Life Experiences Can Help Better An Actor?

Question

Just wondering.....Lets say you are someone who has been through alot and experience alot through life....you have been through soo much drama and struggles and have all this pain and anger built inside of you....But you want to do something good about it and nothing bad....Can acting helping? Going on stage and realising your pain and anger and tears on stage can help? I read on some site that a person who has had more life experiences in different things and is able to use that on stage has a better chance than someone else who barley experienced anything in their life. I was watching this play on tv and the Director was talking about how he met a student of his who has been through ups and downs in his life....and he never ever had any experience in acting or theatre....but convince him to go on stage and whateva feelings he had inside he wanted him to release it on stage and he did...and it seem like everything came naturally to him...more natural for him than the other students

Answer 1

if you have been through many tradgedys it becomes much easier for you to bring out very deep emotions so yes that is true

Answer 2

it can go both ways acting gets my stress out thats why i love it so much and it makes me a better actress and i think you get life lessons and you can learn from acting....i dont know if that help or answers your questions but yup =)