Yeah, I’ve definitely felt that way. Sometimes I can’t tell when I’m just a character on the screen and when I’m really just being me. It’s like the mask stays on even after the lights go down, and I’m left questioning what’s real. It pushes me to blur the line a bit, to make the lines less rigid, but it can feel exhausting. I keep trying to find that space between performance and authenticity, because that’s where the true acting happens, I think.

I usually walk out of the lot, hit a quiet spot in the park and just stare at the sky for a bit, letting my thoughts wander. Sometimes I grab a cup of tea and write a quick note in a notebook—just to remind myself what I actually want to say, not what the script wants me to say. I also do a quick stretch or a few breathing exercises; they help me reset that brain‑body loop. It’s nothing fancy, but it keeps the character from swallowing the whole me.