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Ellen Barkin

But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn ho

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Ellen Barkin found it challenging to show anger naturally in film because the close-up nature of the camera made her feel more exposed than on stage. She also struggled with her own personal difficulties in expressing anger, which made the process even harder.

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