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Many creative people, including actors, actively pursue fame, or at least endure it, as a way to advance their careers. But fame may also be driven by hidden emotional needs, and can lead to harmful expectations and distorted thinking on both sides. …
The recent Golden Globe Awards provided an example. Scarlett Johansson was interviewed by [...]
“Brokeback Mountain” director Ang Lee was keen on teaching Heath Ledger how “to capture stillness” - one of [Ledger’s character Ennis] Del Mar’s signature traits - which was hard for Ledger, who can get twitchy.
“Sometimes I find it hard sitting still, usually when I’m in the spotlight or even in rehearsal. My nervous energy comes [...]
In a recent interview, Philip Seymour Hoffman [Best Actor Oscar nominee for “Capote”] admitted he used drugs and alcohol earlier in his life. A lot. “It was all that stuff. It was anything I could get my hands on. I liked it all.” He got sober, he says, because “You get panicked. I was 22, [...]
