Stella Adler once said an artist must be born with a broken heart. Frank Langella remarked, "You act in spite of and not because of your neurosis."
The point being many actors and artists have a heightened sensitivity and delicate relationship with the world. Sometimes challenges seem more amplified because of this temperament. "A blessing and a curse," I've heard some people say.
I have found that great performances often derive from artists who refuse to allow their obstacles to discourage them. Drama, by it's very nature is about resistance - going up against insurmountable odds. And theater is merely a record of that journey told through what we call a story.
If we can learn to view our problems as influential and compelling assets, they may feed the work, while inspiring a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.
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