An interviewer asked Kristin Kreuk: “When do you feel like you really found that voice and that confidence to speak up, not just for yourself, but the characters that you’re playing?”
Kristin Kreuk: “I still don’t feel like I’m very good at that and I still have a long way to go. I was so scared for so long. On Smallville [her TV Series 2001–2011], there came a point where I finally got the courage to give my opinion on something, and it was so hard."
Mihaela Ivan Holtz, Psy.D., LMFT provides psychotherapy for creative people in TV/Film, performing and fine arts, and writes: "You love what you create. You know who needs your art and why. You trust it will have an impact.
"This is you, feeling confident as an artist. But, as an artist you don’t always live in this confident, connected, creative space..."
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