LA Lights: 'Siren' breakout star Natalee Linez on writing to Jim Carey and dealing with rejection in Hollywood

A huge fan of Ace Ventura, this Orange County native knew when she was just 6 years old that she wanted to follow in the footsteps of her inspiration Jim Carrey
UPDATED MAR 1, 2019

Los Angeles, undoubtedly, is the City of Dreams. Always moving, always glamorous with crops of opportunities in every nook and cranny, it's no surprise people that from all over the world come into the city with their hopes and dreams packed up in a suitcase.

Everyone is looking for that one golden ticket that will catapult them to the spotlight and for some, the stars align. For others, reality paints a different picture. The sun gets scorching and the glamor just looks like badly bleached blonde hair, turning their big break into the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Irrespective of how the story ends, nothing seems to shake the belief that this is where their dreams will come true.  So what makes this struggle worth it? We speak to aspiring talents from the city of Los Angeles to find out.

LA Lights: Natalee Linez lets us in on what it takes to make it in LA (Alex Stone)
LA Lights: Natalee Linez lets us in on what it takes to make it in LA (Alex Stone)

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