CHLOE Magazine Fall Winter 2014 Volume 5 Issue 2 | Page 31

Ultimately, acting has been a freeing aspect in her life, forcing her to soak up everything, because everything is too easy to miss. In keeping with her people-oriented career choice, Martin-Green is very fond of people, and our conversation was riddled with the booming, comforting laughter of someone extremely comfortable with both themselves and others. She described her great passion for inner city youth, explaining that she intends, through acting or storytelling (the oldest profession alive), to “show them what they can be.” She is grateful to be given the gift of acting, and marveled at what it does for us as people. In her life, Martin-Green mused, her biggest lesson has been living moment-to-moment. “You must learn to have a spontaneous lifestyle,” she stated, “float. You don’t always know what, when, where, or how much you’ll get for your next job. You must learn how to find comfort in that.” She described that, ultimately, acting has been a freeing aspect in her life, forcing her to soak up everything, because everything is too easy to miss. She stated that she never intended to live a half-life, stressing and missing the beauty of the moment, which she said can only too easily pass you by. “I was forced to,” she said, “just by my job. And I’m really grateful for that.” At the end of the day, her advice is to stay in the moment. “Find out what that means for you,” she said, and figure out your why, your reason for being here. “If you can’t find it,” she said. “Go deeper.” Stella McCartney blue dress Jimmy Choo shoes