You have to learn to draw the same emotion you had when you wrote a song every time you perform it. Acting is the same way: You have to find those emotions and bring them to the surface, and then put them back when you're done.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.
I find a similarity between performing music onstage and acting - a reality of emotion.
When I'm acting, I'm in a different place, singing is the last thing on my mind, and when I'm on stage, there's no acting at all involved, not even presentation, it's just who I am.
An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.
I think anything emotional adds to your acting and singing, no matter what it is that you go through. It will always add to it, never take away.
We play many emotions in our careers, emotions that in real life we would perform just once. For example, my character has died in about 10 films, so you have to keep searching for different ways to do it!
In day-to-day life, our brain sends lots of signals. In acting, there are no signals. You have to believe in what you are trying to portray.
When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the words. It's the opposite when I act. I use the words and tap into the emotion.
Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.
Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.