Marjo-Riikka Makela

Marjo-Riikka Makela Marjo-Riikka Mäkelä (born 7th May, 1977) is a Finnish stage and independent film actress, director, acting coach, and the founder of Los Angeles-based acting studio Chekhov Studio International. Quotes Acting is not a profession of competing with other actors, but rather a vocation of sharing with fellow human beings. 2009 speech at the opening ceremony for Chekhov Studio International Los Angeles (online and books.google.com) I never seem to have excuses good enough to not to create every day. I cannot help it, creating is like breathing for me, involuntary, necessary, and the fuller I do it, the more alive I feel. Los Angeles lecture on being an artist at Chekhov Studio International while teaching a workshop with Matthew Davis January 11th & 12th 2014 External links Category:Actresses from Finland Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Theatre directors Category:Immigrants to the United States Category:Women born in the 1970s