A: I’m a Los Angeles native and grew up around the industry. When I was in preschool my best friend was an actress, I used to go on auditions and commercial shoots with her and was fascinated with everything I experienced. She ended up doing fairly well for herself and landed a sitcom back in the 90’s. When I was about 7 years old my mother was approached by a big agent who wanted to rep me, she declined the offer, afraid that that type of business at a young age would corrupt me. Little did she know that life corrupts regardless. In retrospect, I’d rather be fucked in the head and be able to pay my bills, then fucked in the head and broke. Such is life. Anyway, little side tracked there… I was born and raised in Los Angeles, which is and always will be my home. I’ve always been around, been friends with, ‘famous people,’ successful people, it’s normal to me. Regardless of their stature or status in society, people are people, all have problems, some have really cool jobs. I choose to keep the good people in my life. You know, success, to me anyway, simply means that you love what you do and are able to make a living doing what you love. It’s the point when work no longer feels like work. That’s my take anyway. I’ve gone off on a tangent. I’ve acted on an off for years, acting is really how I got into this business. Acting quickly proved to not be artistically satisfying enough, while I love to act I also love to create, so I went to College and got my BA in television/film where I focused on writing, producing, directing, and editing. I made sure to learn all the jobs so that I could function properly behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera. It helped immensely with my acting. Knowing how it all works together to make a project helped me to become more confident and comfortable in my skin. Some of my short films can be seen here: youtube.com/davidsondana I’m greatly influenced by Greenaway, Jodorowsky, Svankmajer, Tim Maloney, as well as others, the list is long..

          A: I really don’t remember. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’m pretty sure, as far as I can recall, I was the leads best friend. My role in this movie was that of the ditzy blond girl who was best friends with the main character. Originally I was offered the lead role but declined due to the fact that I do not do free or low pay nudity, for me to get naked I really have to believe in the artistic integrity of a project and totally trust the direction of the director, a decision that I do not regret.

          A: As I said before, I have not seen this movie, and don’t have any plans to.

          A: This movie was difficult for many reasons which I choose not to discuss but the most difficult part of making this movie was the day of shooting in the woods. We were given no breaks, no food until dinner time, little water, and were running around all day for something like 8 hours in the summer heat. But, that’s the way that it goes sometimes, that’s a non-union shoot. I really don’t have much that I can say about this other than I learned a valuable lesson on this set and that lesson was, do the best you can even if the circumstances of the process are not good for your method of production or process.

          A: I’ve done interviews and reviews for www.fatally-yours.com and I also write for a magazine called Citizen LA where I have a monthly column and interview and write articles on relevant people as well as photograph them. I really enjoy interviewing people because I like to get to know the world of others. What makes them tick and what in their past has influenced them to be who they are today.

          As far as movie reviews go, at this point in my life I prefer to just watch movies. I’m a little over reviewing them. The way I see it is this… who am I to judge your artistic expression? Yes, I can tear apart a movie based on the technical aspects of it. I can give pointers on what could make it better, but in the end, it all boils down to personal taste, and I think that that is a very bias and unfair way to rate any movie, but the world is a very unfair place where people give good reviews to their friends and those who’s ass they choose to kiss, it’s part of life, a part of life I am a little sick of.

          Personally, when watching a movie I just want to be entertained, to forget about my life long enough to be taken into another persons world. I want a movie to make me FEEL something. I look for good technical execution, decent acting, and a great story so that the techniques used don’t pull me out of the experience.

          A: With “Killer: Dead or Alive” it was my second time working with Scott Shaw, he works in an interesting way, it’s all improv. He gives the basis of what he hopes the story will end up, the type of character he wants you to play, and says go. With this movie I was better able to work in that way having already had the experience working with him before in, “The Final Kiss.” Scott Shaw is a loyal person, if he likes your acting he will try to use you as an actor over and over again. Sadly, I haven’t had the time to work with him on other projects though he has offered. The reality of working on any movie, improve or scripted, is you never know how it will turn out, how they will change it as they go, and how they will change it in editing. As an actor you really have to relinquish control and just do your best during the time you are there.

          A: “The Final Kiss” was the first movie I worked on with Scott Shaw. It was also my first experience making a feature length film that had no script, just a concept, where I had to improve everything. It was a great exercise in acting and I learned a lot. That’s all you can do, learn from your mistakes and move on. I usually only watch the movies I am in once so that I can be self critical and learn from the mistakes I made.

          A: I’m currently writing my first novel and finishing up some short stories. I’ve been focusing on writing lately because it is truly a wonderful place of expression where I feel totally free and comfortable. I’ve been doing some modeling work, which is fun because I don’t have to talk or write, and I recently had a very small role in a new movie, “An American Hero,” where I got to work with my dear friend, actor Gary Cairns II. In a year from now I’ll still be making my short films which you can view on youtube.com/davidsondana, hopefully I will be acting in a fun and amazingly gory horror film, and have my book published or at least the first draft done, it’s a futuristic scifi/horror/negative utopia novel.

          A: Yes, there are many. I’d love to work with my friend James Wan, I really like what he did with the first “Saw” as well as “Death Sentence” and having successfully worked with him on a title sequence for his short film, “Doggy Heaven,” for X-Box Live, I’d like to see what he is like as a director directing me as an actor. James Gunn seems like he’d be cool to work with as well, from what I’ve seen, he seems to have a great sense of humor. Rob Zombie, Peter Greenaway, Michael Haneke, Dean Devlin, Guillermo del Toro, Wes Craven, Joss Whedon, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Clive Barker… but seriously, there are too many talented people to list, just having the opportunity to work with talented professionals is all I can hope for.

          A: I look for something interesting, something I haven’t done before, fun, challenging, it really all depends on my mood.

          A: I like television because the character and story arc can last years and happen at a slower pace. My favorites are Dexter, Buffy, Absolutley Fabulous, The Young Ones, Kids In The Hall, Simpsons, but I don’t really watch television, I usually wait till it’s out on DVD. I love movies because, I just do. I’d probably have to choose television because there is more variation in that medium, 30 min., one hour, miniseries, television movies, etc. Plus television is more accessible to people who can’t afford to go to the movies, or at least it use to be, before they decided to convert to digital and force the pore to purchase digital converter boxes…. But I digress… As far as short films, I love creating short films because I don’t care if people like them, I don’t care if they think they are shit, they are a true form of my self expression, mode, and place in life. The answer is, I can’t choose one…

          A: I love ballet and trained for many years. When I was in my early teens I lived on the streets and I’d panhandle to pay for ballet class.

          A: The last thing I watched was Metalocalypse