‘Keep your heart on your sleeve’: Timothée Chalamet

Currently on the trending charts for his Venice Film Festival look, Chalamet sheds light on the craft of acting and speaks on dealing with fame, and rejection, in this old interview.

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He talks about how adaptability is the strongest suit an actor could possess. Speaking of his creative process, he states, “It’s important to present yourself as an open wound as it will hopefully serve as a therapeutic device for people experiencing something similar.”

“I think honesty and being as open a book as possible. Those are the biggest takeaways,” he says in the video. “Keep your heart on your sleeve as an actor. That’s your instrument,” the 26-year-old adds.

He also highlights how he enjoys the recognition he receives and cherishes the audience coming up to him to appreciate the book or the movie, Call Me By Your Name.

“It’s been a really nice experience for me. I’ve seen people I admire not being so comfortable with that, but I enjoy it,” he shares.

When it comes to rejection, Chalamet’s simple idea is to not take everything so personally: “It’s often not personal,” he says.

He concludes by urging the audience to draw a clear line between their professional and private self: “There has to be a professional you, with thick skin. And then there’s a personal you that you protect that further helps in protecting the professional you.”

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