"It is first and foremost very hard work! But I have a wonderful part and I do have fun. The company, cast and crew of 'Passions' are wonderful to work with"
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Entertainment loves to sell acting as glamour, but Juliet Mills punctures that fantasy with a blunt, almost workmanlike opener: "first and foremost very hard work!" The exclamation point does double duty. It signals genuine emphasis while performing professionalism, a veteran actor reminding the audience that the job is labor before it is mystique. Coming from someone associated with a daytime soap like Passions, the line quietly corrects a common cultural condescension: soaps aren’t “easy” television. They are relentless production machines - fast turnarounds, dense dialogue, constant emotional calibration.
Then she pivots to gratitude: "I have a wonderful part and I do have fun". That "do" is telling. It’s a small insistence against the assumption that hard work cancels joy. Mills frames pleasure as something earned, not automatic, which reads like a subtle lesson in longevity: craft sustains you when novelty wears off.
The last sentence is pure industry diplomacy, but not empty. Naming "company, cast and crew" is a deliberate widening of credit beyond the star system. Soap culture is unusually ensemble-driven, and Mills nods to the people who make the pace survivable. Subtext: a good role matters, but workplace chemistry is what keeps you showing up at 6 a.m. for take after take of heightened emotion.
Intent-wise, it’s both testimonial and brand maintenance - affirming Passions as a serious, happy set while positioning Mills as a consummate pro: grateful, tough, and team-oriented.
Then she pivots to gratitude: "I have a wonderful part and I do have fun". That "do" is telling. It’s a small insistence against the assumption that hard work cancels joy. Mills frames pleasure as something earned, not automatic, which reads like a subtle lesson in longevity: craft sustains you when novelty wears off.
The last sentence is pure industry diplomacy, but not empty. Naming "company, cast and crew" is a deliberate widening of credit beyond the star system. Soap culture is unusually ensemble-driven, and Mills nods to the people who make the pace survivable. Subtext: a good role matters, but workplace chemistry is what keeps you showing up at 6 a.m. for take after take of heightened emotion.
Intent-wise, it’s both testimonial and brand maintenance - affirming Passions as a serious, happy set while positioning Mills as a consummate pro: grateful, tough, and team-oriented.
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