Today, I bought Jane Lynch’s autobiography Happy Accidents, and opened it up to these words of gold:
If I could go back in time and talk to my twenty-year-old self, the first thing I would say is: ‘Lose the perm.’ Secondly I would say: ‘Relax. Really. Just Relax. Don’t sweat it.’
I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t anxious and fearful that the parade would pass me by. And I was sure there was someone or something outside of myself with all the answers. I had a driving, anxiety-filled ambition. I wanted to be a working actor so badly. I wanted to belong and feel like I was valued and seen. Well, now I am a working actor, and I guarantee you it’s not because I suffered or worried over it.
… Turns out I just had to be ready and willing to take chances, look at what’s right in front of me, and put my heart into everything I do. All that anxiety and fear didn’t help, nor did it fuel anything useful. Finally releasing that worry served to get me out of my own way. So my final piece of advice to twenty-year old me: Be easy on your sweet self….
Thank you, Jane. Twenty-year-old me appreciates the advice. And I am excited to read about the rest of your journey.
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Love this
Thanks for the much needed excerpt- check out this blog if you don’t already, she’s brilliant and inspiring.
http://theworkingactress.com/
Glad you enjoyed! Definitely good advice I think all of us actors should take to heart.
And The Working Actress is great. I’ve been reading her blog for a while now– so much good stuff on there.
Yeah- I think she’s great
It’s really encouraging to know that some of make it, haha. Bad days have me hitting up her blog to keep encouraged.
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