Inspirational Women In Hollywood: How Danielle Bisutti Of ‘God of War Ragnarök’ Is Helping To Shake Up The Entertainment Industry

An Interview With Elana Cohen

Your mental health is of the utmost importance. Never allow anyone, anything or any industry rob you of your dignity. Your dignity is an inside job. Make sure you are spending as much time taking care of your emotional and mental health as you are spending time at the gym, scouring the breakdowns, getting new head-shots, mingling at industry events and pounding the proverbial pavement. You are more valuable than any of that.

As a part of our series about Inspirational Women In Hollywood, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Danielle Nicole Bisutti.

Danielle Nicole Bisutti is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Amanda Cantwell on the Nickelodeon television series True Jackson, VP and the Norse goddess Freya in the 2018 video game, God of War, for which she received a British Academy Games Award for Performer nomination, and its 2022 sequel, God of War Ragnarök, for which she was nominated for the British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Supporting Role.

Thank you so much for doing this with us! Our readers would love to get to know you a bit better. Can you tell us the story of how you grew up?

I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California into a big Italian American family of artists, with many who made successful careers in the entertainment industry. My father, Richard Bisutti, was a child actor starring alongside Frank Sinatra, Gwen Verdon, and Hayley Mills in some of the biggest films and musicals of the time — Damn Yankees and Pollyanna, respectively. My mother, Diana, is a model, writer, painter, singer-songwriter, and musician. When I was five years old, we settled outside of the city into a house on a cul-de-sac, nestled in Simi Valley, a small suburb of Ventura County. I attended elementary to junior high school at our church, Grace Brethren. Drawn to the arts, I performed in skits, choir, and enjoyed cheerleading. However, the school didn’t have many opportunities to expand my burgeoning artistic abilities. There wasn’t ample funding available to support fully produced plays or musicals. So, my parents transitioned my brother and I to public school at Royal High School, where I experienced plays and musicals, singing in the Madrigal choir, playing basketball and volleyball, as well as participating in leadership, speech, and debate. I am blessed to say I thoroughly enjoyed my childhood experience all through those years.

Can you share a story with us about what brought you to this specific career path?

As someone raised in a family of artists in entertainment, you could say it’s in my blood. All roads paved before me led to my desire to be an actress, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter. They didn’t lead me down a path where the gates to the Hollywood kingdom were flung wide open, but the road did provide familiarity, support, and curiosity. One of my earliest memories was when I was five years old. After watching The Wizard of Oz, I enrolled my family members to reenact an abridged version of the movie in our backyard. I was Dorothy, of course, with my stuffed animal as Toto and my Dad, playing The Wicked Witch of the West. He even got a bucket of water poured over his head while crying “I’m melting! I’m melting!” From that moment on, I was hooked. My destiny led me exactly on the path of my dreams: acting and creating art in any form, expression, or capacity, on any level.

Can you tell us the most interesting story that happened to you since you began your career?

It’s hard to pinpoint just one story over the 25 years I’ve been at it professionally. There are multiple chapters in the book of my life capturing countless moments of bizarre, brilliant, and banal stories to choose from. I will say one interesting part of my life was when I was 19 and an extra on Friends, watching Jennifer Aniston go over her lines and blocking on set. I learned so much that day — it only seems like it happened yesterday to me.

This is the question that will, undoubtably, wake me up one night from a cold sleep remembering the perfect nostalgic story and regretting that it’s too late to change my answer. So, I will share something surprising that happened to me in 2014 that changed my life unequivocally and indelibly.

I auditioned for an “interactive game” that ended up being Sony PlayStation’s number one grossing video game of all time, God of War. Within the first 30 seconds of my audition, the creative director, Cory Barlog, knew I was his lead female character, The Norse Goddess “Freya.” That rarely happens, especially in a project that would elevate my career by garnering ground-breaking, world-wide success, critical acclaim, and two BAFTA nominations for my performance as Freya. When I booked that job for Sony Santa Monica Studios, I could’ve never imagined such a rewarding outcome and that is very interesting to me.

It has been said that our mistakes can be our greatest teachers. Can you share a story about the funniest mistake you made when you were first starting? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that?

Dear Lord in Heaven, how do I limit this answer to just one? This is the problem with being a Libra. Battling indecisiveness is a daily negotiation. I have made many missteps amongst all the right steps that led me to being a full-time, working actress for the past 25 years.

All of these rich experiences have channeled into the very complex women I tend to portray across a variety of scripted mediums. The first memory that comes to me is when I forgot who the director was at a callback and he was, shall we say, not at all impressed. In my defense, I was in my early twenties and this faux pas of epic proportions happened on a particularly bad day. L.A. traffic had me running late, per usual. Still young and inexperienced to the ways of Hollywood chaos, I didn’t have the funds needed to appease the parking meter gods. (This was before they accepted credit cards.)

The audition was located in one of those buildings with multiple rooms filled with other auditions and a circus of actors swarming the hallways reciting their lines, fixing their appearance, and anxiously awaiting their moment to read for the decisionmakers who held the fate of these dreams in their hands. I think I smuggled a quarter out of some random dude’s wallet but sadly, by the time I crossed La Cienega Blvd. to deposit that coin, a parking officer was already writing up my ticket. I had fortunately moved past my days as a hostess at Crustacean Restaurant in Beverly Hills and had a solid massage therapy practice, but money was still tight. A $68 ticket for an expired meter was not an event I could easily shake off.

It was enough to break me down into tears, and I begged the parking policewoman to please let me off the hook. She didn’t care about my Oscar Award Winning performance as “Young woman having an emotional breakdown over a parking ticket.” She had seen it all before. And so, parking ticket in hand, I crossed back over the street, playing Frogger with the high-end flashy vehicles nearly squashing me to death, and made my way back into the audition building for my callback. I went to the ladies’ room to freshen up my tear-stained face. It felt like too much to take at the time, but I was born a survivor, and nothing was going to stop me now. Except for…the moment a strange man stopped me in the hallway and said, “Danielle! Thanks so much for coming to the callback. It’s nice to see you again.” To which I said “Thank you so much. I’m sorry…have we met?” The strange man just stared at me for a few moments, then with the utmost distain he replied, “Yeah. I’m the director.” Needless to say, I knew I wasn’t getting the part.

He stalked off as I stood there, tail between my legs and feeling reduced to a big fat piece of nothing. Later when I heard my name called, I walked into the audition room but before I could even get my name out, the director stood up and said “Sorry, I have to make a phone call.” He flipped open his flip phone with pomp and circumstance, and promptly exited the room without making eye-contact. That was the last I saw of him. I was devastated. I stood there and performed my callback reduced to a spec of nothingness on the filthy carpet caked with the debris from cheap apartments and the sweat of desperate ambition. In retrospect, it was kind of mean-spirited of the dude, who’s name I still cannot recall. I mean lighten up guy, it was an honest mistake. But as woman who’s undergone years of therapy, I realize the only way through a moment like this is to take responsibility for my part. Victim be gone! So, I asked myself, what could I have done differently? What’s the “lesson?” I screwed up; I can admit that. It occurred to me after this innocent debacle that even if I don’t remember a person’s name, it’s a good idea to err on the side of caution and say, “It’s so great to see you.”

That phrase implies you’ve ostensibly met this person even if you have no recollection. It’s neutral enough to cover all of your bases and protect you from the sensitive egos that might torpedo your chances of getting the job over an innocent mistake. Let’s face it, no one is going to remember every single person they meet or, in any actor’s case, someone they don’t personally meet, rather one of many faces in a room of strangers staring at you while you perform the scene they’ve written, for the project they’re producing. Under such stressful circumstances where your career, the next couple months of rent, and a parking ticket hang in the balance, can someone be held responsible for making such an innocent mistake? You bet they can. Fake it till you make it, right?

Smile. Be gracious. Do your job, say “so nice to see you,” and get the hell out of there. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll book the job. In this industry you’ve got to have your own back and troubleshoot as much as you can. You only get one chance to make a first impression. If your heart and work ethic are in the right place, don’t allow naivety to be the thing to prevent you from getting the job, or stopping you from moving forward altogether.

None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?

There are so many people I am grateful for who’ve helped shape me, as an actress, artist, and woman. The list of names and the contributions they’ve made in my life would take up too much real estate, so I will focus on the most central figures who have not only supported me throughout this tenured journey in the entertainment industry but whom I could not have done this without.

First and foremost, I am grateful to my mother and father, Diana Ferrare-Magaldi and Richard Bisutti. I do not recall a moment in my life where either of my parents questioned my talent or unrelenting drive to make my dreams of being a successful actress-writer-producer-director-singer-songwriter a reality. There might have been moments where they wanted to, through some of the storms I weathered, through the uncertainty inherent in this feather-weathered industry of inclement conditions. My parents made a modest living, but nothing stopped them from affording me the lessons and experiences needed to shape me into the artist I am today. They are still my biggest fans and supporters, and for that I am eternally grateful. I have also been blessed with very supportive stepparents, Susan Bisutti who has always been one of my biggest cheerleaders (especially on social media) and my stepfather, Dennis Magaldi, who has treated me like one of his very own.

The other influential people who have made an indelible contribution in my artist’s journey are Lynn Wood, professor of voice and movement at Cal State Fullerton University’s Theatre program. Under her tutelage, I learned the nature of the five energies: flow, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. These primal movements unearthed sounds from my authentic voice, unlocked archaic informative memories and helped me access emotions tucked inside the psyche of my subconscious. These dark and mysterious waters were both fascinating and terrifying to this Christian girl who was cautioned to avoid the darker aspects of my humanity. But if I was to become a world-class actress, able to embody the complexities of these great literary characters, then I needed to access every part of myself. Lynn’s confronting and freeing work gave me the ability to do just that. In many ways this work was the genesis of my artistry.

Lastly, I would attribute my primary inspiration to become successful in the entertainment industry to my maternal aunt, Cristina Ferrare. I have always admired her beauty, abundance of talents, tenacity, and infectious energy. As a young girl, I looked up to her like a goddess in my world. She has always been a source of encouragement, generosity, and support and for that, I am so grateful.

You have been blessed with great success in a career path that can be challenging. Do you have any words of advice for others who may want to embark on this career path, but seem daunted by the prospect of failure?

In this business I have found that it’s imperative to shapeshift your relationship with failure. The uncertainty of this industry requires one to be audacious with almost every step. When I read the book Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success by John C. Maxwell, it changed my life forever. If you read the autobiography of just about any massively successful individual, you’ll learn in their admissions that every single failure led them to their windfall of success. Trusting the process is vital. It can feel overwhelmingly painful when the process doesn’t go the way you think it should, but most likely it’s happening exactly as it’s meant to be. Perhaps for some people success happens overnight. I’ve never met those people, but like unicorns, I am certain they exist. For most people, their success can be attributed to the learning and refinement that came on the tail end of their so-called “failures.” What if we reframe that term and call these moments “learning lessons?” Words have power. So do the thoughts we associate with them.

The way to success in an industry where there is no linear roadmap to follow, no degree that guarantees you employment, and you are only as good as your last project, involves coming to terms with the fact that not everything is going to unfold the way you planned. In fact, sometimes it’s in the mistakes where life hands you that unexpected left turn leading you to the path you were meant to be on.

There are so many aspects of this career path out of your control. But if you choose this path, choose it wisely. Choose it because you love it, and it is who you are. This path requires devotion, work ethic, curiosity, education, resiliency, tenacity, talent, support, relationships, innovation, and passion. Does it feel joyful? Is it fun? Is it your heart’s song? If yes, then do it. Do it no matter what. And remember to take care of yourself in the process. Your mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical state of being are the cornerstone and of the utmost importance. Maintain your sense of self first. Your autonomy. Your value. Your agency. Your worth. Your sovereignty. Remember there is only one you. You were created for a specific purpose, not by accident. The world needs you. When I finally arrived at this epiphany in my life, it gave me the freedom I had been searching for. I gave it to myself and, therefore, no one can take that away.

I would encourage you to study your craft. Study humanity. Expand your frame of reference through classes, techniques, and new experiences. Keep a small circle of friends who truly have your back and cheer you on during your victories as much as they show up for you in your times of despair. One of the biggest things I can impart upon you is to create your own content while you’re out auditioning for other people’s projects. Don’t wait for someone else to hand you your dreams, go out and make them happen.

For me, my faith in God, prayer, meditation, daily gratitude, yoga practice and close relationships have been my peace and calm. They are the grounding inside the storms of life. God created each of us for a specific purpose. Go forward with the confidence knowing that your talents and dreams are worthy of being realized simply because they are your heart’s desire.

Every industry iterates and seeks improvement. What changes would you like to see in the industry going forward?

I learned somewhere along the way that I cannot change the industry. There are aspects that are wonderful and aspects that are horrible. I can speak my truth and advocate for what I feel is right, fair, and just. But ultimately, I needed to change my feelings about how the industry operates. To not allow myself to get devoured by the inequities and injustices I was not in control of. This is when I decide to innovate and emancipate. Necessity is the mother of invention, and I believe everything happens for a reason.

You have such impressive work. What are some of the most interesting or exciting projects you are working on now? Where do you see yourself heading from here?

What’s next in the acting realm is a film festival premiere for a noir fantasy horror drama called The Blue Rose, executive produced by Jay Von Hoy (The Witch, The Lighthouse) and Tracie Lynn, and produced by Athena Pictures. The film was written and directed by George Baron who co-stars alongside Olivia Scott Welch (Fear Street, Lucky Hank). The Blue Rose follows two rookie detectives who set out to solve a homicide but end up in an alternate reality made up of their worst nightmares. I play the enigmatic femme fatale, Norma Steele. Red lips, red nails, and secrets galore. I also wrote the theme song, “The Blue Rose,” that will be featured in the film score’s overture composed by Alexander Burke.

This year is already shaping up to be a very busy season for my company, Perfect Timing Productions. We have several projects we’ve been nurturing that are ready to go into production. This includes two feature films: a dystopian sci-fi, thriller-horror, Osiris, co-written with my partner Nickolas Dimondi, and a psychological-thriller, horror, fantasy drama Wake Me. We are also producing a darkly comedic web-series called Damsels, co-created with my partner Amber Henley who also co-stars alongside me. We aim to release it on my Perfect Timing Productions YouTube channel and possibly Amazon Prime sometime in the Fall of 2023.

Last November, in celebration of God of War Ragnarök’s release, we premiered Song of the Valkyrie, a Norse Mythology inspired fantasy music film set to a cover of Lana Del Rey’s song “Video Games.” This epic music video is a love letter to the God of War fans, Sony Santa Monica Studios, and my beloved role as Freya. Although the narrative is not from GOW Ragnarök, the suggestions in it might be *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* so please watch accordingly.

All of our projects can be found on our YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/@perfecttimingproductions and our website www.perfecttimingproductions.com

My future career goals are to continue expanding my work as actress in all mediums but in particular, I’d love to find a juicy series regular role in a dynamic show streaming or on cable. In 2020, my series regular role, “Hexela” in BYUtv’s family-friendly single-camera comedy, Dwight in Shining Armor, was some of the most fun I’ve ever had as an actress. I felt so free to explore and get whacky playing a sassy, mysterious, medieval witch acclimating to modern-day life in Middle America. I find it so rewarding to grow with my characters throughout their journey. I would also love to make a bigger impact in the feature film world. Right now, my genres have been in the horror-thriller and fantasy space, which I adore. I’d also love to expand into all genres of feature films and work with some of the great directors and screenplay writers of our generation. As a newly burgeoning filmmaker, I intend to continue creating projects that are meaningful to me with the intention of powerfully moving our audience whether it be by tears, laughter, introspection, or innovation. As a singer-songwriter, I plan to release another creative cover song music video to Pearl Jam’s “Better Man” with my female trio, BLOOM (Rachel Krishna Anderson and Michelle Elliott Rearick) and continue writing songs for the projects I am in, as well remain open to any other musical endeavors that present themselves. I will always be learning and creating.

We are very interested in looking at diversity in the entertainment industry. Can you share three reasons with our readers why you think it’s important to have diversity represented in film and television? How can that potentially affect our culture and our youth growing up today?

Diversity and inclusion are important simply because they reflect the world in which we live. A beautifully diverse world of human beings from all different backgrounds, heritages, ethnicities, and belief systems. Every story, no matter what culture it derives from, has a common thread: the human experience. These stories have the power to connect us with our commonalities and expand us through our differences. The desire to be seen, heard, and represented is in our human nature. Seeing our culture and heritage represented can create a sense of belonging, value, and connection. But our dignity is inherent inside the blueprint of our being and no person, ad, TV program, or film can ever take that away. I agree it’s imperative that people from all walks of life have access to opportunities that interest them. There is enough to go around. And if a door should close on any one of us, then perhaps the door to emancipate and innovate just opened. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Everyone has a story to tell, and these are human stories worth telling and worthy of being heard. We are more alike than not.

What are your “5 things I wish someone told me when I first started” and why? Please share a story or example for each.

1. Trust my intuition. That small subtle voice has always led me in the right direction. Whenever I have ignored it, I’ve always regretted it. It’s the voice of our utmost wisdom desiring to guide us to our truth.

2. Keep in mind that it’s a business, not a rejection. Actors deal with “rejection” on a daily basis. The moment I realized it wasn’t personal and just “business,” was the moment I emancipated myself from anyone else validating my desires to thrive.

3. It’s okay to part ways in relationships, business or personal, that have run their course. Letting go can be painful, awkward, uncomfortable. But sometimes, it is necessary in order to move forward. When we do so with courage, maturity, and grace it can actually set the other person free. It also frees us up to be partnered with someone more aligned with who we are in that moment of our lives. We can have gratitude for the time and experiences cultivated with that relationship and still have the courage to move on. How we handle ourselves and the words we choose in these difficult situations reflect our character. Stand strong in your truth. We can be kind, gracious and loving when saying “goodbye.”

4. If you know you want to be an actor, start as young as possible. I have learned that securing a stronghold in the industry at a younger age is beneficial. It’s more difficult to become what the industry would consider a “bankable actor” when you are older. I do attribute much value and life lessons from going to school, getting a degree in the theatre arts, and having a semblance of a “normal childhood.” But if you’re also able to break through the entertainment industry’s glass ceiling when you’re young, it might be a good idea.

5. Start writing and producing your own projects as soon as possible. With the advent of smart phones and computers, there is nothing stopping you from telling your own story. Gather your creative friends. Have fun! Experiment. The more you create the better you’ll become. It’s all a process.

6. Speak up for yourself. If you are unsafe, physically, or sexually harassed, discriminated against, or bullied, you have a right to protect yourself. There are organizations designed to help you. Don’t be afraid to reach out.

7. Your mental health is of the utmost importance. Never allow anyone, anything, or any industry rob you of your dignity. Your dignity is an inside job. Make sure you are spending as much time taking care of your emotional and mental health as you are spending time at the gym, scouring the breakdowns, getting new headshots, mingling at industry events, and pounding the proverbial pavement. You are more valuable than any of that.

Can you share with our readers any self-care routines, practices, or treatments that you do to help your body, mind, or heart to thrive? Please share a story for each one if you can.

I absolutely adore and cherish my self-care rituals and routines that keep me balanced, joyful, youthful, and operating in optimal health. Ever since I stood their enamored, watching the nightly skincare routine of both of my luminous grandmothers, I have maintained a thorough skincare regimen every night (and morning) with the most high-end skincare products that nourish, hydrate, and restore my skin. This nightly routine takes about 15 minutes and I relish every second of it. Physically, right now it’s about building and maintaining my strength, endurance, agility, and flexibility in my body. I achieve this through lifting weights, any form of dance, ballet barre, Pilates, and yoga. I still enjoy cardio in the form of a low-impact spin class, stairs, walks in nature, hikes, and riding a bike but, I have discovered that too intense cardio brings me into an anaerobic state causing the stress hormone cortisol to spike which causes the body to store and produce fat. Also, skimping out on meals or skipping meals has the opposite effect. Instead of losing calories, the body goes into starvation mode and holds onto fat because it doesn’t know the next time it will get sustenance.

I realized that food serves best as fuel to my body and the cleaner, more organic I eat, the better my body operates and performs. I practice sporadic juice fasting and also practice dry months without alcohol or caffeine so that my body’s energy and wind-down cycles are restored to their natural state. The older I get, the more I realize smaller meals throughout the day keep my metabolism engaged and burning, like adding kindling to a fire. The result is a lean, healthy, energized body functioning at its optimal capacity. It feels good to elevate my heart rate, break a nice little sweat, and get my circulation going.

My tenants of good health are Sleep. Exercise. Meditation. Prayer. Self-Care. Pause. Rest. Nature. Gratitude journaling. Massage. Energy work. Breath work. Aromatherapy. Mental therapy. Somatic therapy. Mindfulness. Becoming present to my surroundings. My belief in God, a higher power that connects us all. Charity work. Being of Service. Random Acts of kindness. Showing up for the people I love. Family-time. Fun with friends. Nurturing my relationships and personal time as much as I do my creative career. Letting go. Travel. Learning something new. Speaking the truth even when it’s scary, hard, uncomfortable, painful, and having the grace, courage, and maturity to listen to someone else’s truth. I may not agree, and that’s okay. But when I listen, show compassion, and do my best to understand, or even have empathy for someone else’s experience, perhaps these are the first steps to shapeshifting the current state of our world. It starts with me. It starts with each of us. It takes doing the confronting and challenging inner work. Then choosing to do it every single day.

I aim to get 8–9 hours of sleep every night, to recharge my battery. If I don’t get that full cycle, I will take a nap. I operate on so many high functioning cylinders every single day with numerous creative projects, partners and circle of family and friends that if I don’t get my rest, I am hurting the next day. I love teas and tonics as much as I love a glass of wine or whiskey.

At any age, mental health matters. Especially in this digital age where the images we are inundated with every single day are not 100% real. Many times, they are manufactured to showcase the ideal image or story someone wants to believe is real. But life isn’t like this 99% of the time. It’s messy. It’s imperfect. It’s human and that is what makes it so beautiful. This is what connects us. Not those rare moments of fleeting glory where everything is working in the most optimal capacity or fabricated in such a way that it appears to be “perfect.” When things do click, it’s awesome. It’s cause for a celebration. There’s nothing to be ashamed of when things are firing perfectly on all cylinders and absolutely a reason to share the victory! But remember: WE ARE JUST AS LOVABLE WHEN THINGS ARE WORKING PERFECTLY AS WE ARE WHEN NOTHING IS WORKING AT ALL. WE ARE LOVABLE IN THE LIGHT AND THE DARK. WE ARE VALUABLE AND LOVABLE. WE ARE ENOUGH.

Can you please give us your favorite “Life Lesson Quote”? Can you share how that was relevant to you in your life?

There are so many quotes that served as the elixir I needed in a particular moment to offer me a kernel of wisdom or inspiration to keep going. The perspective needed to transmute my current state of mind so that I realized it was just a moment, and this too shall pass. There is a Martha Graham quote that struck me so deeply in my twenties, I was inspired to write a song called, “The Quickening.” Over the years, Martha’s wisdom served as an encouraging reminder that there is only one me in the entire universe. Even when I doubt myself, I must share my unique talents. I must keep on going. Martha said to Agnes de Mille on creativity, “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased…there is no satisfaction whatever, at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction. A blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”

In essence, be YOU, 100% unapologetically you with grace, gratitude, and humility. Never let anyone tell you that you don’t belong or there is no room for your voice, for your unique expression. I know it’s a cliché, but we are all snowflakes, one of a kind. Even when others might tell you that you should stop. Don’t stop. Keep moving.

You are a person of enormous influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be?

Mental and emotional health through self-regulation. Everything starts from a person’s point of view. Our past experiences inform the perception of our present moment and affect our worldview. These memories that are instilled in our psyche might cause us to react rather than make a sound decision. Emotional reactions are not made from a place of empowered choice. And since all of our collective points-of-view make up the world around us, I feel the most important thing is for people to take on their mental and emotional wellbeing with the utmost care. How can we create a well-adjusted world that works when we are constantly at odds with ourselves? It quite simply cannot happen. It’s not until we come to terms with our own inner monster, born from the unresolved childhood trauma that keeps us “stuck in a moment we can’t get out of,” that we will no longer be a prisoner to the past that replays like a broken record in our mind. Then comes acceptance, forgiveness, and full integration of self. We can move forward and make empowered choices. We can create from a place of authenticity when we’ve walked through the refiner’s fire.

Is there a person in the world whom you would love to have lunch with, and why? Maybe we can tag them and see what happens!

It’s impossible for me to choose just one, so here are a few that I currently feel drawn to with curiosity and alignment.

Elon Musk for many reasons but most pressing would be to discuss how we can keep AI from destroying civilization.

Cristopher Nolan because I love his films and his interstellar mind. He is the preeminent director I would be so honored to work with.

Jennifer Todd and Suzanne Todd because I have a psychological thriller, fantasy, horror feature film project they would be the absolute best producers for.

Dede Gardner because every film she produces at Plan B is poignant and societally shapeshifting.

Actress-Producer Reese Witherspoon because she is committed to uplifting female content creators, filmmakers, producers, and actresses. She is a role model of mine.

I’m interested in telling stories that are as confronting as they are entertaining, light-hearted as they are soul fulfilling. A combination of laughter and tears, deep contemplation, and everything in between. I am interested in connecting and creating with individuals who care deeply about humanity by telling stories and innovating inventions that propel society forward.

Are you on social media? How can our readers follow you online?

@DanielleBisutti on socials (Twitter, IG, TikTok and Facebook)

https://www.youtube.com/@perfecttimingproductions

www.PerfectTimingProductions.com

This was so informative, thank you so much! We wish you continued success!