Stagefright: Edie Falco, Nicole KIdman, James Hampton

!: Stagefright: Edie Falco, Nicole KIdman, James Hampton

Three artists talk about stagefright or performance anxiety. This clip of Edie Falco is from her Showtime series Nurse Jackie. In an interview several years ago, Falco said she had not experienced anxiety attacks in many, many years, but everybody I know and love has gone through periods of anxiety. Everybody I know who has been pursuing a career in the arts. Its a very difficult life to have chosen." She added, And 15 years ago, when I was going through this, there were a lot of rough times, you know, wondering what the heck I was doing with my time, myself, my life." [CNN interview in 2002] That is one of the emotionally or spiritually harmful results of anxiety - it can cause you to be overly critical of your life, to doubt yourself and how you're expressing your talents. This clip is Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mcgregor in Moulin Rouge. Nicole Kidman made her British stage debut in 2002 in The Blue Room, co-starring Iain Glen. She recalled about meeting him the first time, "I was so shy I could hardly speak. I kept feeling like I was going to vomit: I had heard how brilliant Iain was on stage and he was formidable just as a person. She also had "absolute terror during the lead up to rehearsals. I was there the week before, starting to grapple with the accents and thinking, 'What am I doing? This is crazy.' ... 'This is madness,' and I got really frightened." [From Naked in the warehouse, by Matt Wolf, The Telegraph UK, 10 Oct 2002] Kidman gives much credit to her acting ...

Stagefright: Edie Falco, Nicole KIdman, James Hampton

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