EP 85: Brooke Shields: Taking Charge! The Actress & Model on Being an Executive Producer, Union President, and CEO of a Beauty Company
How She Does ItShow Notes
Brooke Shields has been famous her entire life. Now, in her early 60’s, the actress and model is using her passion to take charge and create impact. She is an executive producer on her new ACORN TV series YOU’RE KILLING ME, she was elected president of Actors’ Equity, and she is founder and CEO of her hair care line, COMMENCE.
It’s a portfolio she’s immensely proud of. In her new series, which she developed, she plays a crime novelist who solves murders in a sleepy town in Maine; As executive producer, she insisted on including more physical comedy, which is her strong suit. With Actors’ Equity, she admits she doesn’t love some of the politics of union work. However, she is deeply committed to using her influence to improve conditions for performers.
And Shields didn’t expect to become the CEO of a hair care line at this point in her life, but she saw a gap in the market. “Everywhere I looked, I was being told by marketing, by advertising, by the beauty industry… ‘Once your ovaries don't work, you've got one foot in the grave. You had a good run. If you're not the hot girl at the bar, you're in Depends. And it pissed me off, because I feel great now,” she shared.
💬 In this episode, we explore:
How Brooke Shields is parenting her two grown daughters, Rowan and Grier - and what it's like hanging out with the two of them and their boyfriends
How she is still feeling the influence of her 2005 book “Down Came The Rain,” about her post-partum depression, and whether her grown daughters have read the book
Why she paid a surprise visit to Casa Bonita, the restaurant and entertainment venue owned by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, on behalf of the performers she represents
Her favorite - and least favorite - parts of being a CEO and her plans for COMMENCE moving forward
How she handles being recognized nearly everywhere she goes
What she loves about writing, including in her most recent book, “Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed To Get Old.”
Resources:
📸 Follow Brooke Shields on Instagram
📸 Follow Brooke Shields on TikTok
💻 Watch YOU’RE KILLING ME on ACORN TV
💻 Check Out Brooke’s Hair Care Line COMMENCE
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