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Acting is being truthful. | Patricia Nammour | TEDxNDULouaize

1,915 views · Published 20 November 2017 · 14:00 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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I am an actress and I hate fame; that is my biggest dilemma. I’ve been working for more than 19 years in the field and have always avoided the spotlight. Fame is all about Glow and Sparkles, while I discovered that acting is all about digging into the dark parts of the very intimate side of yourself. Fame pushes you to fake everything and to always care about your “image” and looks. Acting, however, is simply showing the raw truth, being genuine, never caring about what people might say. 
After the positive change that happened to my personality when I experienced the theater, I believe that everybody should be an actor, meaning that, everybody should discover their inner needs and act upon them. I am an actress and I hate fame; that is my biggest dilemma. I’ve been working for more than 19 years in the field and have always avoided the spotlight. Fame is all about Glow and Sparkles while I discovered that acting is all about digging in the dark parts of the very intimate side of yourself. Fame pushes you to fake everything and to always take care about your “image” and looks. Acting, however, is simply showing the raw truth, being genuine, never caring about what people might say. 
After the positive change that happened to my personality when I experienced theater, I believe that everybody should be an actor, meaning that everybody should discover their inner needs and act upon them. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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