Actress and author Marcia Pilote confided in Marie-Claude Barrette during her appearance on the podcast Open your game, She had long felt separated from the life she had dreamed of.
“It was difficult for me to admit that I didn't have the professional life that I deserved and wanted. “That's why I started writing and called it 'Live As I Like It.' From that moment on, I saw the light at the end of the tunnel,” she told her longtime friend.
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Marcia Pilote, who became an actress by accident early in her life (Sonatine, Chambres en ville), also admitted that she had sacrificed her professional life for several years for the well-being of her family, turning down attractive contracts that she wanted always been a priority.
“I wanted to be honest and consistent in the life I wanted to lead and that I created for myself. […] It delayed me in the end. “I haven't developed the way I wanted to,” she said, indicating that she had long felt like she was wasting her talent and being a “loser,” especially when she saw how people, with which she started her career, breaking through and gaining popularity.
Marie-Claude Barrette during her conversation with Marcia Pilote. SCREENSHOT FROM YOUTUBE / QMI AGENCY
“It was very difficult, very painful because you feel like you will never find your place. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do in life, or I knew what I wanted to do, but I didn’t fit in anywhere,” she added, specifying that she only truly found her place almost eight years ago.
Black Sheep Syndrome
During the podcast, actress Marie-Claude Barrette also confided that she had stood out in her family since childhood, admitting that she had bothered them with her liveliness and her great need to be seen and heard.
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“The paradox is that I had really trippy parents who were very family-oriented, but they were parents who were time-limited with a child like me,” she said, implying that they often pushed themselves to the limit .
“I told myself that I was the problem. […] I was very lively, very enthusiastic. I think if I had been an only child it wouldn't have been the same at all,” added the actress, who is the second to last of four sisters and who was often told she was “too much”.
“It wasn’t long ago that I went from “too much” to “very.” Because it stays with you throughout your life. “When you are too much, you try to be less, but you can't be less,” she said, convinced that since that conversion about a decade ago, she had learned to love herself better.