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		<title>The Inner Actor - the psychology of acting and performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By guest author Carmen Lynne
After spending the greater part of my life as an actress and performer, I became a therapist in early 2007.
While I still do a little bit of acting when I have a chance, I now mainly spend my time helping other people to fulfill their creative ambitions or to just learn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/691/acting-emotion-and-personal-growth/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[It can be a major decision to be a mother and still pursue a demanding life as an artist.
On her Twitter profile, Amanda Bynes says:
i want to be a mom but not til i&#8217;m 30 and even if i get married b4 then i still want to wait to have kids til long after i&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/680/amanda-bynes-kyra-sedgwick-anjelica-huston-on-motherhood/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[What choices and compromises do you make to gain attention and opportunities as an actor?
Romola Garai has expressed a number of thoughtful perspectives on these topics. Here are some quotes from her imdb.com profile.
On Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights :
&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t have done something that I thought had no merit in it at all, but I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/674/romola-garai-on-potential-distortions-of-an-acting-career/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joan Chen comments about first seeing &#8220;Edward Scissorhands&#8221; in 1990:

&#8220;It was unique cinema that felt like pure magic. The bizarre beauty of the film and the gentle hero with his lethally sharp scissorhands stayed with me through out the years.
&#8220;Looking back, after almost 20 years, I now understand better the fierce longing and intense loneliness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/672/joan-chen-on-the-emotional-need-to-retreat/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think it&#8217;s my job to risk looking foolish. One of the things I&#8217;ve learned from the actors I&#8217;ve worked with is you don&#8217;t get something for nothing. If you don&#8217;t risk looking foolish, you&#8217;ll never do anything special.&#8221; Ethan Hawke
Those quotes are from the article Ethan Hawke says &#8216;Daybreakers&#8217; is no &#8216;Twilight&#8217;: &#8216;It&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/664/ethan-hawke-on-using-multiple-talents-and-interests/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bryce Dallas Howard portrays the &#8220;unapologetic&#8221; Fisher Willow in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, from a screenplay by Tennessee Williams.
Howard says &#8220;The Hollywood scene, these parties, freak me out. I&#8217;ve never had a sip of alcohol in my life. I wasn&#8217;t interested in losing control.
&#8220;There was alcoholism in my family, so I saw the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/657/bryce-dallas-howard-on-learning-more-fearlessness-from-her-character/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amber Riley is one of the dynamic actor-singers on the musical/comedy series Glee. She recalls her rejection from American Idol:
“My life was crushed when they told me ‘No.&#8217; But I was 17, it was a long time ago and rejection like that only makes you stronger, gets you asking — how can I better myself?” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/654/amber-riley-on-rejection-how-can-i-better-myself/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evan Rachel Wood says, “I used to not even be able to order pizza on the phone because I was just so shy.&#8221; She thinks acting allows so much to come out on-screen, “because that’s my time to let go in a safe place.”
Scarlett Johansson has noted that sensitivity can have a dark side: “I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/651/using-your-high-sensitivity-personality/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julie Benz (on auditioning for &#8220;Dexter&#8221;): I had to come in with no makeup on and in sweats.
And then I took it a step further because they wanted me to look really downtrodden, so I actually drank wine so I was hung over and I put mascara in my hair to give myself really bad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/638/acting-careers-lea-michele-and-julie-benz-on-the-challenges-of-auditioning/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our personal identity &#8211; and how confident we are with it &#8211; can have a huge impact on our esteem and how fully we express our talents.
Here are some quotes from the article: Ian McKellen reflects on &#8216;The Prisoner,&#8217; Gandalf and gay rights, By Matea Gold, The Los Angeles Times.
In his view, Hollywood still hasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theinneractor.com/634/ian-mckellen-on-telling-the-truth-so-you-dont-sell-your-soul/</link>
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