Like -- I'm sure -- all of you, I have gone through these days since the unspeakable tragedy in Sandy Hook with a feeling of profound sorrow, thinking of the families who lost their children, of the immensity and torment of their grief. As an actress, my craft has taught...
(406) Comments | Posted November 14, 2010 | 9:31 AM
In August of 2009, I co-founded a national organization created to combat the stigma of mental illness. We called it BringChange2Mind. I was compelled to do it because my sister, Jessie, lives with bipolar disorder and my nephew, Calen, lives with schizoaffective disorder and I realized that they...
(88) Comments | Posted February 14, 2010 | 7:37 AM
Bob Peterson is an animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor who, for the past 15 years, has worked for one of the coolest companies in the world---PIXAR Animation Studio. His Finding Nemo screenplay was nominated for an Oscar and just last...
(537) Comments | Posted October 21, 2009 | 12:03 PM
Mental illness and I are no strangers.
From Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction to Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire to Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Weber's Sunset Boulevard, I've had the challenge -- and the privilege -- of playing characters who have deep psychological wounds. Some people...
(74) Comments | Posted May 14, 2009 | 8:53 AM
It was a chilly April day when I arrived at the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Fishkill, New York. The officers in charge pointed out where to park in the lot across from the Administration Building. The producers and camera crew from The Oprah Winfrey Show had arrived earlier, allowing...
(233) Comments | Posted December 20, 2012 | 10:19 AM