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I want to write this on facebook, but I fear no one will get it. I should write more on that, actually, having contributed my real world name to some theater criticism on a blog, but…
What I want to write in my facebook status, that I cannot in good conscience leave for people to comment on is this:
I’ve been thinking more about directing because I’m simply not pretty enough to be an actor.
I know what people will say, and I know what people will think. But that is the truth. I have no interest in being pretty (though I want to be fit) and I think I can make good theater if I no longer have to worry about my own appearance in the making of it.
You should do what makes you happy. And no matter how things are, if you are uncomfortable with some aspect, it’s a source of discomfort/stress that can distort everything else.
And then sometimes, when you can stop worrying about it… it stops bothering you.
Sometimes.
Good luck!
Comment by egon — 8/3/2012 @ 10:24 pm
Thanks, egon. That second part is what probably I should do since I do still get a great deal of joy from being on stage. But maybe dabble in both.
Comment by steelbuddha — 8/6/2012 @ 9:42 pm
You wouldn’t be the first actor who directed… and even directed something they were in! So, good luck!
Comment by egonegon — 8/28/2012 @ 8:49 am