Overview
- Masucci told Playboy, as reported by DER SPIEGEL, that a lack of self-confidence can help actors because it makes it possible to slip into other characters.
- He said performers often carry psychological deficits and a strong desire for love, noting that few people take the stage because they are fully 'healthy in the head.'
- Masucci traced those tendencies to his upbringing, when his family dismissed acting as 'idiocy' and expected him to take over his father’s restaurant.
- He described his personal method for managing self-doubt as constant doing, explaining that 'jumping in' and facing resistance creates the energy he needs for stage and film.
- The remarks are subjective reflections by a widely known actor—best known for Dark and his 2021 German Film Award for Enfant Terrible—and add to ongoing cultural conversations about the emotional life of performers.