I love making pizza with cauliflower dough. Again, can't taste the difference once you add enough ingredients. Masiela Lusha More Quotes by Masiela Lusha More Quotes From Masiela Lusha That's the best part about being an actor though. One of the rewarding aspects of it is you're actually traveling in parts of the world that one wouldn't necessarily go to just because it's so far removed, but also like even beyond the metropolitan areas. You're in the woods. Masiela Lusha woods actors world I feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English. Masiela Lusha language needed feels I feel in poetry there aren't that many rules that you need to absolutely live by depending on your style of poetry. Masiela Lusha style live-by needs Through my former experiences, writing poetry and learning other languages leading up to English I find ways to stitch words together that may seem a bit odd, but somehow, sometimes they do work. Masiela Lusha stitches together writing We have such a finite amount of hours on this planet, and there is just no excuse for living a mundane, predictable life in life. Masiela Lusha planets no-excuses hours I feel every medium of art needs to heal to some degree. It can't live in it's own void, and this came from my earliest experiences as a young refugee. Masiela Lusha degrees art needs My experiences there truly defined who I am to this day as far as my humanitarian work because I was a refugee in Albania. Masiela Lusha albania humanitarian who-i-am I always feel vulnerable talking about the poetry aspect of my career because it's little diary entries that I need to sometimes close read, and to reveal that much, it's a bit nerve-racking. Masiela Lusha careers talking needs My mom makes this amazing little snack that, to this day, I still think about. It's pita bread wrapped with melted butter, feta cheese, and cucumbers. That, to me, is still heaven. It's my childhood. Masiela Lusha snacks mom thinking I feel like I try not to limit myself. So every experience so far, I've just gone headlong into. Masiela Lusha limits gone trying Sometimes I feel too transparent in my poetry, but that's what I think the beauty of poetry is, because as transparent as the author can be, it's usually only a reflection of what the reader can interpret, and based on their own personal experiences. Masiela Lusha reflection sometimes thinking I always have to do more to contribute to society. Masiela Lusha I'm thinking like the character in order to be as authentic as I can. But after a while, how would I be able to cleanse myself from this unless I do something that's a different medium but also creative. That's what I do. It's my little ritual. After every filming, I just write a poem about it and my character specifically and I can let her go. Masiela Lusha writing character thinking I need to be able to write a poem after every film and to kind of cleanse myself from the character because for about three months or so, I'm constantly living through the character's eyes. Masiela Lusha eye writing character We're renting the space that we call Earth, so we may as well just go for it. Masiela Lusha space earth may I know that there's this one Albanian myth that's always reflected on, and I think it reflects on the actual core culture. That myth is called The Besa. B-E-S-A. The Besa is a word that Albanians use to mean avow, but it's such a strong promise, that even past death, one cannot break that promise. It is unfathomable. So if you give someone your besa, life or death, heaven or hell, you have to fulfill that besa. Masiela Lusha strong mean past If I'm not writing a poem to decompress from my experiences on a movie set, I usually just cook and it's like meditative. Especially since I'm at the stage now where I don't really use measuring cups. Kind of instinctual, I just kind of prepare my own dishes as I go along. Masiela Lusha cups use writing As a poet and as an actress, we're taught to be far more elaborate with our words and - I wouldn't say generalize, but definitely stronger with our choices. Masiela Lusha our-words stronger choices Definitely routine is the bedrock of our relationship. Masiela Lusha bedrock our-relationship routine I'm an actress, primarily. I love to write poetry. I've been writing poetry since I was 12 years old. Masiela Lusha actresses writing years