Weeks after Jennifer Aniston penned an essay for The Huffington Post which attacked the scrutiny women face over their bodies, marital and maternal status, she has let the world know that superstars are human.
Aniston attended the 46th Annual Giffoni Film Festival in Italy on the weekend, where she took part in an intense debate with a young jury, composed by youths coming from every part of the world.
The Friends alum was brought to tears by a young jury member’s question which brought the debate to its climax.
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“I’d like to know if you ever had a moment in which you get up in the morning and you don’t know who you are?”
In response, Aniston appeared visibly emotional and explained.
“That moment has happened to me, there’s not enough fingers and toes in this entire room to count how many times that has happened. I mean, my gosh, we’re all human beings at the end of the day, whether we’re a waitress or a baker or a student or whatever we are, at the end of the day you kind of can hit walls and think you can’t go any farther and think this is too much, my heart can’t take it or the pain is too great. Am I good enough? Will I survive? You just have to sort of somehow miraculously overcome and you just go, I can, yes you can.”
The crowd cheered in response, while Aniston brushed away tears and continued:
“And also know that your actors, your idols, your icons, whatever you call them, have all had that experience in their lives many, many times. There’s nothing that separates us from you because we all started at the same place. We all came out of nowhere. We were all born innocent little empty vessels so don’t punish yourself. Go talk to people, seek help and just find someone to inspire you.”
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The Horrible Bosses 2 actress also touched on the topic of self-esteem, revealing her past difficulties with it, especially at the beginning of her career.
“In every day’s life of an actor there are moments of ‘to be or not to be.’ Was there anything else I found more interesting than acting? Nope. Thankfully it never happened during my career that something stopped me but, at the beginning, I couldn’t find a job. I thought my path was not acting, at that time I worked as waitress and I thought my life should go in another direction, but now I’m here so always follow your dreams.”
The Mother’s Day star was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the film festival.
The 47-year-old can be heard as the voice of Mrs. Gardner in the animated film Storks, arriving in theaters September 23.
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