The Best Medicine

Hi, My name is Kylie J.

Marco, and I'm a sophomore here at N Y.

U at Tisch Drama and the Playwrights Horizons Theater studio.

And today I would like to take a few minutes

of your time to discuss the importance of the best

medicine or the actors guide to the best medicine and

goal setting and mental health advocacy in the entertainment industry

and positive psychology and how that could improve the way

the youth enters this world.

Now, as a young actor, I am so, so, so

excited to enter this industry.

But I do have a few fears because of the

way we perceive it from the outside.

So let's delve into that.

We're all Spectators.

So what do we see from the outside?

What is perceived in the media?

Well, for example, here's a few examples, but we can

also just look at them through the lens of our

own phone or through our computers or any social media

standing. Why do we praise actors and entertainers for these

kinds of representation?

But why do we shame them on the other side

of the camera?

Do the common framework of the media Society has placed

standards on what we see in front of the camera

versus what we see behind the scenes.

It's a picking and choosing battle with media.

However, the biggest issue is that that we tend to

focus on the image of the entertainer, then the values

and struggles they may be facing elsewhere in this already

toxic industry about image, we have to find a way

to break the stigma surrounding images of body class, racial

issues and, most importantly to myself, mental health and wellness.

As a young actor heading into this industry in just

a few short years, it is vital that the industry

is progressing now, taking steps forwards rather than taking steps

backwards. That way, we can allow more artists like myself

and the other people of fish in N.

Y. U and as a whole toe enter this industry

safely and comforted by the other workers in the industry

and present our work and artistry worldwide without judgment.

Let's talk about the potentials and goal setting for entertainment

industry workers and also actors like myself.

So one of the biggest things we talked about in

science of happiness at N.

Y. U.

Is the idea of Perma Perma is an acronym.

Actually, Herma stands for positive emotion, engagement, positive relationships, meaning

an accomplishment.

Now I want to talk about accomplishments and meaning.

I focus on these two subjects very personally as an

actor because they mean the most to me in my

work and how I will be entering this industry as

well as many other young actors, actresses and artists.

So let's talk about that.

What I really want to focus on in meaning is

the idea of signature strengths and how do we pull

from that is actors and artists in this industry.

Some of my positive strength that I found from the

Positive Strength survey was that one of my best ones

was kindness and giving back to others.

And how can I influence that?

My acting in my artwork now and many of the

pieces I've written I've talked about kindness in many ways

in many ways, with positive relationships is well with the

characters I create, and also with a lot of storylines

that I developed.

But meaning also has to do with a lot of

how we lead our lives in this industry.

How do we influence kindness and signature other signature strengths

into the industry as a whole.

One way to do that would be implementing goal setting

with our signature strengths.

For example, I'm going to use kindness again.

But we could use kindness to promote better positive emotion

for the community that we work around us.

Ah, film crew has tons of people on it, so

it is so important to engage with everyone who is

contributing to the film.

Or may it be it a theater crew as well.

So one of the biggest strategies I views is giving

back and gratitude and also doing things out of the

kindness of my heart.

Whether that be grabbing coffee instead of having the coffee

person run for it, bringing breakfast for the director, or

even spending time with fellow actors and extras.

We don't necessarily get the same screen thymus others, and

just being able to make those bonds and relationships will

improve your industry connection and improve your mental well being

on set.

I'm hoping that whatever strength that you play Thio will

benefit you in the way that you create relationships and

connections with your fellow cast and crew to endure a

very great process I think that if we do this

in the process of different films and new things, that

air coming along in the future, we can provide a

better and safer environment for the youth to enter into

and introduce youth into film.

Or one of my favorite examples of this cast bonding

exercise is what they did on the set of it.

The new Chapter, one movie that they did.

I believe it was 2017, um, and that featured Finn

Wolf hard and a bunch of other crazy, amazing youth

actors. And the reason that the performance was so so

great was because the directors actually implemented quite a few

bonding exercises that were given to give back to each

other to be able to interact with each other more

positively with their signature strengths both as characters, actors and

his people in humans.

Today, they're still lifelong friends.

Let's dive into accomplishment now.

Accomplishment is something we can totally be proud of, especially

in this industry.

Just by accomplishing itself tape.

That's a huge step in itself.

We have to be able to allow ourselves, um, praise

for that, so in goal setting in this industry, we

should allow ourselves some sort of praise Prezi.

May it be like I said, with self tapes or

even booking a role celebrating others as well as ourselves

is so important that we raise each other up rather

than bring each other down.

Because that's the reason why these mental stigmas and things

going around with body image, racial issues, class, even mental

health awareness and body image, just like I said, has

been a knish you in societies because other actors tend

to bring each other down for us, a competition when

in reality Thea art industry is working together as a

whole. So accomplishing things and celebrating each other's accomplishments is

so vital to the importance of this industry, a great

way to accomplish things together, celebrate accomplishments, is having cast

parties or celebrating things together after things were done or

things, or being in the process of something.

So if you're working on the scene with someone, for

example, it would be good to go out and get

coffee with that person and accomplish a few things at

a time either seen work or monologue, work or character

framing either or whatever you choose, you should be able

to celebrate each other's accomplishments through that and also help

each other build up to those different levels of accomplishment

as well as bonus.

I would love to also offer my thoughts about well,

being as a goal in accomplishment.

I think that it's so vital as an actor or

an artist all around that you take care of yourself

physically and mentally.

So if this is an individual introspection, especially during this

world of zoom age, of acting, where we're all online

and virtually working and trying to get jobs and experimenting

with different types of theater online or film online, it's

so important that we also take care of ourselves behind

the scenes to do our best work in front of

the camera.

For me, one of the best things has been able

to get physical activity or exercise outside of the camera

or outside of the performative realm.

So one of the biggest goals that I love to

accomplish each week is that I do about Ah, 1000

calories at the gym.

That means I either walk, dance, do exercises on the

floor, find a buddy toe, work with whatever that maybe

that helps you promote your well being in the way

you feel about yourself is always beneficial and always promotes

the best meaning as well.

For your positive strengths and attributes, I would love to

touch really quickly as well on about three idea of

being an ensemble, and how would we celebrate each other?

Accomplishing things as an ensemble ensemble is a group of

people who work together to create the facility and the

almost the working house, like the mitochondria of the of

the player production you may be putting on.

So, for example, a lot of actors on Broadway working

ensemble of dancers or singers, or whatever it may be,

so one of the best exercises to work with both

meaning and accomplishment would be to engage in practicing dance

or practicing different ways of bonding through dance and finding

different emotions to feel through that dance.

And one of the best things about an ensemble pieces

that you're all working together to achieve.

The same goal.

I'm so glad I got to talk to you about

the potentials of Perma and the ideas of meaning and

accomplishments with actors in this industry, and now I want

to talk about a little bit of who's already working

at that, a ZX We, the youth, are starting to

enter it.

Here are just a few incredible advocates for mental health

and recognition in the industry.

Right now, I have a few up here Lili Reinhart,

Kendrick Lamar, Jim Carrey.

Thousands of others can be included in this.

However, I wanted to focus on these ones specifically because

they have a lot of meaning to me.

Is an actor growing up?

I watched so much media talk about these people so

horribly and in the reality of things they weren't focusing

on what was going on behind the scenes that was

bringing their potential to the camera on dhe.

That would be their advocacy and mental health and mental

well being as well as physical well being in the

top. I have artist and actor Jim Carey who struggles

with bipolar disorder and depression, and he had a really

valuable Ted talk that I watched recently that talks about

the importance is of advocating for mental health and speaking

openly about it to their fellow cast members.

By doing so, were able to accomplish such a more

accepting a community of actors and artists that can advocate

for the youth entering into this world by knowing that

we're not alone in this when we enter in.

No, it's totally certifies and validates the feelings we have

in the stigmas we have that have surrounded us our

whole lives, in the media and how do we break

them? Has been such a kn important deal for all

of these advocates to touch on something a little more

personal. I was really touched by Lili Reinhart Story here

on the far right, my far right.

Or maybe you're far left of the computer screen.

Lili Reinhart talked openly about her to struggles with depression,

ing anxiety and a few Twitter threads, as well as

Instagram Post talking about her worries about her body image

in the media and how she's perceived, and how she

should talk about mental health and what's too far and

and what's too much to say and what makes her

perceived differently in the media.

But honestly, she was so kind hearted and talked about

it so so honestly that it made me feel less

alone in my struggles that I have struggled with today

and as a child as well.

Let's talk about accomplishment again with Perma and body image

and what Lili Reinhart touched upon as well as Demi

Lovato in the bottom.

We want to focus on a better way.

We view body image in the media, and how do

we do this?

Well, let's start by promoting the fact that all bodies

air different and all bodies are normal.

We have to take care of ourselves.

However, what makes us healthiest and our best performance and

best potential is by caring for ourselves and being able

to communicate what is wrong and what we need to

help ourselves and help each other by promoting better body

image and better positivity towards everybody.

Type weaken.

Do that.

However, if we stay in this stigma of skinny is

the best or having curves is frowned upon, we can't

progress any far forward.

So implementing more images like this in the media who

also speak upon it are so, so impactful for myself

and others.

I hope I didn't take up too much of your

time, but I'm so, so glad that you got to

join me on this little Perma rant about the best

medicine, the entertainment industry and the positive psychology behind it.

Now let's find the best medicine for you as a

young actor, artists or actress.

I hope that you've had a lovely evening or morning

or night.

I hope that you are having a lovely year.

And I hope that this semester brings up lots of

joy. Next year.

Happy New Year and Happy Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Thank you.

Have a great night.

The Best Medicine

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