Acting can serve as an effective form of therapy for individuals dealing with trauma.

“I read this book called The Body holds the score then if you ever heard of it and one of the most fascinating things about it is it talks about how acting and moving the body in like yoga have been proven to be the best forms of um uh antidepressant like without you know taking ssris”

Acting serves as a therapeutic escape that allows her to access and process deep emotions in a safe environment.

“I get to access all of that confusion and pain in my job and I get to like really feel it in like every fiber of my being but there's no like consequence and there's no like you're not really shouting at anyone or hurting someone or it's like it's all pretend but like the emotion is is real”

She views acting as a double-edged sword that served as both a creative outlet and an unsustainable way to escape from developing her own identity.

“my job completely was and has been at times a huge Band-Aid for a lot of issues in my life because I have like very addictive Tendencies and a very addictive personality and work like a lot of people can be such an amazing distraction”

He views acting as a collaborative environment that provides insights into being a better human being.

“to train to become a better actor it gives me insight into being a better like human into a better me”

Kevin Interdonato views acting as a vital profession that helped him find himself and heal after returning from war.

“this lifestyle that I chose this this profession that I chose this this art that I've devoted myself to was was was my savior man”

He believes in prioritizing the craft and hard work to maintain a long-term, sustainable acting career rather than just seeking celebrity status.

“let me always keep the craft at the Forefront and that's what's going to sustain me for the career I want”

He believes acting and producing require the same dedicated work ethic and willingness to grind as an NFL career.

“I was willing to grind and do what I needed to do on my own to create my own opportunities and not wait for somebody to give them to me”

She believes that hard work is the primary requirement for becoming skilled at acting.

“And my sister is the same. Like, we both are aware that in order to be good at something, it's you have to work really hard at it.”

She believes that while some element of luck is involved, her success in the industry is primarily a result of hard work.

“Netflix comes out with so many shows a day. But we're one of the biggest shows. That's hard work.”

She believes that maintaining a diverse set of interests beyond acting was crucial for her to remain well-rounded and avoid having her identity solely defined by the film industry.

“I had a lot of things outside of acting that I think kept me more well-rounded so that my identity did not completely get wrapped up in this industry that is very vapid and it is very based on vanity and selfishness and fame”

He suggests that he became a superior actor only after he stopped identifying himself by his profession.

“I became a million times better actor when I decided I am done identifying myself with being an actor.”

Actors in the industry who stop listening to others and become surrounded by "yes men" will eventually produce work that suffers.

“if you don't surround yourself with people who check you yeah and tell you hey man that's not funny it shouldn't go on the show then your shit's gonna suffer”

The industry's most famous and iconic actors often become disconnected from reality because they are perpetually surrounded by people afraid to challenge them.

“I do think that's a symptom of being surrounded for so many years by people that just laugh at whatever you say even if it doesn't make any sense and isn't funny at all because you're danny devito and nobody wants to ruffle your feathers”