The PSYCHOLOGY of ACTORS

ABSTRACT The article examines some psychological aspects typically found in professional actors. It reports what was said about it by Ancient Greeks, William Shakespeare, Sigmund Freud, Luigi Pirandello, Otto Fenichel, Hanns Sachs and Abraham Arden Brill and what were the psychopathologies (depression, narcissism, anorexia nervosa etc.) that affected some entertainers, such as, Michael Jackson, Amy Jade Winehouse, Veronica Lake and Roby Williams. Finally, it illustrates why many of us wear masks and why we can all consider ourselves amateur “actors”. KEY WORDS: narcissism, masks, identification, projection, ego RIASSUNTO L’articolo… Continua a leggere