Lisa Rinna has done it all. She got her start from starring in soap operas, particularly Days Of Our Lives. This led her to many more TV opportunities; including SoapTalk, The Celebrity Apprentice and now recently on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. But would she ever consider going back to her soap opera roots?
"Absolutely!” she tells Soap Opera Digest. "I love the soap world. You know I do. It's where I come from."
And, as it turns out, Lisa doesn't think a soap stint would be too far removed from filming RHOBH.
"It’s like doing Melrose Place on steroids. Now, that says a lot because Melrose is one of the craziest shows ever to have been made, and I'm now doing a show that is testing that," she says. "You take that as you will!”
Lisa reveals that although her experience on RHOBH has been challenging, it's also ultimately been very positive.
"Going into a show like this, I was like, ‘Okay, I'm gonna stay grounded. I'm not gonna react. I'm gonna be kind and graceful,'" she recalls. "My motto has always been, 'If you're not having fun, don't do it,' and I’m having fun. As challenging as housewives can be in certain moments, for the most part, I have had a blast. We laugh so hard.”
The veteran actress is also grateful for her long career in show biz.
"I think I've been really lucky, and I think that you always have to be open, because obviously as you get older, as women and as an actor, these jobs become very few and far between," she reflects. "I think I've been so lucky to continue to reinvent myself and do all these different things. And I'll just keep going. That’s the beauty of this business—you don’t have to retire. You can continue to work until your last breath."
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"Absolutely!” she tells Soap Opera Digest. "I love the soap world. You know I do. It's where I come from."
And, as it turns out, Lisa doesn't think a soap stint would be too far removed from filming RHOBH.
"It’s like doing Melrose Place on steroids. Now, that says a lot because Melrose is one of the craziest shows ever to have been made, and I'm now doing a show that is testing that," she says. "You take that as you will!”
Lisa reveals that although her experience on RHOBH has been challenging, it's also ultimately been very positive.
"Going into a show like this, I was like, ‘Okay, I'm gonna stay grounded. I'm not gonna react. I'm gonna be kind and graceful,'" she recalls. "My motto has always been, 'If you're not having fun, don't do it,' and I’m having fun. As challenging as housewives can be in certain moments, for the most part, I have had a blast. We laugh so hard.”
The veteran actress is also grateful for her long career in show biz.
"I think I've been really lucky, and I think that you always have to be open, because obviously as you get older, as women and as an actor, these jobs become very few and far between," she reflects. "I think I've been so lucky to continue to reinvent myself and do all these different things. And I'll just keep going. That’s the beauty of this business—you don’t have to retire. You can continue to work until your last breath."
Source/Photo Credit: Bravo