or bad. But as I have gotten older, you know, I am a woman now, and a lot of the roles that I'm gonna take on, it's going to be what women go through. When I was fourteen years old, fourteen years old shouldn't be saying, you know, the D word or whatever. As you get older, you still have to emulate real life. But I still believe that as long as you emulate real life still in a positive approach, it can be good. I still do projects that I am constantly aware of what my fans are thinking, but I'm not too much involved in that, where I'm making decisions on what other people [think], but I'm making it based on what I feel, you know what I mean?
The Star Scoop:
Has The Game given you an opportunity to get a new audience?
Mowry:
I really, really do. It's so funny. I always tell people at my meetings, a publicist or whatever, I always say I'm a special case because I have fans six years old, or maybe even four - I ran into a fan that was four years old the other day - all the way up till thirty-four, maybe even higher. I think that's really cool, because I have a lot of colors to me. I would love to say I have new fans because when I was on Sister Sister, I was fourteen, but now I'm twenty-eight, and my fans have grown up with me. My fans who watched me on Sister Sister can now watch me on The Game, because they're my age, and they're gonna relate to The Game. But then I also still have fans who never even watched because they were too young, they're eight years old now, and they're catching on to Sister Sister. I do believe that I have a new set of fans, and then I still have the same fans, they're older now. With the new set of fans, I guess are the people that never even watched and now they're watching me on The Game. I think it's really cool that I'm able to have fans all different types of ages and I have an outlet that they can watch that from. My fans who are eight years old to sixteen can watch Sister Sister and then my fans who are sixteen or twenty-eight or thirty-four can now watch The Game. They may be too old to watch Sister Sister right now. I feel very blessed.
The Star Scoop:
Is [TV] where you're happy to stay or is film something you'd like to get into a bit more?
Mowry:
I do well with a challenge, I believe. And, I'm not saying that I feel like I've conquered TV, but I've been doing TV all my life, ever since I was fourteen, and I would like to get my feet wet in feature films. I did do Hot Chicks with Rob Schneider with my twin sister and I did a movie called The American Standards which was an independent film. I would like to go there. And that's one of the main reasons why I did take on The Game as well, because the character is a woman, she's an adult, she goes through a lot of experiences that bold women go through, and I would like to use this and take it and maybe be there one day. I would love to do feature films. That is definitely something that I would like to see myself doing.
The Star Scoop:
Besides taking roles individually, what else can you do to set yourself apart [from your sister]?
Mowry:
The coolest thing is, is that my sister and I, we're very real people, and we like to let things organically happen. What we do is, we're just who we are. My sister has her own life, she has her boyfriend, she has her set of friends. She goes out to her own set of events, you know, and I go out to my own set of events, like, carpet events because we have different likes. We're very much alike, but we're very different as well. So, we can just be who we are, and be true to ourselves. If Tamera wants to go to an event that I don't want to go to, that I don't relate to, she'll go to [it]. So we just have to continue to be true ourselves - which we are: individuals. That's basically what we're doing now. We're just letting the press, letting the entertainment world know that we aren't attached at the hip. Tamera can do what she wants to do on her own, and I can do what I want to do on my own. And when it's time to come together, we come together.
The Star Scoop:
Do you have time to work on other projects [besides The Game]?
Mowry:
I kind of have to make time. Like, my sister and I are going to do Twitches 2 and we're figuring that out right now. We're hoping that we're gonna do it in June, because that's the only time I have to do it, because we're finishing the show in March, and I need some type of break, off. And then we're working on another movie for Lifetime that they're tying to crank out as well. So, I try to take like a project at a time. It's all about strategizing and finding the right time to do a project. But the coolest thing is, that where there's a will, there's a way, and it is possible, but it is difficult, to try to work everything around. Even when my sister and I did Twitches [the] first movie for Disney, my sister was filming Strong Medicine. She would have to fly back and forth from Canada, back to L.A. If you love something, it's like, you would do anything, and we love it. This is all we know.
The Star Scoop:
Recently we've been talking with [other stars] about college. You mentioned that you went to Pepperdine. What was your college experience like and why was that important?
Mowry:
Oh my God. My college experience, I have to say, was one of the best experiences I've ever had. I grew up with my mom, who is an amazing woman who says the key to success is an education. She said that's where it starts first, is being educated. Especially as a woman. It was important to me because, I think this is a good example, I really want to say this for the kids out there: I already kinda knew what I wanted to do with my life. I knew I wanted to act, and I was already making money, but I still went to college because it's not really just all about figuring out what you want to do with your life, it's all about experience, and the experience teaches you, it helps you become who you are as a person. It teaches you about culture, how you should interact with the world, and with your surroundings. Because you're going on campus, you're meeting all these new people from all around the world, and that's how it's gonna be when you're on your own. It was a great vehicle for me, to I guess, help me define who I was as person. I think it's important to go to college because it teaches you about deadlines, it teaches you about plagiarism, it teaches you the common principles that you need for life. It was challenging, it wasn't easy. You're only a failure when you stay down. But you're not a failure if you fall. You're not a failure if you're struggling. And it was hard. We would have to be on set. When they'd say cut, I'd would have to go in my room and type up my papers and then when I was done at school, I'd have to go home and study. But, if you put your mind to something, and I hate to sound very cliche, but it's true! If you put your mind to something, it can happen. Never say no.
The Star Scoop:
Is there anything that you feel should be in an interview with you that you want your fans to see?
Mowry:
I guess I can say this: Sometimes we get so caught up in life, whether you are working, whether you're so caught up in your problems, whether you're so caught up in your relationship, you know, I think it's very important for you to take time out for yourself. Whether it's getting a massage, whether it's taking a bubble bath at home and putting on your favorite song, or whether it's sitting down in your living room or in your room and reading your favorite book that you've already read, you know what I mean? I just think that it is very important for us to allow our mind to focus on ourselves for a minute because if you're not healthy, and if your mind and your body and you spirit is not healthy, how can you enjoy what you have? Because sometimes you don't realize what you have until you walk away from it. I just feel like, if you're struggling with work, struggling in your relationship, if you're struggling with - whatever, your finances, sometimes it's good to just step back and really analyze yourself and figure out what's going with you. Reward yourself. Regroup. That's very important for people to do. Take a step back and you just breathe, you know?
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