I met Mark as I tried out to be The New Face of Fox on Saturday, March 20, 2010. I got his picture and autograph that I have in my living room with my other powerful-motivational pictures! He gave a very intense interview. Some of the things he said, I have also heard Michael Jackson say about being a celebrity!
SPANISH-AMIGA$$: Do you feel education is the key out of poverty?
MARK: I believe there are many keys that lead one out of poverty, as well as many that lead one into it as well. I do agree that education plays a big part because we have seen many times in our history of what happens to those whole dwell in ignorance. That is why it is often whispered by the wise that those who fail to learn from (let alone actually learn) history are doomed to repeat it. Knowledge offers power, sparks imagination and ambition, and teaches one that anything is possible if one actually applies one's self.
SPANISH-AMIGA$$: What education do you have?
MARK: I can argue that I have many. As for formal, I graduated from the University of New Mexico with a degree in Marketing and Finances. I thought I was to be a banker or a captain of industry. The problem is that I have no interest in selling people something they do not want or need. My grand desire was not to make all the money in the world. Money can not buy you happiness, only a richer form of misery. I think I have learned more in my years outside of college, but I must give credit where credit is due. If I had not attended college, had I not strived for a higher education, I fear that I would have missed out on the true wealth of knowledge this world has to offer.
SPANISH-AMIGA$$: Do you feel your education has made your life better?
MARK: Absolutely.
SPANISH-AMIGA$$: What has being The Face of Fox taught you?
MARK: Oh, where to start? It has taught me politics, social stigmas, and the bizarre weight people place on the idea of celebrity. It has taught me who my friends really are and about the cruel stings of jealousy. It is a funny thing when you are in the public eye. Many people think they are granted the right to criticize who you are and can tell you who they want you to be. Yet, from all of this, I learned the most important thing that I believe being The Face of FOX can teach: to endure. Over the last two years, I have learned much about myself and accomplished much that I thought I never would. I have stronger confidence in myself and little fear of things I once used to tremble before daily. Have I failed? Yes! But, I have learned that failure is not something to fear, but to embrace for it teaches how to adapt, do better, and try harder.
SPANISH-AMIGA$$: Do you apply your own makeup or do you have a makeup artist?
MARK: I actually apply my own. I don't need much, just a little powder here and there.
SPANISH-AMIGA$$: What advice would you give all the hopefuls for The Next Face of Fox?
MARK: My best advice is to be yourself. I believe that that is such a powerful necessity that I'm going to say it again: be yourself. It's all we really want. I got the job because I wasn't afraid to be myself, and I let that shine confidently. There are so many levels to this too. Don't tell us what you think we want to hear. Don't invent a seemingly more interesting character that you would rather be and act that out. I see contestants doing it now, and it's not what we want. We literally mean this so much that it's even in the rules! Be yourself. The rest will come naturally. Secondly, if you simply want this job for your own personal gain, you've already lost. This is a job! People are not going to drive you around in limos. You will not be offered V.I.P. access to the hottest clubs. You are going to work.
SPANISH-AMIGA$$: What TV experience did you have before you received the job as The Face of Fox?
MARK: Well, it is a funny story. Like many others interested in the growing film industry here in New Mexico, I started with a few background roles. Later, I did stand-in work for Paul Bettany on the set of the film 'Legion'. But my greatest experience had to be my first speaking role on the television show 'In Plain Sight'.... The rest is history. A year later, I was The Face of FOX.
SPANISH-AMIGA$$: What are your plans as you exit being The Face of Fox?
MARK: I have many ambitions and offers, but one I really want to focus on is being a motivational speaker. I had the opportunity to talk to many people, share knowledge, and really make a difference. I remember nothing that felt better than that. Aside from that, I am planning on moving later this year, but until then, I plan on taking a job someplace quiet for awhile.
SPANISH-AMIGA$$: Where do you see yourself in ten years from now?
MARK: I have to say that of all the questions, this is easily the most difficult to answer. I could answer it with plenty of scenarios like achieving movie stardom or immortalized as a pop music god, but I believe that is all wishful thinking. Where this life will truly take me, I do not know. I have some ideas of where I would like it to go, but I don't want to ruin the surprise. Though, if an answer is something you crave, then, I shall say that I see myself in ten years time living life and living it well. I cannot ask for more.
Again, this was an intense interview. He was honest about being a celebrity, and I respect that. If I do not get the job of being The Face of Fox, I will do like the contestants on America's Next Top Model and American Idol, I will be back next year! Until my next great interview, dream big because dreaming is STILL free! Spanish-Amiga$$
WORKS CITED
Underwood, Mark. Monday, March 22, 2010. Personal Communication via e-mail.
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