Nobody ever sits on their deathbed and says, "Man, I'm glad I never took any risks." Instead, we often regret the opportunities we missed, or passed on altogether.
In fact, Bronnie Ware's book, The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying, reveals the number one qualm people had about their lives was living on someone else's terms.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/03/top-5-regrets-of-the-dying_n_3640593.html
Still, in a culture replete with hashtags, mantras, and motivational gurus one would be forgiven for losing perspective on what it even means to live boldly. Does it mean doing something dangerous? Drastic? And according to who?
Acting has taught me many lessons about living fully. Kristin Linklater, an enormously influential mentor in my life, was in essence telling my class to speak up when their is wrong, strive to become better each day, see the world, listen intently, refuse complacency, to love, to risk, and if we were lucky we might become great actors in the process - as a byproduct.
In other words, becoming a great actor was secondary to becoming a three-dimensional person.
Define what living fully means to YOU. It doesn't have to line-up with someone else's definition of what it means to be. To live.
In the words of Robert DeNiro, "Be bold, but not reckless."
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