Is there a downside being eternally recognizable as Reva Shayne Lewis?
KZ: Let me tell you something: I’m recognizable as soap star, Kim Zimmer, but in Hollywood and on Broadway, I’m still new to them. In soaps, yes, I am Reva Shayne to all the soap-casting directors, but at the end of the day, I am an actor who was born to and craves to play different roles. If soaps want to be narrow-minded and see me only as Reva, then that’s their loss. TVG: I think you’re wise to pursue other mediums at this point. Although, I do think you should play up the fact that you deservedly won four Daytime Emmy Awards, which is quite the accomplishment. Do you think your Emmys will help you out in the “real world?” KZ: No. Well, it helps my agents to get me auditions or land me on Dancing With The Stars. [Laughs] Now that I’m no longer a CBS star perhaps landing on that ABC prime-time sensation will be easier. Since the first season, I have followed Dancing, and I would love to be a contestant on the show. I think I would have a ball doing it as Cloris Leachman did! TVG: Ar
