I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Without meditation, I'd probably be dead.
The reasons why I left were to do with my interest in Buddhism. There were experiences over a period of about six months which caused me to decide to give up music, so one morning I felt I had to go to E.G. Management and tell them.
Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.
I'm a Buddhist.
I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
I'd been kind of a hiccup in my parents' lives. They lost track of me and I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. And then fate reached in and took me in its hands. I was discovered right out of high school and started getting work.
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over the years.
I was getting in my own way. I would quit jobs and step out on hope and faith, and pray to God that I would book something that would allow me to just continue to act.