Anne Hathaway opens up about how stress affected her early in her acting career and how she finally learned how to manage it.
During an interview about new york times podcast interviewThe Oscar-winning actress said she likely played a “chronically stressed young woman” because she was a “really stressed young woman” in real life.
Hathaway recalled: “I was a very stressed young woman. “And as a young woman who used to be chronically stressed and was going through all kinds of things, I remember thinking one day, 'You're taking this for granted, you're taking your life for granted.'” Career success at the time.
She said, “You have no idea. Something could fall through the sky and it would light you up. So when I find that old instincts are kicking in, I tell myself, ‘You’re not going to die of stress.’”
When podcast host David Marchese asked: your thoughts Not knowing what caused the stress, she said, “I didn’t know how to breathe yet. And it was really complicated. Not knowing how to breathe was really, really complicated.”
Hathaway explained that “literally everything” in her personal life as a young woman making a name for herself in Hollywood stressed her out at some point, adding, “I was very, very, very stuck in my head about so many things. ”
that much disastrous The actress also noted that she felt “physically” stressed, meaning she had physical symptoms as well as mental ones.
Hathaway later added: “I was stuck in this feeling. “The story is, I want to achieve, I want to grow, And you mistakenly think that the way you do that is really harsh on yourself. You push yourself with self-criticism.”
But she was finally able to change her mindset years later when she realized “I had to deny too much to keep the story going.” I just said, 'If nothing happens to you, you'll just have to accept that you've had a really great life.' You have been given a gift and an opportunity. And I don't think it's really you if you continue down this path without gratitude.' “It was like a light went on.”
Now in my 40s, as a mother of two sons. princess diaries The actress said she learned how to 'heal' her anxiety and 'not relive it'.
“I work hard to exist,” Hathaway said. “Like I said, I’m more grateful. I am more settled with myself. “I’m less afraid of things that don’t happen.”