The Creative Mind

“You go to work, and sometimes what is demanded of you is that you break your heart.” Jurnee Smollett

“Then all the terrible things I’ve had to go through surfaced after we’d finished shooting.” Maggie Gyllenhaal

After one particularly violent scene, Summer Bishil remembers going back to her dressing room and “having a little emotional tantrum and crying. And being very sad…really tired too.”

“Lady Gaga also described the feeling of being out of touch with herself, feeling as if she was still on the set while taking a walk in the city.” Psychotherapist Mihaela Ivan Holtz

When you find your voice, doubts, insecurities don't interfere with that voice. No waiting for the right moment. You don’t need anyone’s permission.

“Rejection lurks around every corner in the arts world. In fact, for you, the creative or the performer, knowing how to tolerate, be with, and work with rejection is almost a career requirement!