Congratulations to Jane Lynch at Outfest Opening Night

 

Tonight was Opening Night for the Outfest Film Festival in Los Angeles and I had the honor to meet Jane Lynch, from Glee and also the movie, Julie and Julia. Ms. Lynch received an award from Outfest for her outstanding work. I’ve been a big fan of Jane Lynch since I first saw her in the movie, Another Cinderella Story.

 

Paris Butler (producer/director) and Chris Colfer (“Kurt” on Glee) introduced Jane Lynch and they were as witty and funny as they could possibly be. Jane Lynch’s speech was hysterical, as she boiled it down to advice she learned from Carol Brady (!). “Find what you’re good at and do it as good as you can.”

 

For the carpet, I was thrilled to wear a gorgeous Sue Wong dress with a butterfly beaded on the upper bodice. It was fun to accessorize with a sparkling “tattoo” butterfly on my left ankle and sparkly Stuart Weitzman’s to complement the dress.

 

Spork will show on the closing night of Outfest, July 18, at the Ford Amphitheatre. In Spork, I play the wicked Betsy Byotch, who lives to make Spork’s life miserable. Spork is unique because she is an intersex person, meaning she has both male and female parts. The emphasis on making Spork so very unique is to draw out that each of us is truly unique.

 

Spork gives hope to people who have a Byotch in their midst – a person or people who try to take them down or hurt them. The message of Spork is to go to your family and friends for love and support and not do anything drastic, as is happening with teens tortured on Facebook or online. The message of Spork is to be happy in your own skin, regardless of your differences or your quirks. The message of Spork is that things will change in your favor ---- just hang on and things will get better. Life is funny that way…. just hang on because the best is yet to come.

 

From the heart,

Rachel

 

P.S. Look for Spork at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2010!