Category: Your Questions

This is not industry-related at all but I’ve had a fair few questions about how I fought my insurance company and won — twice — by using all my Karen […]

Appreciate your transparency and vulnerability (in this post). Would love to know the terms & onboarding of your own “patron system”. Sure thing! First, the link to the Patronage page […]

First, thank you so much for coming along with me on these 30 days of Questions! I had a blast answering all of these and I’m sure I’ll do it […]

How do you know when a story’s finished, when to walk away? You mentioned many times that Classic Alice was ‘done’ and I was just wondering … how do you […]

I assume your patreon and Patronage supporters wax and wane. I know what happens (from your whole Patronage page) when we join. What happens when someone leaves? To me? or […]

What would be your favorite role to play? What kinds of roles do you really enjoy? This changes! I don’t like playing just one thing, so I bounce around — […]

You’ve mentioned your day job. Do all actors have those? What do your finances look like generally? I’m not going to paint a picture of ALL of my finances for […]

Oh, here we go. New Year’s Resolutions are stupid. I never do them. “This is your year!” is such bullshit. But I do reflect and try to make changes every […]

It’s almost the start of a new year! What’s on your plate for 2020 and what are you excited about? I think I’m most excited to finally get The Long […]

Do you remember your very first performance? When was it? Yes. I was …two? three? And my grandparents had a stairway with a small landing that looked onto their living […]

Have you always known you wanted to be an actor or did you find yourself loving it later in life? I think I’ve always known — certainly at least since […]

I’ve heard that writers procrastinate a lot. Do you? How do you find yourself putting things off? Absolutely. Of course. My house is never as clean as it is when […]

Can you talk a little bit about who you write FOR? What’s your idea reader or viewer? At least 10% of the time, the answer is “me”. Notes frequently come […]

What was your favorite book in Classic Alice? What about your favorite book to adapt? I’ve talked in interviews about how Classic Alice had to have books that did certain […]

You’re really open about being nerdy — what specifically makes you consider yourself that? First of all, I am not “cool girl nerdy”. You know how, I dunno, the last […]

What was your favorite book growing up? Why? Lois Lenski’s Indian Captive, which was a narrative version of Mary Jemison’s real capture and life with Native Americans. I loved any […]

Los Angeles has a certain “reputation”. Are any of the myths out there untrue? I think the most aggrieving myth is the one that says everyone in Los Angeles is […]

(Woo! Halfway through this 30 day blogging adventure. Thank you for all your questions! If you HAVE questions you’d like to ask, hit me up on Insta or Twitter @HackettKate, […]

I know you foster kittens and it seems so hard! What is it like when you have to give the fosters back? Well. First. I failed: So — yeah, it’s […]