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> She could serve as an example person that needed help Why?

by cal85 2y ago

knodi123 2y ago
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2016/11/17/shining-actress-shelley-duvall-tells-dr-phil-shes-mentally-ill/94031976/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2016/11/17/shining-ac... > "I’m very sick, I need help," she says in an interview airing Friday. Basically, she struggled with mental health later in her life, much more so than most people.
- Zambyte 2y ago
  That quote can also be found in the OP
  - williamsfan 2y ago
    Robin Williams on the topic: https://youtu.be/jZFR1ik3WLs?si=rXjWW5mlPvsQvYZH&t=40 https://youtu.be/jZFR1ik3WLs?si=rXjWW5mlPvsQvYZH&t=40
    - pbj1968 2y ago
      [dead]
    - replwoacause 2y ago
      Robin Williams impersonator.
- noufalibrahim 2y ago
  I can't help but wonder if good acting takes a more than usual toll on the mental health of actors. I remember reading how Peter Sellers "didn't have a personality except of the characters he played", how Jeremy Brett started to refer to Sherlock Holmes (perhaps his most well known role) as "him" etc. The need to become somebody else deeply for a short period of time and then revert doesn't seem like a natural thing (though I guess most creative things aren't). Maybe it's the reason why people like Daniel Day-Lewis takes such long breaks between his roles to "reset" himself. This was sort of portrayed in a comedic way at the end of Tropic Thunder when RDJ's character transitioned between all his roles and the became himself.
  - noneeeed 2y ago
    I think for some actors this is very true. I spent a long time doing stuff in community theatre and I realised there were a number of different types of actors who approached the craft very differently but could turn in equally great performances. Some seemed to be able to simply put on a mask, behave in a particular way and then switch out of it. Others would get every much into embodying the character and needed to spend time thinking about backstories and motivations. The later approach seemed to be quite exhausting when the character was quite dark or troubled. I have no desire to ever act, but watching the process was always fascinating.
tocs3 2y ago
I did not know her well[1] so cannot really speak to actual real troubles. Still, it easily appeared that she had mobility and cognition troubles. I saw her once at the grocery store and she asked me to go in and tell them that Shelley was there so they could come out and help her. [1] edit : I meant "did NOT know her well". I hope my sentiment was reasonably clear.
- michaelcampbell 2y ago
  > [1] edit : I meant "did NOT know her well". I hope my sentiment was reasonably clear. Then maybe just edit the text. The HN pathology of footnoting doesn't need to be universal.

> She could serve as an example person that needed help Why?

by cal85 2y ago

> She could serve as an example person that needed help Why?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2016/11/17/shining-actress-shelley-duvall-tells-dr-phil-shes-mentally-ill/94031976/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2016/11/17/shining-ac... > "I’m very sick, I need help," she says in an interview airing Friday. Basically, she struggled with mental health later in her life, much more so than most people.

Zambyte 2y ago
That quote can also be found in the OP
- williamsfan 2y ago
  Robin Williams on the topic: https://youtu.be/jZFR1ik3WLs?si=rXjWW5mlPvsQvYZH&t=40 https://youtu.be/jZFR1ik3WLs?si=rXjWW5mlPvsQvYZH&t=40
  - pbj1968 2y ago
    [dead]
  - replwoacause 2y ago
    Robin Williams impersonator.
noufalibrahim 2y ago
I can't help but wonder if good acting takes a more than usual toll on the mental health of actors. I remember reading how Peter Sellers "didn't have a personality except of the characters he played", how Jeremy Brett started to refer to Sherlock Holmes (perhaps his most well known role) as "him" etc. The need to become somebody else deeply for a short period of time and then revert doesn't seem like a natural thing (though I guess most creative things aren't). Maybe it's the reason why people like Daniel Day-Lewis takes such long breaks between his roles to "reset" himself. This was sort of portrayed in a comedic way at the end of Tropic Thunder when RDJ's character transitioned between all his roles and the became himself.
- noneeeed 2y ago
  I think for some actors this is very true. I spent a long time doing stuff in community theatre and I realised there were a number of different types of actors who approached the craft very differently but could turn in equally great performances. Some seemed to be able to simply put on a mask, behave in a particular way and then switch out of it. Others would get every much into embodying the character and needed to spend time thinking about backstories and motivations. The later approach seemed to be quite exhausting when the character was quite dark or troubled. I have no desire to ever act, but watching the process was always fascinating.

tocs3 2y ago

I did not know her well[1] so cannot really speak to actual real troubles. Still, it easily appeared that she had mobility and cognition troubles. I saw her once at the grocery store and she asked me to go in and tell them that Shelley was there so they could come out and help her. [1] edit : I meant "did NOT know her well". I hope my sentiment was reasonably clear.

michaelcampbell 2y ago
> [1] edit : I meant "did NOT know her well". I hope my sentiment was reasonably clear. Then maybe just edit the text. The HN pathology of footnoting doesn't need to be universal.