It is practically a professional requirement that actors be emotional and vulnerable, but only recently has protecting their mental wellbeing become a priorityActor and playwright Milly Thomas is sick of the image of the tortured artist. "There's nothing romantic or glamorous about depression," she says. But Thomas believes that the idea persists, particularly for performers. Actors are expected to expose themselves …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM on October 29, 2018