“Acting is telling a story, and you’re part of telling that story. In some ways therapy helps more than acting class. You realize why you operate in certain ways.”
Heather Graham [in our interview several years ago about making "Lost in Space"] expressed one of the most valuable and positive reasons for therapy or counseling: knowing [...]

Director Jane Campion said about working with Nicole Kidman: “She can be quite murderously challenging in her perfectionism. Take Twenty: ‘Are you sure that’s good enough?’ We’re going, [wearily] ‘Yeah.’ “
A number of talented and accomplished actors and other creative people are energized - or burdened - by this drive. Jennifer Connelly has admitted, “I [...]

A number of actors advise pursuing this very demanding career only if you can’t feel right doing anything else. And a number of highly talented actors change direction into writing, producing or some other vocation.
You need to be aware of what is really driving you.
Maria Bello [left] was often asked by her best friend at [...]

“I love to act because it’s the only aspect of my life beside God and family that I am truly passionate about on a daily basis.”
Michael Ealy [currently in the Showtime series “Sleeper Cell”] continues, “I thank God for not only the gift of creative expression but also surrounding me with others who both possess [...]

One of the controveries of “Memoirs of a Geisha” has been the casting of Chinese, rather than Japanese, actresses in principal roles, although director Rob Marshall has said the casting was based on talent.
But portrayals - even of us WASPs - impact our identity.
Actor Delanna Studi [photo] points out, “Native youths don’t see themselves on [...]

Getting caught up in the more “serious” aspects of a career, you may lose contact with that child part of being an actor.
As psychologist Robert Maurer noted in an interview that children are “playacting from the time they have words and the ability to move. They begin fantasizing, playing, imagining, and creating. To me, that’s [...]