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Heather Graham
“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: [...]
A demanding career
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 on being of service
Maria Bello [left] was [...]
A state of gratitude
“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 [...]
Chinese or Japanese?
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.
Native Americans are sometimes mistaken for Latinos
Actor Delanna Studi [photo] [...]
Imagination is our essence
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. [...]
Maybe all of us need to alter our feelings and state of mind at times. Mountain climbing, skydiving, yoga, using drugs and alcohol are all ways, as noted by psychologist David Duncan in his article Human’s Need To Alter Consciousness. [This is an article on a huge addiction research and treatment site that I am [...]
