Monica Raymund trained four years at the Juilliard School of drama, and performed at the Broadway Theatre Project in Tampa, before winning her role on the drama series “Lie to Me” as an expert in nonverbal communication. “I just really didn’t think I was any good on TV,” she said, despite a short resume that […]
Actors and Performers
Highly Sensitive and an Actor
Many talented actors have identified themselves as a highly sensitive person, or have talked about their sensitivity or shyness These experiences are not the same, but can overlap. Actors include Ellen Muth; Heath Ledger; Amy Brenneman; Mandy Moore; Alison Pill; Naomi Watts, and others. Brittany Murphy once commented, “I’m a very oversensitive, vulnerable person. You have […]
Amanda Seyfried on anxiety
Amanda Seyfried says she was obsessive as a little girl: “I would have to be really organized—too organized. Things like straightening my room didn’t feel right to me; I’d have to redo it and redo it.” She thinks, “that kind of anxiety in me, that obsession, was helpful. I use it in my acting. It’s […]
Facing Our Reality to Live More Fully
Shirley MacLaine has noted, “Art is about energy, positive and negative. “All art has the power to heal because it helps us see who we are, and what we resist.” From the book Positive Energy by Judith Orloff M.D. The photo is MacLaine as Ouiser Boudreaux in Steel Magnolias (1989). She has a great line in the movie: […]
Brooke Smith on not being like everybody else
Brooke Smith played heart surgeon Dr. Erica Hahn on “Grey’s Anatomy,” and her extensive filmography also includes the series “Weeds”, “Ray Donovan” and movies “Vanya on 42nd Street” and “The Silence of the Lambs.” In an interview, she was asked if she has any advice for actors who “would love to have a career even […]