Such a busy mind
Amanda Bynes, talking about going to college, commented, “I have such a busy mind and it’s really hard for me to do one thing at a time. I can’t only be acting. I have to either be reading something or drawing. It’s hard for me to sit still.”
Finding it “hard to sit still” is what Heath Ledger talks about as “nervous energy” [see post 3.07.2006 below] and having “such a busy mind” is another form of “excitability” or “overexcitability” - summarized by giftedness consultant Lesley Sword [in her article Overexcitabilities in Gifted Children] as “an abundance of physical, sensual, creative, intellectual and emotional energy that can result in creative endeavours as well as advanced emotional and ethical development in adulthood. Overexcitabilities feed, enrich, empower and amplify talent.”
Amanda Bynes continues [in the article in CollegeBound Teen, Spring 06] that going to college is “not so much about graduating as much as it is trying to keep myself educated by taking different types of courses,” possibly including literature and art.
She sees acting as “a job. It’s not my life. I don’t need this. I love that I love to do it, but I could find another job if it started to change me.”
Exploring your talents off stage, off the set, and being aware of how acting is impacting you mentally and spiritually, can help make you a more complete and healthy person, and a more potent actor.
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