To perform meant to deliver excellence and to meet, if not exceed, expectations. More than anything, acting for me was the magical practice of using detailed characters and specific stories to be a mirror, to reflect some truths about humanity back to an audience that does not see us, the actors, but rather sees a version of themselves. To perform also meant to devote myself to a creative process of expression that allowed me to transform and often disappear. So those two versions of me became even more pronounced: “Kerry,” who was rooted, always, in the search for perfectionism and approval;
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