Life in Stages with Joel Greenberg
Jun 4, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 13 segments
Brenda is a multi-award-winning actor, experienced in theatre, film and television. Among her many stage credits, Brenda includes “The Children” (Belfry Theatre, BC), “Escaped Alone” and “Noises Off”…
Brenda RobinsGuest
Joel GreenbergHost
And I know that doing film and television work is a substantial part of your career.
And did you find that as you moved from stage to screen, was it easy to learn how they were different or how they were the same or how you had to adjust your own work?
And at that time, I wasn't even aware of the kind of discussion about, oh, you've got to make it smaller, or you've got to do this, or it's all about the...
I don't even recall that being something that was weighing me down in acting for TV.
The thing that I'm finding about film and TV, and I certainly don't do a lot of it, that's for sure, but those day parts that we would get, you know, where you go in and the only people you really know are the makeup and hair people that you met in the trailer in the morning.
So come lunchtime when you're sort of standing there with your tray of food and you go, I don't know anybody.
I'll go back to my, if I'm lucky enough to have a little trailer, I'll go back to my room and eat my, like, that's what I don't like about it is that you don't, you know, you come in as a day player and, you do your thing and you're not part of a you know part of the the group you know part of the family
um but i did do a series out in in bc and that was a totally different can of worms you knew everybody it was easy it was it it felt very comfortable and i didn't feel like i had to be self-conscious about the acting it was So it's a comfort, I guess.
And I know from actors who have talked about, particularly the sort of the day work you're referring to, that the expectation from the, you know, from the...
And the expectation often, I think from the performer is to want to get it right the first time or to not get in anybody's way, because there are so many people who, involved um and you there's little or no rehearsal i mean it's just go right um yeah yeah
yeah and you know i've had some odd experiences too there was a a film and it was a TV thing and I was kind of the main part in it.
It was a modern day thing, but I had this wig and the director said to me, we were just about to shoot and he said, The reason why we've given you a wig is because your mouth is so big that if you don't have the hair on top, nobody's going to look at your eyes.
And I know that doing film and television work is a substantial part of your career.
And did you find that as you moved from stage to screen, was it easy to learn how they were different or how they were the same or how you had to adjust your own work?
And at that time, I wasn't even aware of the kind of discussion about, oh, you've got to make it smaller, or you've got to do this, or it's all about the...
I don't even recall that being something that was weighing me down in acting for TV.
The thing that I'm finding about film and TV, and I certainly don't do a lot of it, that's for sure, but those day parts that we would get, you know, where you go in and the only people you really know are the makeup and hair people that you met in the trailer in the morning.
So come lunchtime when you're sort of standing there with your tray of food and you go, I don't know anybody.
I'll go back to my, if I'm lucky enough to have a little trailer, I'll go back to my room and eat my, like, that's what I don't like about it is that you don't, you know, you come in as a day player and, you do your thing and you're not part of a you know part of the the group you know part of the family
um but i did do a series out in in bc and that was a totally different can of worms you knew everybody it was easy it was it it felt very comfortable and i didn't feel like i had to be self-conscious about the acting it was So it's a comfort, I guess.
And I know from actors who have talked about, particularly the sort of the day work you're referring to, that the expectation from the, you know, from the...
And the expectation often, I think from the performer is to want to get it right the first time or to not get in anybody's way, because there are so many people who, involved um and you there's little or no rehearsal i mean it's just go right um yeah yeah
yeah and you know i've had some odd experiences too there was a a film and it was a TV thing and I was kind of the main part in it.
It was a modern day thing, but I had this wig and the director said to me, we were just about to shoot and he said, The reason why we've given you a wig is because your mouth is so big that if you don't have the hair on top, nobody's going to look at your eyes.
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