Actress Emmanuelle Chriqui has turned to her own experiences of hypnotherapy to help in TV Drama Shut Eye.

She is best know from the hit TV show that later became a star studded movie Entourage. She played the character of Sloan McQuewick in the TV show and also appeared as Adam Sandler’s love interest in his film You don’t Mess with the Zohan.

Speaking to Access Hollywood Live Emmanuelle said that she was stunned when she was asked to audition for the role of Gina in Shut Eye, because the part could not have come at a more opportune time in her life.

 "You know that theory art imitates life and life imitates art...? When I got this audition the creator was in the room and I said, 'This is crazy, I've been doing hypnotherapy for the past three years.

I was able to go to my therapist and get some really useful techniques that I was able to incorporate in the show.

"There's mirroring technique and NLP, also known as neuro-linguistic programming..."

She went on to explain that she has used Hypnotherapy herself many times and so was able to draw on those personal experiences to help build her character.

"It was a form of therapy that I really responded to. I was just going through some really crazy stuff in my life and it was great. It's a therapy session and then fifteen to twenty minutes of the hypnosis, which just feels just like positive affirmation... It works. I think it works."

Shut Eye tells the story of Charlie Haverford, who is a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling storefronts and contracts building tricks for a family that controls the business in the greater chunk of Los Angeles.

This video shows the difference between a smoker's black lung and a healthy pink non smoker's lung. 
If you are thinking of quitting smoking then perhaps an image like this can help you see exactly what is happening to you. 
It's horrifying... Feel free to share with a smoker who won't thank you for it !

What does a Smoker's Lung look like?

Tobacco smoke contains over 5,000 chemicals including tar and nicotine. Smokers smoke for the nicotine but are harmed by the tar.

We know more than 70 of these chemicals cause cancer. Others are poisonous. When you smoke, these chemicals go straight into your lungs and through them to the rest of your body.

Smoking tobacco is the biggest avoidable cause of death. On average, smokers live 10 years less than non-smokers. 

Looking at the video and how the lung compare...You can see for yourself the difference between the two.

The healthy lung is pink and inflates to the size that we may expect.

However, the lung of the smoker is black and struggles to inflate.

If you are a smoker and have ever wondered about giving up then perhaps now is the time to think about quitting smoking for good.

Sometimes just seeing an image such as this one can be the trigger that you need to help you towards a healthy lifestyle.

Imagine how much better for you it can be to be smoke free. When you stop smoking you find that you are not losing anything, but you do have everything to gain.