You have to be really great to get in there,' the star points out. As a female you can be a director, but you have to be amazing – that's the disparaging part to it. 'I think it's easier for mediocre male directors to be in this industry.
Of her new challenge, Kirsten admits that she's found it tough being a female breaking into the male dominated arena of directing. But then it shifted for me and I re-loved it in a different way.' 'Then there was a moment where I was kind of sick of. 'When I was younger, I actually felt anxious when I wasn't working,' she explains. She also reveals that it's only in the past few years that she's learned to appreciate her craft again, after being thrust into the spotlight as a child star thanks to her roles in major movies like Interview With the Vampire.
I mean, I've always been very grateful, but I feel far more grounded than I did 10 years ago.' I think it's that age where death is more around you. The older I get, the more sensitive I've become. I don't stress as much now,' Kirsten admits of this new phase in her life, but adds: I've grown more sensitive though. 'I feel much more confident in myself, in life. I hope you enjoy delving deeper into this Halloween Carol and let her fluttering wings take your thoughts across the centuries.Grand plans: The talented star reveals she's hard at work on her first directing job, while also juggling her diverse acting roles (On the other hand, bat faces are kind of cute in their own way.) And isn’t that a truth of life? Appearances do not always represent the heart. And this time, the superstitious people believed that the witches were shape-shifting into these bats to escape.Īs I was writing the lyrics, it hit me that the face of a bat looks a little demonic. Bats were attracted to these bonfires for the same reason. Bonfires, which were always a part of this celebration, attracted insects, which in turn attracted … bats.Īs the traditions weaved and twisted through the centuries, bonfires were used cruelly to end the lives of those accused of witchcraft. Samhain means “Summer’s End,” and the eve of Samhain was the night they believed the dead visited the earth. In pre-medieval Celtic lands, pagans celebrated Samhain on November 1 (the Celtic New Year). The history of this song covers the bat’s association with Halloween. I had their volumes mixed to sound exactly equal to one another, almost indistinguishable, so to make a perfectly balanced harmonic blend. The vocal duet (my voice on two different recording tracks) represents the two wings of a bat. This is mostly seen in the inner voices as they move in and out in patterns – sometimes parallel, other times contrary. I scored the strings in “Flappy Bat” to sound like bats’ wings fluttering wildly. I would be, too! Calling a woman flabby … sheesh. I will say, however, that she was not pleased when a careless, lazy, ho-hum newspaper reporter referred to her as “Flabby Bat” last week. She’s confident and patient enough to wait for people to listen to the domineering, Type A songs of mine, and then come and explore her world. As I’ve said on a recent podcast (), she is a Type B personality – a wise woman who knows her worth. My Halloween Carol, “Flappy Bat,” is an interesting creature. So … “Flappy Bat” … it’s just fun to say out loud. Of course there are “rules” in music composition and English grammar, but sometimes rules need to be broken … intelligently … to wrangle one’s art as one’s vision guides. Yes, I know that “flappy” is not a word, but I want it to be, and that’s one reason I love writing music and lyrics … NO RULES.
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